Sweater Weather

"Sweater Weather" is a song by American alternative band the Neighbourhood. The song was written by group members Jesse Rutherford, Zach Abels and Jeremy Freedman, and was produced by Justyn Pilbrow. It serves as the lead single from their debut studio album, I Love You (2013). "Sweater Weather" reached number one on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart in June 2013, logging eleven non-consecutive weeks at the summit of the chart. Pentatonix covered the song for their 2018 album Christmas Is Here! with an accompanying music video.^[3] In mid-to-late 2020, the song experienced a resurgence in popularity due to it being used on the social media platform TikTok. The song gained over 5 million on-demand streams on Spotify within the month of November 2020.^[4] As of January 5, 2022, the song is ranked in the top 100 of the most streamed songs on Spotify.

"Sweater Weather"
Single by the Neighbourhood
from the album I Love You.
Released	March 28, 2012 (2012-03-28)^[1]
Genre	Indie rock alternative rock^[2]
Length	3:56
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Jesse Rutherford Zach Abels Jeremy Freedman
Producer(s)	Justyn Pilbrow
The Neighbourhood singles chronology
"Female Robbery" (2012) "Sweater Weather" (2012) "Let It Go" (2013)

Background and writing

Zach Abels recalled to Radio.com: "One day Jesse was at my house and I was playing guitar. And he said, 'Hey that's pretty cool, let me record that.' And it just so happened to be "Sweater Weather." When we got done writing the song, when it was all said and done we were like 'Okay this is pretty good we should keep writing songs.'"^[5]

"I think 'Sweater Weather' might've been the best song we'd ever written," Rutherford added, "but I didn't think it was going to be the best song we'd ever write. It was kind of like getting a Platinum record, like a little tap on the butt."^[6]

Music video

There are two music videos for "Sweater Weather". The original video was released on March 28, 2012, but was later set as unlisted. The second music video for "Sweater Weather" was directed by Zack Sekuler and Daniel Iglesias Jr.,^[7] shot in grayscale to go with their black-and-white theme, released on March 5, 2013.

Influence

Social media platforms regularly use the song's title or listening to the song as a shorthand for bisexuality, also citing it as a "bisexual anthem".^[8] Unpublished Zine says that the song is made a bisexual anthem due to its intimacy, the lyric's relative gender neutrality, the narrator's wearing of "bisexual" clothes, and the melodic similarity of the song to other songs popular on Tumblr when it came out—a time, reportedly, when many users were starting to express their bisexuality.^[9]

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for "Sweater Weather" Chart (2013–2014) Peak position Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)^[10] 88 Canada (Canadian Hot 100)^[11] 68 Canada CHR/Top 40 (Billboard)^[12] 32 Canada Hot AC (Billboard)^[13] 33 Canada Rock (Billboard)^[14] 9 Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)^[15] 42 Scotland (OCC)^[16] 49 UK Singles (OCC)^[17] 49 US Billboard Hot 100^[18] 14 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[19] 24 US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)^[20] 9 US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)^[21] 4 US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)^[22] 7 US Rock Airplay (Billboard)^[23] 3 Chart (2020–2022) Peak position Australia (ARIA)^[24] 31 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[25] 37 Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)^[26] 16 Germany (Official German Charts)^[27] 57 Global 200 (Billboard)^[28] 25 Greece International (IFPI)^[29] 14 Ireland (IRMA)^[30] 67 Lithuania (AGATA)^[31] 12 Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[32] 51 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[33] 34 Portugal (AFP)^[34] 31 Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)^[35] 17 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[36] 51 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[37] 56

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for "Sweater Weather" Chart (2013) Position US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)^[38] 18 US Rock Airplay (Billboard)^[39] 4 Chart (2014) Position US Billboard Hot 100^[40] 75 US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)^[41] 48 US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)^[42] 11 Chart (2021) Position Global 200 (Billboard)^[43] 65 Portugal (AFP)^[44] 71 Chart (2022) Position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[45] 74 Global 200 (Billboard)^[46] 34 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[47] 49 UK Singles (OCC)^[48] 81

Certifications

Certifications for "Sweater Weather"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[49]	Platinum	70,000
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)^[50]	Platinum	90,000
Germany (BVMI)^[51]	Platinum	300,000
Italy (FIMI)^[52]	Platinum	70,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)^[53]	Diamond+Platinum	360,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[54]	3× Platinum	45,000
Portugal (AFP)^[55]	3× Platinum	60,000
United Kingdom (BPI)^[56]	2× Platinum	1,200,000
United States (RIAA)^[57]	9× Platinum	9,000,000
Streaming
Greece (IFPI Greece)^[58]	Platinum	2,000,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of Billboard number-one alternative singles of the 2010s

References

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External links

• "Sweater Weather" official music video on YouTube