# WTF is the girl saying in Weezer's 'Beverly Hills'? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 18, 2005, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398 "2005-05-18T13:31:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Big\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e4f/32.png) [@Big\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_G)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398/21 "2005-05-26T16:14:23Z")
That “gimme gimme” should be “gimmie gimmie”. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398/22 "2005-05-26T16:16:01Z")
I have the tune off of iTunes on my machine. She says the words six times: 0:34 to 0:37, 0:53 to 0:57, 1:27 to 1:30, and 1:38 to 1:40, 2:33 to 2:37, 2:43 to 2:47, and 3:05 to 3:08. The second word is definately “gimme”. The first word is somewhat indistict under the power chord that hits just before it, but its second sylable is “ee” and the emphasis in on the first syllable. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398/23 "2005-05-26T16:31:27Z")
I just listened to it on the website, and it sounds like “can ya gimme”, but the “can ya” is really covered up by the music so it’s more like “cn y-”. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398/24 "2005-05-26T16:50:55Z")
> [@Big G](#): > > About the closest I’ve seen to official word is by Karl, weezer’s webmaster and photographer, found [here.](http://www.weezer.com/news/default.asp?assetid=1153704&artistid=479&title=03%2F24%2F05+take+my+picture+by+the+pool) > He mentions different versions of “Beverly Hills” floating around with the “gimme gimme” lyrics sung by male and female voices. > > So, it seems to be “gimmie gimmie”. > > G Nice find, thanks! This is probably as official as we will get. ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398/25 "2005-07-13T22:07:18Z")
> [@scout1222](#): > > **Revtim** , I’m glad you’ve opened this discussion. It’s driving me crazy, and I almost started a thread of my own. (I really like this song, by the way.) I really liked this song the first time I heard it. Then I _really_ liked it because I realized I could sing “The Sweater Song” over top of it. Then I found out it was by Weezer, pulling a Nickelback. I liked this song better when the girl was asking for a ride to the party. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398/26 "2005-07-13T22:52:16Z")
You know, I’ve wondered this myself. I decided that she’s saying “Nuh-yimmy” and it’s there to irritate people (like myself) who are convinced that it’s supposed to be something intelligible. ---
**Author:** ![Shy\_kitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@Shy\_kitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shy_kitten)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398/27 "2017-07-03T20:10:07Z")
I always thought it said “are we really” instead of “gimme gimme” but if it says that in the lyrics then ok I was wrong maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398/28 "2017-07-03T20:18:23Z")
> [@Jurph](#): > > I really liked this song the first time I heard it. Then I _really_ liked it because I realized I could sing “The Sweater Song” over top of it. > > Then I found out it was by Weezer, pulling a Nickelback. I liked this song better when the girl was asking for a ride to the party. Please do not ever mention Weezer and Nickelback in the same breath. It will create an anti-matter vortex that sucks the universe into itself. I think she’s saying ‘‘Look at me.’’ I watched the music video and did not get much insight. I am a hard-core Weezer fan and even a not-great Weezer song is better than most other songs. But I much prefer the song [Pork and Beans](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQHPYelqr0E), particularly the video, which is a send up of every great YouTube viral hit, and includes the actual stars of those videos. If you haven’t watched it, you’re in for a treat. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398/29 "2017-07-03T20:34:10Z")
As an aside, because I can’t help but talk about Weezer, Pork and Beans was on the red album, but it speaks to Weezer’s interesting relationship with net culture. My favorite album is _Maladroit_, which they tried to write collaboratively with fans on the internet, and so half the songs on the album are Rivers Cuomo bitching about how hard it is to work collaboratively with fans on the internet. I love meta stuff like that. ---
**Author:** ![benjaminklein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@benjaminklein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/benjaminklein)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398/30 "2017-12-26T06:44:30Z")
According to wiki “Stephanie Eitel of Agent Sparks on the chorus on backup vocals, performing the “Gimme, gimme” hook.” lol > **[Beverly Hills (song)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Hills_(song))** > > "Beverly Hills" is a song by American rock band Weezer. It is the first single from the band's fifth album, Make Believe. "Beverly Hills" was released to US radio on March 28, 2005. The song features Stephanie Eitel of Agent Sparks on the chorus on backup vocals, performing the "gimme, gimme" hook. > Rivers Cuomo's story behind "Beverly Hills": "I was at the opening of the new Hollywood Bowl and I flipped through the program and I saw a picture of Wilson Phillips. And for some reason I just thou... ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398/31 "2017-12-26T22:02:31Z")
> [@Shy\_kitten](#): > > I always thought it said “are we really” instead of “gimme gimme” but if it says that in the lyrics then ok I was wrong maybe? I love it that Shy Kitten did some searching, joined the Dope just to answer this question with an off-the-wall answer different then everyone else’s, admits she is wrong, and is never heard from again. Dennis ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398/32 "2017-12-27T22:34:07Z")
Sounds like “can you gimme” to me. ---
**Author:** ![Coremetal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/858c86/32.png) [@Coremetal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coremetal)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398/33 "2019-05-31T01:45:51Z")
Could it be saying, You and me To Beverly You and me ??? It’s driving me crazy too, I also want to know who the girl is? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-girl-saying-in-weezers-beverly-hills/304398.md?page=1)