1968Released
4:34

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Interesting facts and trivia about The Weight - Remastered 2000. By Songfacts®.

This tells the story of a guy who visits Nazareth, and is asked by his friend Fanny to visit several of her friends. "The Weight" that is his load are all these strange people he promised he would check on. The song was never a big hit, but it endures as a classic rock staple.

The Band's guitarist, Robbie Robertson, claims this was influenced by the work of Luis Buñuel, a Spanish director who made some of the first movies dealing with surrealism. Robertson was intrigued by the characters in his films, who were often good people who did bad things.

Robbie Robertson got the only writing credit for this song, although other members of the group claimed that they contributed to this as well as many of their other songs and were not credited. Since only the writer receives royalties for a song, this created a great deal of tension in The Band.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of The Weight - Remastered 2000.
AKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
144BPM

Album

The album The Weight - Remastered 2000 is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released The Weight - Remastered 2000.
CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92)
© 2000 UMG Recordings, Inc.
A Capitol Records release; ℗ 2000 UMG Recordings, Inc.

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