“Beverly Hills” is the opening track for Weezer’s fifth album, Make Believe. The song was also the record’s lead single.
In the track, Rivers Cuomo wishes for a life in Beverly Hills, amongst movie stars and celebrities, but in the end decides that he simply wouldn’t fit in.
“Beverly Hills” is arg...
[Verse 1]
Where I come from isn't all that great
My automobile is a piece of crap
My fashion sense is a little whack
And my friends are just as screwy as me
I didn't go to boarding schools
Preppy girls never looked at me
Why should they? I ain't nobody
Got nothing in my pocket
[Chorus]
Beverly Hills, that's where I want to be
(Gimme gimme, gimme gimme)
Livin' in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills, rollin' like a celebrity
(Gimme gimme, gimme gimme)
Livin' in Beverly Hills
[Verse 2]
Look at all those movie stars
They're all so beautiful and clean
When the housemaids scrub the floors
They get the spaces in between
I wanna live a life like that
I wanna be just like a king
Take my picture by the pool
Cause I'm the next big thing
[Chorus]
Beverly Hills, that's where I want to be
(Gimme gimme, gimme gimme)
Livin' in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills, rollin' like a celebrity
(Gimme gimme, gimme gimme)
Livin' in Beverly Hills
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
The truth is
I don't stand a chance
It's something that you're born into
And I just don't belong
[Verse 3]
No I don't, I'm just a no class, beat down fool
And I will always be that way
I might as well enjoy my life
And watch the stars play
[Chorus]
Beverly Hills, that's where I want to be
(Gimme gimme, gimme gimme)
Livin' in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills, rollin' like a celebrity
(Gimme gimme, gimme gimme)
Livin' in Beverly Hills
[Outro]
Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills, livin' in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills was written by Rivers Cuomo.
Beverly Hills was produced by Chad Bamford & Rick Rubin.
Weezer released Beverly Hills on Tue Mar 29 2005.
According to Rivers Cuomo in 2005:
I saw a picture of Wilson Phillips. And for some reason I just thought how nice it would be to marry, like, an established celebrity and live in Beverly Hills and be part of that world. And it was a totally sincere desire. And then I wrote that song. For some reas...