My Name Is Jonas by Weezer

Genre: Alternative
Year: 1994

"My Name Is Jonas" is a song by alternative rock band Weezer, written by Rivers Cuomo, Patrick Wilson and Jason Cropper that appears on their self-titled debut 1994 album Weezer, also known as The Blue Album. It is one of the few Weezer songs with any co-writing credits and the only writing credit Cropper ever received in the band, as he came up with the acoustic intro to the song. "My Name Is Jonas" was inspired by Riverss brother who got into a car accident at Oberlin College and was having a problem with his insurance. According to Cuomo himself "Jonas explains how The Plan is reaming us all, especially my brother." Luerssen D., John, 2004 p. 110–111 In 1995 there was apparently some confusion as to what the 3rd single off The Blue Album would Read full article at wikipedia.org

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