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| − | I hope this party never ends, oh, oh oh | + | <lyrics>I hope this party never ends, oh, oh oh |
Keep partying with my best friends, oh, oh oh | Keep partying with my best friends, oh, oh oh | ||
| − | This is the crunkiest night | + | This is the crunkiest night in my whole lifetime |
| − | Keep partying with me tonight | + | Keep partying with me tonight</lyrics> |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 18:47, 27 July 2016
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| Album track by Weezer | |||||
| Albums | Raditude Alone II |
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| Released | November 3, 2009 - Raditude November 25, 2008 - Alone II |
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| Length | 4:22 - Raditude 2:19 - Alone II |
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| Label | Geffen | ||||
| Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo & Jermaine Dupri | ||||
| Producer(s) | Polow Da Don - Raditude Rivers Cuomo - Alone II |
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| Status | officially released | ||||
| Live debut | July 24, 2009 - full band version | ||||
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"Can't Stop Partying" is the fourth track from Raditude. The song was previously released in demo form on Alone II in 2008.
Contents
Appearances
- Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo (Demo)
- Not Alone: Rivers Cuomo & Friends Live at Fingerprints (Live)
- Raditude
- Weezer Raditude Club: iTunes pass (Coconut Teaser Mix)
- iTunes Originals - Weezer (iTunes Originals Version)
Overview
Alone II version
"Can't Stop Partying" was written by Rivers Cuomo and Jermaine Dupri. Dupri wrote the lyrics and gave them to Cuomo claiming that, as the Alone II liner notes say, "the rock world and the hip-hop world were really the same: they were both all about partying." Initially, Cuomo would give the song what he called a predictable upbeat, "punk rock" sound. After being dissatisfied with the results (and for the song's message, something Rivers took issue with), he opted to juxtapose the "party" lyrics with a more somber feel, musically, employing a minor key, acoustic guitars, and organs. The previous upbeat take on the song has not been released.
A few months after the release of Alone II, a similar arrangement of the song was performed live for Stereogum.com by Cuomo, Dupri, Ryan Key of Yellowcard, Jose Galvez of Ozma, Derek Grant of Alkaline Trio, Sean O'Donnell of Reeve Oliver, Greg Vail (a saxophonist), and Ricky Sans of Melee. A flutist is also featured.
"Can't Stop Partying" was first performed live at the Alone II Jam Session before the album was released. It was Cuomo's personal pick for the set list, naming it as his favorite song from Alone II.
While headlining a festival in Korea in the summer of 2009, Weezer performed a new and very different arrangement of the song, featuring a rock drum beat, distorted guitars, a new bridge. The chorus lyric was also slightly altered, replacing, "I gotta have Patron, I gotta have the E" with "I gotta have the boom, I gotta have the beat," seemingly stemming from Cuomo's previously stated objection to the original's glorification of drugs. A studio version with a very similar arrangement, with the addition of a children's choir, was released (with the notation "Coconut Teaser mix" in the title) as part of the Weezer Raditude Club: iTunes pass bundle. This version was named as the favorite version of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner.
Raditude version
The "rock" version underwent a heavily altered remix by Polow da Don, featuring only the vocals and very minimal guitar over a more hip-hop oriented sound, as well as an entirely new bridge featuring a rap verse by Lil Wayne. Brian Bell stated in a 2010 interview with thewaster.com that the Lil Wayne verse was suggested by Jermaine Dupri, and was added as they needed "something different for the third verse". The lyrics in the chorus were again subtly alterered, restoring the "Patron" lyric but keeping the "beat" lyric. The demo's stripped-down, acoustic qualities were scrapped entirely.
iTunes Originals version
In November 2010 the iTunes compilation album iTunes Originals - Weezer was released featuring a 4th version of "Can't Stop Partying". Even though not specifically labeled, this version is similar to the Raditude version, but with real drums and bass guitar and more electric guitars in the mix. It has the same vocals, lyrics and bridge as the Raditude version. This version was previously heard on Weezer's MySpace page and therefore is sometimes referred to as "MySpace Mix", or "MySpace version".
Band Commentary
Rivers: "Can't Stop Partying" I wrote with Jermain Dupri who's like a Hip-Hop/R&B guy. So it was really fun for me. He came in with this total "Woohoo, we're partying" type of vibe. And it wasn't 100% right for me so I wrote some different chords and changed some melodies and gave it a little bit of dark undertone to it. So it had some complexity. [1]
Personnel
Raditude version
- Rivers Cuomo - vocals, guitar
- Lil Wayne - vocals
- Pat Wilson - drums
- Brian Bell - backing vocals, Synth
- Scott Shriner - Synth, backing vocals
- Polow Da Don - production
Alone II version
- Rivers Cuomo – acoustic guitar, vocals, percussion
Lyrics
These lyrics are for the full album version featuring Lil Wayne. The version released on Alone II is the exact same without Lil Wayne's verse, and the line "I gotta have the beat" was originally "I gotta have the e", and "I got the real big posse with me, yeah I'm deep" was originally "I got the real big posse with me, yeah I'm ???" [as quoted from the Alone II liner notes
<lyrics>I can't stop partying, partying
I can't stop partying, partying
I gotta have Patrón, I gotta have the beat
I gotta have a lot of pretty girls around me
Oh, I can't stop partying, partying I can't stop, partying, partying I gotta have the cars, I gotta have the jewels and if you was me, honey, you would do it too
Monday to Sunday I hit all the clubs And now e'rybody know me when I pull up I got the real big posse with me, yeah I'm deep And if you lookin' for me I'm in VIP
Just follow the smoke; they're bringing bottles of the Goose And all the girls in the corner getting loose Screw rehab I love my addiction No sleep, no sleep, I am always on a mission 'cause
[Lil Wayne] Party like tomorrow is my funeral Gotta stop mixing alcohol with pharmaceuticals And the unusual is the fucking usual Man, my life is beautiful and my girls are mutual Okay bitches, Weezer and it's Weezy Upside down MTV Please don't shoot me down because I'm an endangered species It's the days of our lives but my night just started I pray the killer doesn't take the life of the party
Oh
Can't stop, can't stop the partying
</lyrics>
<lyrics>I hope this party never ends, oh, oh oh Keep partying with my best friends, oh, oh oh This is the crunkiest night in my whole lifetime Keep partying with me tonight</lyrics>
