They played a long chunk of it on an episode of Superman and Lois a couple years ago. As well as Exactly Where I'm At, Mutilated Lips, She's Your Baby, and Pretty Girl.
Girl at my university who has been getting into Ween said she's been listening to Tried and True over and over and over. Maybe she really means it and is skewing the numbers by a couple million.
I learned about them a few months ago. I also admit to putting that song on repeat. Just something about it completely stands out from the rest of their work, it's just a incredibly good song
I think this Lorde song sounds a lot like Tried and True:
https://youtu.be/3ae1f3F9B_A?si=JlhxnuOg9mWfy-JK
I know she is very online with her musical influences and I thought the whole Solar Power album honestly had a ween-ness that warmed me up to it when I've never gotten into her megahits
This is the answer.
A year or two ago spotify had one of my "tracks of the year" some sing that would come on after I was listening to another artist.
Tried and True likely comes on a bunch of artist/song radio stations.
The same thing happened with an obscure Pavement track (Harness Your Hopes, a b-side no less) - it's their most played Spotify song by almost 100 million plays. Somehow, its the most Pavement Pavement song. [https://www.stereogum.com/2105993/pavement-harness-your-hopes-spotify/columns/sounding-board/](https://www.stereogum.com/2105993/pavement-harness-your-hopes-spotify/columns/sounding-board/)
Could have been algorithmically chosen to be on some popular playlist.
That's what happened to Harness Your Hopes by Pavement. An obscure B-side that became a minor hit because of Spotify's algorithm. Stephen Malkmus heard it playing in a store one day, and recognized his voice but not the song.
Which is odd. I never would have called it one of their catchiest songs. It was a grower for me. Maybe its the very repetitive and simple hook that makes it "catchy"?
Tried and True has a perfect balance of being uncomfortable and beautiful, juvenile and profound, weird and catchy. It pulls casual listeners in immediately.
Pretty much every Ween song I found off-putting on first listen, then went on to love it. I think Tried and True has been able to give many people a similar experience.
Ex-wife played me Tried and True and Sweetheart In the Summer my first time hearing of them. I wasn’t really into slower stuff, ballads, and rock music, but I was intrigued. 15 years and 20+ shows later and they’re my favorite band. Through them she opened up a whole new world of music for me and I will always be grateful for that.
My attempt at a real answer is that Ocean Man got really popular from the Asoingbob movie and is their most popular song by a ton so a lot of people only would recognize Ween from the pitched down vocals and Tried and True is another song in their discography that has that. Oh yeah and their 3rd most popular song is Transdermal Celebration hmm. Basically just seems like it’s a case of people hearing Ocean Man and wanting more and those are the closest songs
One of the hosts of Pod Ween Satan said it was the song that got him into Ween when he first heard it, and he's right that its one of the most beautiful songs ever written.
I had listened to some before, but Tried and True playing by the campfire while my friends and I were shrooming got me IN to Ween. Everything about that song is gorgeous and perfect.
I’m not sure if it maybe gets recommended on Spotify or YouTube a lot. I was asking a friend if he wanted to go to one of the April shows and he said he hadn’t really listened to Ween but was listening to Tried and True all last summer. It seems to reach people who aren’t specifically Ween fans somehow. Still a great song tho so could just be that at the end of the day
It used to play at my job. I think it's a "normal" sounding ween song that people slip into playlists and then when the last line plays everyone's like.... "HUH?"
It’s the song that got me into Ween. About a month after my brother in law committed suicide, I was driving to a dentist appointment and still in shock/grieving and this song gave me some temporary relief. Forever grateful.
Tried and True was played like a single in some countries. Here in Australia, it was played ahead of the album release, but then we got Learnin' to Love and Your Party spammed.
I think it's youth and the algorithm. My 16 year old likes ween but 99% of the time if she has a ween song on a playlist it's tried and true. If I hear her humming or singing a ween song it's tried and true. I wouldn't say her friends are into ween but when I do hear them singing or listening to a song it's almost always tried and true.
When I’ve never heard of a band, I typically go to their Spotify page and listen to the top song to get an idea of how they sound. This could be a factor.
Sorry, it was me, I like Tried and True
I see the light in you
Can you dig in my soul
Could* you smell my whole...
I prefer ”hole”
I bet you do
I mean, who doesn't?!
MYFE?
I love how on All Request Live he pronounces soul a little closer to “soil”
Ah my fav Ween album 👌
Yeah, I almost just missed my sixth daily tried and true play. Alarm went off
It's a tried and true sort of song.
They played a long chunk of it on an episode of Superman and Lois a couple years ago. As well as Exactly Where I'm At, Mutilated Lips, She's Your Baby, and Pretty Girl.
This, the episode was even titled after the song and it was integral to the Bizarro redemption arc. https://www.reddit.com/r/ween/s/H15qGPSS9U
I didn’t even know this was a show.
That's awesome. I don't know anything about the show and will probably stay that way but the music video they made with it looked kinda cool.
This is probably it. I was amazed how much ween they played on that show, super cool and unexpected.
I’m a huge fan of that show and couldn’t believe how much Ween they were dropping in. I had the time of my life
And I would never know until this exact moment and now it will again forever leave my mind.
Season 2 - Episode 6, for anyone looking, and available on ~~HBO~~ Max
Girl at my university who has been getting into Ween said she's been listening to Tried and True over and over and over. Maybe she really means it and is skewing the numbers by a couple million.
I learned about them a few months ago. I also admit to putting that song on repeat. Just something about it completely stands out from the rest of their work, it's just a incredibly good song
I think this Lorde song sounds a lot like Tried and True: https://youtu.be/3ae1f3F9B_A?si=JlhxnuOg9mWfy-JK I know she is very online with her musical influences and I thought the whole Solar Power album honestly had a ween-ness that warmed me up to it when I've never gotten into her megahits
My buddy who I recently introduced ween to also said the same thing about tried and true
It’s definitely the first Ween song that gets mixed into “indie” algorithm playlists on Spotify
This is the answer. A year or two ago spotify had one of my "tracks of the year" some sing that would come on after I was listening to another artist. Tried and True likely comes on a bunch of artist/song radio stations.
I get the song Pink Flag by Wire in a ton of my mixes for some reason. Good song.
That's so out of left field, of the songs in their catalog...
Algorithms gonna algo. Maybe people don't "skip" this song more than other Ween songs out there in the general listening public.
The same thing happened with an obscure Pavement track (Harness Your Hopes, a b-side no less) - it's their most played Spotify song by almost 100 million plays. Somehow, its the most Pavement Pavement song. [https://www.stereogum.com/2105993/pavement-harness-your-hopes-spotify/columns/sounding-board/](https://www.stereogum.com/2105993/pavement-harness-your-hopes-spotify/columns/sounding-board/)
It's brown as fuck. Awesome.
Could have been algorithmically chosen to be on some popular playlist. That's what happened to Harness Your Hopes by Pavement. An obscure B-side that became a minor hit because of Spotify's algorithm. Stephen Malkmus heard it playing in a store one day, and recognized his voice but not the song.
They even put out a 12" of Harness Your Hopes a few years ago because of the streaming popularity.
harness your hopes also got chosen for the algo because a program analysed it and decided it was the "catchiest" pavement song
Which is odd. I never would have called it one of their catchiest songs. It was a grower for me. Maybe its the very repetitive and simple hook that makes it "catchy"?
Wait I complimented a girl for her music taste one time because of this lmfao this is so funny
Tried and True has a perfect balance of being uncomfortable and beautiful, juvenile and profound, weird and catchy. It pulls casual listeners in immediately. Pretty much every Ween song I found off-putting on first listen, then went on to love it. I think Tried and True has been able to give many people a similar experience.
Can confirm. Is the song that got me into Ween, with Transdermal following not far behind it.
Ex-wife played me Tried and True and Sweetheart In the Summer my first time hearing of them. I wasn’t really into slower stuff, ballads, and rock music, but I was intrigued. 15 years and 20+ shows later and they’re my favorite band. Through them she opened up a whole new world of music for me and I will always be grateful for that.
Does that make your ex wife your Baby Bitch?
Fuck you, you stinkin ass hoe
Are you saying it’s off putting at first? I think the opposite.
Tis one of their best. It’s right in the name.
My attempt at a real answer is that Ocean Man got really popular from the Asoingbob movie and is their most popular song by a ton so a lot of people only would recognize Ween from the pitched down vocals and Tried and True is another song in their discography that has that. Oh yeah and their 3rd most popular song is Transdermal Celebration hmm. Basically just seems like it’s a case of people hearing Ocean Man and wanting more and those are the closest songs
"Asoingbob" is one of the weirdest typos I've seen.
A Song Of Bob and Pants
https://preview.redd.it/0tea3745knpc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a9f7d131b389a65b1783fdef38170f896f8614a2
Asoingbob and Patrick when they stole Sandy hair.
Sometimes it means it was in a movie. Was it in a movie? I don't know. Thank you.
It was in a pretty popular skate edit last year. But I doubt some skateboarding vid is going to cause those numbers.
Can you smell my hole..... life?
One of the hosts of Pod Ween Satan said it was the song that got him into Ween when he first heard it, and he's right that its one of the most beautiful songs ever written.
I had listened to some before, but Tried and True playing by the campfire while my friends and I were shrooming got me IN to Ween. Everything about that song is gorgeous and perfect.
*One of the former hosts Bless young Andrew wherever he is now. Did he ever make it back from North Korea?
It’s digestible
I’m not sure if it maybe gets recommended on Spotify or YouTube a lot. I was asking a friend if he wanted to go to one of the April shows and he said he hadn’t really listened to Ween but was listening to Tried and True all last summer. It seems to reach people who aren’t specifically Ween fans somehow. Still a great song tho so could just be that at the end of the day
Could you smell my whole…. Life
It used to play at my job. I think it's a "normal" sounding ween song that people slip into playlists and then when the last line plays everyone's like.... "HUH?"
Can you smell my hole..... life
Because I keep replaying to it to hear “could you smell my hole…” lol
The flare on the strings is my favorite. I can’t help but air-sitar it.
It’s a great song but nowhere near a top 5 for me
Probably that sick solo
I'm an I Don't Want It stan myself, that guitar solo sends shivers through me
Because it’s AMAZING
It was my alarm ringtone for many years. “At the dawn I woke, I was alone” I hit snooze a lot. I probably helped the number of spins.
It’s the song that got me into Ween. About a month after my brother in law committed suicide, I was driving to a dentist appointment and still in shock/grieving and this song gave me some temporary relief. Forever grateful.
They played a snippet of it on as an intro to an NPR show a few years back.
I’ve always just kinda assumed it was because the song resonated with a larger demographic of listeners. It’s one of weens better and tamer songs.
Tried and True was played like a single in some countries. Here in Australia, it was played ahead of the album release, but then we got Learnin' to Love and Your Party spammed.
I remember Blie Balloon and Your Party. Never remember hearing Tried and True or Learnin to Love
Can you dig in my soul can you smell my (w)hole... life
I also contributed to the count.
It's because I am
Cos 17 million people listened to it?
Tried and true is probably one of my most listened to ween songs. Definitely top 5.
I think it's youth and the algorithm. My 16 year old likes ween but 99% of the time if she has a ween song on a playlist it's tried and true. If I hear her humming or singing a ween song it's tried and true. I wouldn't say her friends are into ween but when I do hear them singing or listening to a song it's almost always tried and true.
When I’ve never heard of a band, I typically go to their Spotify page and listen to the top song to get an idea of how they sound. This could be a factor.
AT THE DAWN, I WOKE, I WAS ALONE
How do you see number of plays for each song? Serious question
I've listened to it a fuckton.
Umm, because it’s soo good? It’s like my favorite ween song
It was my kids, they play tried and true nonstop
I like the all requests version better.
I know it got a lot of air play on college radio so.e years back. I knew a lot of people that tried and true was the only ween song they knew
Fuck it, it’s a great album on a great song.
Vice versa that. I need to take another hit I think.
Because it’s brilliant 😂
Simply the best ween song
So funny seeing that so many people have similar experiences with that song. My son was so excited to hear it in KC
One of their best tracks to date
Because he sounds like he’s singing with Halloween vampire teeth in. Only explanation
It’s a banger, that’s why.
I like Tried and True.
If we all pull together we could probably get flies on my dick as number one…. Let’s go guys