| Two Weeks | |
| Cover: | Grizzlybeartwoweeks.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Grizzly Bear |
| Album: | Veckatimest |
| Recorded: | 2008 |
| Length: | 4:03 |
| Label: | Warp |
| Producer: | Chris Taylor |
| Prev Title: | Knife |
| Prev Year: | 2007 |
| Next Title: | While You Wait for the Others |
| Next Year: | 2009 |
"Two Weeks" is a song by the American indie rock band Grizzly Bear, and the first single from the band's third studio album, Veckatimest. Featuring backing vocals from Victoria Legrand, singer and organist for the dream pop duo Beach House, it was released as a single on June 1, 2009. The song's debut live performance was on the Late Show with David Letterman in July 2008.[1]
The video for "Two Weeks" was directed by Patrick Daughters. It features the band members sitting on an altar at an empty church, singing along to the song as slowly their heads and faces start to glow, then sparks fly from their heads and ultimately their heads catch fire as the video ends.[2] When interviewed by Amanda Petrusich, band singer Ed Droste explained:[3]
Upon its release, "Two Weeks" was acclaimed by music critics, and many regarded it as a highlight of Veckatimest.[4] [5] [6] Pitchfork Media ranked the song at No. 162 in its "Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s" list.[7] It was voted at No. 61 on Triple J's Hottest 100 for 2009.[8] Stereogum cited it as the sixth best song of the group.[9]
"Two Weeks" has gained popularity in YouTube, where its video clip (uploaded by the verified channel of the original group) has over 14 million views.[10] Das Racist refers to the song in the track "Free Jazzmatazz." They claim about their own song: "this is the best song ever. Better than 'Juicy'... better than "Two Weeks" by Grizzly Bear. That's a pretty good song, right?"[11] Childish Gambino also sampled and rapped over the song, now called "Bitch Look At Me Now", on his 2010 mixtape I am Just a Rapper.[12] [13]
The song was featured in the 2012 movie The Dictator, an episode of the television series How I Met Your Mother, and a Volkswagen commercial aired during Super Bowl XLIV.[14] [15]