Song Wednesday

ritual · in 34 videos (2007–2011)

Mentions by year: 2007: 12 · 2008: 3 · 2009: 13 · 2010: 4 · 2011: 2

Threads

• Hank: write a song every two weeks (2007 challenge from John) — punishment, performed, 2007–2007
• Song Wednesday: Hank performs a song on Wednesdays (2008) — stage, lapse, 2008–2011
• Hank (with Katherine): post a Dr. Horrible song for Song Wednesday after his late video (2008) — promise, kept, 2008–2008
• Brotherhood 2.0.0.9: the vlogbrothers' 2009 schedule and rules (2009) — stage, milestone, 2009–2009

What the videos say

2007

• 2007-05-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 2: Book Banning — Praising Hank's song, John suggests Hank could write one song every two weeks for the rest of the project, on his Wednesdays: fun and easy, for John. (00:00:10)
• 2007-05-09 · My 9th: Singing and Randy — Hank officially accepts John's challenge to write a song every two weeks, which 'the other guy from Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone From Your Pants' suggested; he will sing on each of his Wednesdays. (00:00:10)
• 2007-06-14 · June 13: Dominican Debacles — Because it is Wednesday Hank sings a very short song about his family, which he says numbers 27 with two more on the way, on his mom's side alone. (00:00:31)
• 2007-07-06 · July 6: Ooooooops — Hank says Independence Day has put him on the even days, so he won't have to do a song next Wednesday. (00:00:10)
• 2007-07-18 · July 18: Accio Deathly Hallows (no spoilers) — Hank says he must wait until Friday to do the green hair thing, because Wednesday is his day and he must do a song. (00:00:13)
• 2007-07-30 · July 30: Mystery Lyrics and Paying Rent — Because Hank's video is on Monday, his next video falls on a Wednesday, which means it will be a song. (00:01:10)
• 2007-08-02 · August 1: It's Too Hot — Hank says it is Wednesday, which means he has to sing a song. (00:00:10)
• 2007-09-08 · September 7th: Fatalities, Dances and Thanks — Hank credits John with getting him into Brotherhood 2.0 and challenging him to write and perform an original song every Wednesday; he now has a repertoire in several styles. (00:02:40)
• 2007-10-29 · October 29th: It Just Isn't Fair — Hank realizes his song day falls on Halloween; his song is not about Halloween and he doesn't know if he can write a Halloween song in time. (00:00:03)
• 2007-12-05 · December 5th: The Adorable Cannibal (PG-13) — Hank says two other people are doing projects similar to Song Wednesday: CharlieIsSoCool in the Vloglovers channel and Abby2R in her new Songs from a Hat series; he is very excited about both. (00:00:01)
• 2007-12-20 · December 19: The Day that the Nerds Took Over YouTube — Hank says this is the final Song Wednesday of Brotherhood 2.0, because it is his last Wednesday. (00:00:18)
• 2007-12-24 · THE NERDFIGHTER HAPPY DANCE PROJECT — The tribute lists what the brothers brought: intelligent humor, blended meals, 'In My Pants', DFTBA, songs on Wednesday, stuff on heads, awesome and togetherness. (00:08:13)

2008

• 2008-10-30 · Hank is Late (dr horrible) — Hank says that after this video he and Katherine will perform a special song from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog for Song Wednesday, though it will be Thursday on the East Coast. (00:00:23)
• 2008-11-07 · Funny Noises from Tennessee — Hank offers a song on Thursday rather than Wednesday: a Nerdfighter chant he and John have done at Tour de Nerdfighting gatherings, which he wants everyone to know. (00:00:29)

2009

• 2009-01-02 · Brotherhood 2.0.0.9 — Every other Wednesday Hank will perform an original song: Song Wednesdays are back. (00:01:48)
• 2009-01-08 · Hank Green: Behind the Music — On the stream Hank will play music and talk about the album, Song Wednesdays, the future of Brotherhood 2.0 and DFTBA Records, starting around 5 pm Eastern. (00:02:31)
• 2009-01-12 · SOMALI PIRATES! France Penetrates Chad! — John congratulates Hank on the hugely successful release of his first album, urges viewers to buy it, and looks forward to the first Song Wednesday. (00:03:25)
• 2009-01-15 · TIny Cars SUCK! — Hank announces that this video marks the return of Song Wednesdays. (00:02:42)
• 2009-01-28 · Stock Adviser (Via Britney) — Hank says John agreed it is perfectly okay to do parodies on Song Wednesdays, though John did not say Katherine could sing. (00:00:32)
• 2009-02-12 · A Song About an Anglerfish — Hank says this Song Wednesday song was recorded straight in the studio rather than first on acoustic guitar, so viewers get the studio version first. (00:00:11)
• 2009-11-18 · Crazy Man is Crazy (with SEATTLE INFO!!) — For the Wednesday song, Hank sings a short road-trip song listing things he'd be screwed without: computer, camera, chargers, guitar, phone, keys. (00:00:54)
• 2009-11-22 · Hank in FAMY — John says Nerdfighteria has long wanted to punish Hank, but Hank keeps the rules: a video every Wednesday, a song every other Wednesday, never more than four minutes. (00:00:29)
• 2009-12-17 · Project for Awesome: The Nature Conservancy — Hank says it is Song Wednesday, but he expected John's announcement tomorrow rather than yesterday, so he has no song about John's baby, only a line: 'John Green loves John Green's baby.' (00:00:00)
• 2009-12-31 · The STUPIDEST NEWS STORIES of 2009 (a song) — Hank says his last video of 2009 falls on a Song Wednesday; he wrote the lyrics, sent them to Rhett and Link, who wrote the music, and they recorded it together. (00:00:04)

2010

• 2010-10-07 · The Fermi Paradox: A Song — Hank announces that Song Wednesdays are returning: until the end of 2010 he will do a new song every Wednesday. (00:00:00)
• 2010-10-07 · The Fermi Paradox: A Song — Hank says he is doing it because songs are stuck in his head and he needs motivation to get them out, so he is motivating himself through Nerdfighteria. (00:00:00)
• 2010-11-18 · HARRY POTTER SONG! — Hank says the first part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows comes out tomorrow night, he is very excited, and it's Song Wednesday. (00:00:00)
• 2010-12-16 · Adult Female: A Song — Hank says it is Song Wednesday, the Wednesday before the Project for Awesome, and that John's video about things he loves inspired him to play a song about something he loves. (00:00:00)

2011

• 2011-01-06 · Homeless Man with a Golden Voice Gets a Job — Hank says that with 2010 over there will be no more Song Wednesdays, joking he will never sing again before admitting he couldn't stop writing songs. (00:00:05)