Hanson - "Weird" 1998

[Whi$tlin' Pete]

I'm listening to AT 40 from the week my Mother died, May 2, 1998. At number 37 is the song "Weird" by Hanson. I've played this several times now in succession. I like it! It peaked at number 32 on the R&R charts.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=32nlxQOe3tw

[Daniel Shywaoub]

And of course it was the only single off the album with a good video; it was directed by somebody semi-famous, but I've forgotten who.

[johnm1120]

Yeah the video was pretty good. The song is good too, unfortunately I think people were Hanson'd out by the time this song came along and it didn't stand a chance.

[Whi$tlin' Pete]

Desmond Child is credited with helping write this song along with Isaac, Taylor, and Zac Hanson. The video was directed by Gus Van Sant. The shots in the white room were filmed in a giant round Victorian room with a floor of lights that rolled on its side and was twenty feet tall. The room rotated and was built by Tom Foden who has also designed and built the spaceship for Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson's "Scream" video. The painting on the wall of the white room was The Judgment of Solomon by eighteenth century Italian painter Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and was a smooth, enlarged color print, so Hanson could slide across it as the room revolved. Another tricky part of the video shoot was having Hanson swim underwater and lip sync to the song at the same time. The guys had to wear weights so they wouldn't float out of shot. They also had to hold their breath for a whole verse while they swam towards the camera. The video also shows Hanson in Times Square and on the New York City Subway.

[SPRΞΞ]

my favorite song by them by far.

[somelikeitwhen]

There was a fifth single after this I think, and the video was directed by Weird Al of all people.
Edit: There was a 5th single, but the video I'm thinking of is from a different album.