Song Wednesday: Hank performs a song on Wednesdays (2007)
project history · status: lapsed · last event: paused (2011-01-05) · last mentioned: 2025-10-08
Song Wednesday was Hank's practice, begun during Brotherhood 2.0 in 2007, of performing a song on Wednesdays. It came back several times, in October 2008, in 2009 every other Wednesday with parodies allowed, and from October 2010 to the end of that year, before Hank ended it in January 2011.
Parts: Hank: write a song every two weeks (2007 challenge from John) · Hank (with Katherine): post a Dr. Horrible song for Song Wednesday after his late video (2008)
Told alongside: Brotherhood 2.0: the 2007 year of daily video letters · Brotherhood 2.0.0.9: the vlogbrothers' 2009 schedule and rules (2009)
About: Song Wednesday, Brotherhood 2.0
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-05-02 | proposed | 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. (playful, hedged) | Brotherhood 2.0: May 2: Book Banning 00:00:10 |
| 2007-05-09 | launched | 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. | My 9th: Singing and Randy 00:00:10 |
| 2007-09-07 | looked back | 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. | September 7th: Fatalities, Dances and Thanks 00:02:40 |
| 2007-12-19 | paused | Hank says this is the final Song Wednesday of Brotherhood 2.0, because it is his last Wednesday (12 December 2007). | December 19: The Day that the Nerds Took Over YouTube 00:00:18 |
| 2008-10-16 (said on 2008-10-15, implied) | restarted | After someone recalled that he performed a song every Wednesday during Brotherhood 2.0, Hank says he is going to perform one today: a Paper Towns song. (playful) | Paper Towns Collab Album Project!!! 00:00:00 |
| 2009-01-01 | restarted | Hank announces Song Wednesdays are back: he will perform an original song every other Wednesday as part of the 2009 schedule. | Brotherhood 2.0.0.9 00:01:48 |
| 2009-01-14 | restarted | Hank announces the return of Song Wednesdays. | TIny Cars SUCK! 00:02:42 |
| 2009-01-28 | rule change | Hank reports that John agreed parodies are perfectly okay on Song Wednesdays. | Stock Adviser (Via Britney) 00:00:32 |
| 2010-10-07 | restarted | Hank announces that Song Wednesdays are returning, with a new song every Wednesday until the end of 2010. | The Fermi Paradox: A Song 00:00:00 |
| 2011-01-05 | paused | Hank says that with 2010 over there are no more Song Wednesdays; instead of a Wednesday song he covered a song on his second channel. | Homeless Man with a Golden Voice Gets a Job 00:00:05 |
| 2025-10-08 | looked back | Hank recalls Song Wednesday: from 2007 he did a song every Wednesday, in practice every two weeks because the brothers traded off days; it has been a while. | Being Alive 00:00:00 |
Dates are upload dates, which set the order. Where the speaker gives a different recording date in the video, it is added as "said on YYYY-MM-DD, implied" (derived from the date said in the video).
What is said about it
29 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2007-06-13 · June 13: Dominican Debacles — Hank: 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. (playful) — 00:00:31
- 2007-07-06 · July 6: Ooooooops — announcement: Hank says Independence Day has put him on the even days, so he won't have to do a song next Wednesday (11 July 2007). — 00:00:10
- 2007-07-18 · July 18: Accio Deathly Hallows (no spoilers) — announcement: Hank says he must wait until Friday (20 July 2007) to do the green hair thing, because Wednesday is his day and he must do a song. — 00:00:13
- 2007-07-19 · July 19: A Day in the Life of a Writer (Who Has No Friends) — John congratulates Hank on yesterday's song, calling it Hank's best song ever. — 00:00:10
- 2007-07-30 · July 30: Mystery Lyrics and Paying Rent — announcement: Hank: Because Hank's video is on Monday, his next video falls on a Wednesday, which means it will be a song. — 00:01:10
- 2007-08-01 · August 1: It's Too Hot — Hank says it is Wednesday, which means he has to sing a song. — 00:00:10
- 2007-10-29 · October 29th: It Just Isn't Fair — announcement: 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. (hedged) — 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
- 2007-12-19 · December 19: The Day that the Nerds Took Over YouTube — Hank says it is the first Song Wednesday in which he does not sing alone: Katherine sings with him and wrote about half of the song. (hedged) — 00:00:26
- 2007-12-24 · THE NERDFIGHTER HAPPY DANCE PROJECT — Debbie Kitto: 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
- 2008-10-16 (said on 2008-10-15, implied) · Paper Towns Collab Album Project!!! — Hank says someone recalled that during Brotherhood 2.0 he performed a song every Wednesday, so he is going to do so. (playful) — 00:00:00
- 2008-10-30 (said on 2008-10-29, implied) · Hank is Late (dr horrible) — announcement: 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
- 2008-11-06 · 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
- 2009-01-07 · Hank Green: Behind the Music — announcement: Hank: 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. (hedged) — 00:02:31
- 2009-01-11 · 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
- 2009-01-14 · TIny Cars SUCK! — announcement: Hank announces that this video marks the return of Song Wednesdays. — 00:02:42
- 2009-02-11 · A Song About an Anglerfish — announcement: 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
- 2009-02-24 · How to Make Guys Like You — John says he is so excited for Song Wednesday that he has to do a little dance. (playful) — 00:03:05
- 2009-11-18 · Crazy Man is Crazy (with SEATTLE INFO!!) — Hank: For the Wednesday song, Hank sings a short road-trip song listing things he'd be screwed without: computer, camera, chargers, guitar, phone, keys. (playful) — 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. (playful) — 00:00:29
- 2009-12-16 · 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.' (playful) — 00:00:00
- 2009-12-30 · 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
- 2010-10-07 · The Fermi Paradox: A Song — announcement: 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
- 2010-11-17 · HARRY POTTER SONG! — announcement: 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
- 2010-12-15 · Adult Female: A Song — announcement: 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
- 2011-11-14 · T-Shirt and Jeans - A Song — announcement: Hank says it is Song Wednesday and that the song is about his outfit. — 00:00:00
- 2017-11-08 · Follow Hank All Day — Hank works on a song for the first time in a while; it was meant for Song Wednesday but isn't happening, so he put it on his Tumblr though it still has problems. — 00:00:15
- 2025-10-10 · Maybe This is My Problem — Hank says this Pizzamas has had Thoughts from Places, walks in the woods and Song Wednesdays, and now a traditional unscripted airport vlog. — 00:00:00