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{{Infobox song
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| Name      = Undone - The Sweater Song
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| Cover      = TheSweaterSong.jpg
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| Type      = single
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| Artist    = Weezer
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| Album      = Weezer (The Blue Album)
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| Album type = studio
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| Released  = [[June 24]], [[1994]]
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| Recorded  = August-September [[1993]] at [[Electric Lady Studios]], New York, NY
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| Length    = 5:05
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| Label      = [[Geffen]]
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| Writer    = Rivers Cuomo
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| Reviews    = *[[Undone - The Sweater Song Allmusic track review|Allmusic]] {{Rating-big|5|5}} (5/5)
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| RC#        = 114
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| COR#      = N/A
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| Producer  = Ric Ocasek
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| Status    = Officially released
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| LastFM link = [http://play.last.fm/preview/26139.mp3 Album version]<br>[http://play.last.fm/preview/3472892.mp3 ''The Kitchen Tape'' demo version]
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| RC's last song  = "Make Me a Pallet"<br>(RC# 113)
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| This RC song    = "Undone - The Sweater Song"<br>(RC# 114)
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| RC's next song  = "Why Do We Hurt Eachother?"<br>(RC# 115)
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| This single    = "Undone - The Sweater Song"<br>1994
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| Next single    = "[[Buddy Holly]]"<br>1994
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| Previous track = "[[Buddy Holly]]"<br>(4)
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| This track      = "Undone - The Sweater Song"<br>(5)
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| Next track      = "[[Surf Wax America]]"<br>(6)
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{{Extra track listing
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| Album = The Kitchen Tape
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| Type = Demo
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| Previous track = "[[Let's Sew Our Pants Together]]"<br>(3)
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| This track = "Undone - The Sweater Song"<br>(4)
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| Next track = "[[Paperface]]"<br>(5)
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}}
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{{Extra track listing
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| Album = Weezer's third demo
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| Type = Demo
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| Previous track = "[[Say It Ain't So]]"<br>(3)
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| This track = "Undone - The Sweater Song"<br>(4)
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| Next track = "[[Surf Wax America]]"<br>(5)
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}}
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| Misc        = {{Extra album cover 2
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  | Upper caption  = Alternate cover
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  | Type          = single
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  | Cover          = TheSweaterSong2.jpg
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  | Lower caption  = Cover of the European Retail CD
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"'''Undone - The Sweater Song'''" is the first single ever released by [[Weezer]].  It was the fifth track and first single from ''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)]]''.
  
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===Appearances===
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* ''[[The Kitchen Tape]]'' (Demo)
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* ''[[Weezer's third demo]]'' (Demo)
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* ''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)]]''
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* ''[[Undone]]'' (Promo Only Radio Single)
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* ''[[Undone]]'' (US Retail Cassette/US Promo 7" Jukebox Single (Black Vinyl))
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* ''[[Undone]]'' (Australian Retail CD)
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* ''[[Undone]]'' (UK Retail CD/UK Retail Cassette/UK 7" Single (Blue Vinyl))
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* ''[[Undone]]'' (French Retail CD/French Promo 7" Single (Blue Vinyl))
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* ''[[MTV's 120 Minutes Live]]''
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* ''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)]]'' - Deluxe Edition (Album and Demo Version)
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*[[The Red Album#Japan Deluxe Edition DVD Content|''Weezer (The Red Album)'' - Japan Deluxe Edition Bonus DVD]] (Live Video)
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*''[[Not Alone: Rivers Cuomo & Friends Live at Fingerprints]]'' (Live)
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*[[List of Official Bootlegs|Several Official Bootlegs]] (Live Version)
  
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===MP3 Previews===
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''<small>Source is www.LastFM.com unless otherwise stated</small>''
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*[http://play.last.fm/preview/26139.mp3 Album version]
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*[http://play.last.fm/preview/3472892.mp3 ''The Kitchen Tape'' demo version]
  
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==Overview==
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Lead singer [[Rivers Cuomo]] has commented many times on this song. He said of the song, "I took typing, Psych 101, and English 101 that semester. It was in my English class that I heard the analogy of the unraveling sweater. Dr. Eisenstein used the image to demonstrate the effectiveness of focused [http://thesisstatementmaker.com/thesis-statement.html thesis statement] in an essay. “All I have to do is hold a single thread in your sweater and it will unravel as you walk away.”
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Additionally Cuomo has stated, "'Undone' is the feeling you get when the train stops and the little guy comes knockin' on your door. It was supposed to be a sad song, but everyone thinks it’s hilarious."
  
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The original concept for the dialogue spoken in the song was to juxtapose an upbeat person and a depressed person having a conversation.  At some point during the recording of various demos of the song early in the band's existence, they decided to allow longtime friend of the band, [[Karl Koch|Karl]], to insert various sound clips into the song, creating a collage of left-and-right-speaker nonsense. This concept was carried through the recording of ''[[The Blue Album]]'', but [[Geffen Records]] were wary of the cost of licensing the samples, and put a halt to that version. In the eleventh hour, a spoken version of dialogue was recorded at the Amherst house, by then-bassist [[Matt Sharp]] and Karl, as well as an "intermission" set of dialogue between Karl and one of the founding members of Weezer's official fan club and early supporter of the band, [[Mykel and Carli Allan|Mykel Allan]].  The tapes were then sent overnight to New York to be 'flown in' to the final mix. Live, these sections usually feature the band talking or quoting other songs.
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During live performances in 2005, the band would often invite a fan up to play the acoustic guitar part of "Undone" with the band. On the last night of the [[Foozer]] tour, Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl played the guitar part.
  
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==Music Video==
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The music video for "Undone" was Weezer's first music video. According to ''Rivers' Edge: The Weezer Story'' by John D. Luerssen, the band insisted that the video not have anything to do with a sweater.  Yet, Geffen received twenty five treatments for the video, all involving sweaters, including one in which the band played in a sweater factory, and another wherein all four band members were together in one giant sweater.  The video marks one of the early directorial efforts of [[Spike Jonze]], whose pitch was simply "A blue stage, a steadicam, a pack of wild dogs."  The $60,000 video was shot on a steadicam in one unbroken take, featuring the band playing to a sped up version of the song. When played at a slower speed, the illusion is created that the band is playing the song in the correct time, yet moving in slow motion. The one take was shot over twenty five times and the final version is somewhere between shot #15 and shot #20, in which the band had abandoned the idea of taking the video seriously at all. The humor was brought on by the frustration of shooting the same take over and over to a sped up version of the song as well as the fact that one of the dogs defecated on [[Patrick Wilson]]'s bass drum pedal. The video became an instant hit on MTV.
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An alternate take of the video can be found on the band's ''[[Video Capture Device]]'' DVD.
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==Musical composition==
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The song is notable for its seemingly basic chord progression which repeats through the verse and chorus of I, IV, V, IV. However, the song does experience a key change modulation for the guitar solo after the second chorus, modulating from the key of F# Major to A Major, and thus following the same I, IV, V, IV progression. Also, the main guitar lead played over the chords of the intro and the outro contains a raised second pitch which resolves to the third. This accidental within the key gives the song an off-note and perceivably quirky feel to it.
  
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==Reception==
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"Undone" is one of Weezer's most popular songs. It is praised as a quirky, nerdy song and helped align Weezer with the genre of nerd rock. It reached 57 on the US Billboard Hot 100 List of 1994. Die hard Weezer fans have also almost universally praised this song, as is shown by its ranking as "The Very Best" by [[Teenage Victory Songs]], a popular Weezer songblog. Allmusic.com gave "Undone" a [[Undone - The Sweater Song Allmusic track review|5 star rating]] and also named it an "AMG Track Pick."
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==Versions==
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*[[The Kitchen Tape]] demo <br>
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An early demo, officially released on the 2004 Deluxe Edition of ''[[The Blue Album]]''.
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*[[The Real Demo]] version <br>
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From the band's third and final demo, this version features some of the early samples employed by Karl, and is a glimpse into the unreleased studio version.  This version is being cirulated as an mp3 on the internet.
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*LP version
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*promo edit(s) <br>
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Initially, when edited for promotional radio CDs, the song was incorrectly pared down to 3:58, featuring a drastic edit of the ride-out guitar solo.  The band, particularly Rivers, wanted a certain 4:10 edit, featuring a more smoothly edited guitar solo, and so the correct edit was summarily produced on all future promos.  However, a great many of the incorrect promos were made and sent out, so that the incorrect version is actually the more common one, with the correct 4:10 edit a collector's item.  Both edits also fade out early, after the main song ends, eliminating the drawn-out collage of sounds.
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*video edit <br>
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The version used in the video retains the full guitar solo of the LP version, but also employs the early fade-out as featured on the previously mentioned edits.
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*MTV Live version <br>
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A session recorded for MTV's '120 Minutes' program, and released in 1998 on ''[[MTV's 120 Minutes Live]]'' compilation.
  
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'''Promo Only Radio Single'''
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#"Undone - The Sweater Song" (Radio Edit) - 4:10
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'''Promo Only Radio Single'''
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#"Undone - The Sweater Song" (Incorrect Radio Edit) - 3:58
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'''US Retail Cassette/US Promo 7" Jukebox Single (Black Vinyl)'''
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#"Undone - The Sweater Song" - 4:58
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'''Australian Retail CD'''
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#"Undone - The Sweater Song" - 4:58
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#"[[Susanne]]" - 2:46
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#"[[My Evaline]]" - 0:44 (Erroneously listed as "Sweet Adeline")
  
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'''UK Retail CD/UK Retail Cassette/UK 7" Single (Blue Vinyl)'''
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#"Undone - The Sweater Song" - 4:58
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'''French Retail CD/French Promo 7" Single (Blue Vinyl)'''
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==Personnel==
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*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – guitars, lead vocals, piano
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*[[Brian Bell]] – backing vocals
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*[[Matt Sharp]] – bass guitar, backing vocals
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*[[Ric Ocasek]] – producer
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==Lyrics==
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[[Image:Undonehwlyrics.jpg|right|340px||thumb|Lyric sheet for "Undone - The Sweater Song"]]
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[[Image:Undone1991.jpg|right|340px||thumb|Early lyrics for "Undone" from 1991]]
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*''For variations of the spoken-word segment, see the page'' '''''[[List of spoken word segments for Undone - The Sweater Song]]'''''
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<poem>''Matt: Hey, brah! How we doin', man?''
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''Karl: Alright''
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''Matt: It's been awhile, man. Life's so rad! This band's my favorite, man. Don'tcha love 'em?''
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''Karl: Yeah''
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''Matt: Aw, man, do you want beer?''
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''Karl: Alright''
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''Matt: Aw, man. Wow, brah, this is the best, man. I'm so glad we're all back together and stuff. This is great, man''
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''Karl: Yeah''
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''Matt: Hey, do you know about the party after the show?''
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''Karl: Yeah''
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''Matt: Aw, man, it's gonna be the best. I'm so stoked! Take it easy, brah!''
  
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I'm me, me be
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Goddamn, I am
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I can, sing and
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Here me, know me.
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If you want to destroy my sweater
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Hold this thread as I walk away.
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''Mykel: Hey, what's up?''
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''Karl: Not much''
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''Mykel: Um... did you hear about the party?''
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''Karl: Yeah''
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Oh no
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It go
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It gone
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Bye-bye (bye)
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Who I
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I think
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I sink
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And I die
  
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If you want to destroy my sweater
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Whoa-oh-oh
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Hold this thread as I walk away
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As I walk away
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Watch me unravel, I'll soon be naked.
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Lying on the floor, lying on the floor
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I've come undone
  
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I don't want to destroy your tank-top
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Let's be friends and just walk away
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Hate to see you lyin' there in your Superman skivvies
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Lying on the floor, lying on the floor
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I've come undone
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Woo-ooo-woo</poem>
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==See also==
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*[[List of Weezer songs]]
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*[[The 50 song project]]
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==External links==
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*[http://tvs.soymilkrevolution.com/?p=372 Teenage Victory Songs entry for "Undone - The Sweater Song"]
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[[Category:Songs on Weezer (The Blue Album)]]
 
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[[Category:Weezer songs that feature Karl Koch]]
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    background: url(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a7/Monobook-globe.png) center right no-repeat !important;
 
    padding-right: 11px !important;
 
}
 
 
 
/* Content in columns with CSS instead of tables [[Template:Columns]] */
 
div.columns-2 div.column {
 
    float: left;
 
    width: 50%;
 
    min-width: 300px;
 
}
 
 
 
div.columns-3 div.column {
 
    float: left;
 
    width: 33.3%;
 
    min-width: 200px;
 
}
 
 
 
div.columns-4 div.column {
 
    float: left;
 
    width: 25%;
 
    min-width: 150px;
 
}
 
 
 
div.columns-5 div.column {
 
    float: left;
 
    width: 20%;
 
    min-width: 120px;
 
}
 
 
 
/*Add formatting to make sure that "external references" from [[Template:Ref]] do
 
  not get URL expansion, not even when printed. The mechanism up to MediaWiki 1.4 was
 
  that the HTML code contained a SPAN following the anchor A; this SPAN had the class
 
  "urlexpansion", which was not displayed on screen, but was shown when the medium was
 
  "print". The rules below ensure (a) that there is no extra padding to the right of
 
  the anchor (displayed as "[<number>]"), (b) that there is no "external link arrow" for
 
  the link, and (c) that this SPAN of class "urlexpansion" is never shown.
 
  ~~~~
 
*/
 
 
 
.plainlinksneverexpand {
 
    background: none ! important;
 
    padding: 0 ! important;
 
}
 
 
 
.plainlinksneverexpand .urlexpansion {
 
    display: none ! important;
 
}
 
 
 
/* Make sure that ext links displayed within "plainlinksneverexpand" don't get
 
  the arrow...
 
*/
 
.plainlinksneverexpand a {
 
    background: none !important;
 
    padding: 0 !important;
 
}
 
 
 
/* With MediaWiki 1.5, the mechanism has changed: instead of a SPAN of class "urlexpansion"
 
  following the anchor A, the anchor itself now has class "external autonumber" and the
 
  expansion is inserted when printing (see the common printing style sheet at
 
  http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/commonPrint.css) using the ":after" pseudo-
 
  element of CSS. We have to switch this off for links due to Template:Ref!
 
*/
 
.plainlinksneverexpand a.external.text:after {
 
    display: none !important;
 
}
 
.plainlinksneverexpand a.external.autonumber:after {
 
    display: none !important;
 
}
 
 
 
/* Messagebox templates */
 
.messagebox {
 
    border: 1px solid #aaa;
 
    background-color: #f9f9f9;
 
    width: 80%;
 
    margin: 0 auto 1em auto;
 
    padding: .2em;
 
}
 
.messagebox.merge {
 
    border: 1px solid #c0b8cc;
 
    background-color: #f0e5ff;
 
    text-align: center;
 
}
 
.messagebox.cleanup {
 
    border: 1px solid #9f9fff;
 
    background-color: #efefff;
 
    text-align: center;
 
}
 
.messagebox.standard-talk {
 
    border: 1px solid #c0c090;
 
    background-color: #f8eaba;
 
}
 
.messagebox.nested-talk {
 
    border: 1px solid #c0c090;
 
    background-color: #f8eaba;
 
    width: 100%;
 
    margin: 2px 0 0 0;
 
    padding: 2px;
 
}
 
.messagebox.small {
 
    width: 238px;
 
    font-size: 85%;
 
    float: right;
 
    clear: both;
 
    margin: 0 0 1em 1em;
 
    line-height: 1.25em;
 
}
 
.messagebox.small-talk {
 
    width: 238px;
 
    font-size: 85%;
 
    float: right;
 
    clear: both;
 
    margin: 0 0 1em 1em;
 
    line-height: 1.25em;
 
    background: #F8EABA;
 
}
 
 
 
 
 
/* Article message box styles */
 
table.ambox {            /* 10% = Will not overlap with other elements */
 
    margin: -1px 10% 0px;    /* -1px = Single border between stacked boxes in all browsers */
 
    border: 1px solid #aaa;
 
    border-left: 10px solid #1e90ff;    /* Default "notice" blue */
 
    background: #fbfbfb;
 
}
 
th.ambox-text, td.ambox-text {    /* The message body cell(s) */
 
    border: none;
 
    padding: 0.25em 0.5em;        /* 0.5em left/right */
 
    width: 100%;                  /* Make all templates the same width regardless of text length */
 
}
 
td.ambox-image {                  /* The left image cell */
 
    border: none;
 
    padding: 2px 0 2px 0.5em;      /* 0.5em left, 0px right */
 
    text-align: center;
 
}
 
td.ambox-imageright {              /* The right image cell */
 
    border: none;
 
    padding: 2px 0.5em 2px 0;      /* 0px left, 0.5em right */
 
    text-align: center;
 
}
 
 
table.ambox-notice {
 
    border-left: 10px solid #1e90ff;    /* Blue */
 
}
 
table.ambox-speedy {
 
    border-left: 10px solid #b22222;    /* Red */
 
    background: #fee;                  /* Pink */
 
}
 
table.ambox-delete,
 
table.ambox-serious {
 
    border-left: 10px solid #b22222;    /* Red */
 
}
 
table.ambox-content {
 
    border-left: 10px solid #f28500;    /* Orange */
 
}
 
table.ambox-style {
 
    border-left: 10px solid #f4c430;    /* Yellow */
 
}
 
table.ambox-move,
 
table.ambox-merge {
 
    border-left: 10px solid #9932cc;    /* Purple */
 
}
 
table.ambox-protection {
 
    border-left: 10px solid #bba;      /* Gray-gold */
 
}
 
table.ambox.ambox-mini {    /* Small floating box variant */
 
    float: right;
 
    clear: right;
 
    margin: 0 0 0 1em;
 
    width: 25%;
 
}
 
@media print {              /* Do not print article message boxes */
 
    .ambox {
 
        display: none;
 
    }
 
}
 
 
 
/* Image message box styles */
 
table.imbox {
 
    margin: 4px 10%;
 
    border-collapse: collapse;
 
    border: 3px solid #1e90ff;    /* Default "notice" blue */
 
    background: #fbfbfb;
 
}
 
.imbox-text .imbox {    /* For imboxes inside imbox-text cells. */
 
    margin: 0 -0.5em;    /* 0.9 - 0.5 = 0.4em left/right. */
 
}
 
.mbox-inside .imbox {    /* For imboxes inside other templates. */
 
    margin: 4px;
 
}
 
th.imbox-text, td.imbox-text {    /* The message body cell(s) */
 
    border: none;
 
    padding: 0.25em 0.9em;        /* 0.9em left/right */
 
    width: 100%;
 
}
 
td.imbox-image {                  /* The left image cell */
 
    border: none;
 
    padding: 2px 0 2px 0.9em;    /* 0.9em left, 0px right */
 
    text-align: center;
 
}
 
td.imbox-imageright {            /* The right image cell */
 
    border: none;
 
    padding: 2px 0.9em 2px 0;    /* 0px left, 0.9em right */
 
    text-align: center;
 
}
 
 
table.imbox-notice {
 
    border: 3px solid #1e90ff;    /* Blue */
 
}
 
table.imbox-speedy {
 
    border: 3px solid #b22222;    /* Red */
 
    background: #fee;            /* Pink */
 
}
 
table.imbox-delete {
 
    border: 3px solid #b22222;    /* Red */
 
}
 
table.imbox-content {
 
    border: 3px solid #f28500;    /* Orange */
 
}
 
table.imbox-style {
 
    border: 3px solid #f4c430;    /* Yellow */
 
}
 
table.imbox-move {
 
    border: 3px solid #9932cc;    /* Purple */
 
}
 
table.imbox-protection {
 
    border: 3px solid #bba;      /* Gray-gold */
 
}
 
table.imbox-license {
 
    border: 3px solid #88a;      /* Dark gray */
 
    background: #f7f8ff;          /* Light gray */
 
}
 
table.imbox-featured {
 
    border: 3px solid #cba135;    /* Brown-gold */
 
}
 
 
 
/* Category message box styles */
 
table.cmbox {
 
    margin: -1px 10%;
 
    border: 1px solid #aaa;
 
    background: #DFE8FF;          /* Default "notice" blue */
 
}
 
th.cmbox-text, td.cmbox-text {    /* The message body cell(s) */
 
    border: none;
 
    padding: 0.25em 0.5em;        /* 0.5em left/right */
 
    width: 100%;
 
}
 
td.cmbox-image {                  /* The left image cell */
 
    border: none;
 
    padding: 2px 0 2px 0.5em;      /* 0.5em left, 0px right */
 
    text-align: center;
 
}
 
td.cmbox-imageright {              /* The right image cell */
 
    border: none;
 
    padding: 2px 0.8em 2px 0;      /* 0px left, 0.8em right */
 
    text-align: center;
 
}
 
 
table.cmbox-notice {
 
    background: #DFE8FF;    /* Blue */
 
}
 
table.cmbox-speedy {
 
    margin-top: 1px;
 
    margin-bottom: 1px;
 
    border: 4px solid #b22222;    /* Red */
 
    background: #FFDBDB;          /* Pink */
 
}
 
table.cmbox-delete {
 
    background: #FFDBDB;    /* Red */
 
}
 
table.cmbox-content {
 
    background: #FFE7CE;    /* Orange */
 
}
 
table.cmbox-style {
 
    background: #FFF9DB;    /* Yellow */
 
}
 
table.cmbox-move {
 
    background: #F1D0FF;    /* Purple */
 
}
 
table.cmbox-protection {
 
    background: #EFEFE1;    /* Gray-gold */
 
}
 
 
 
/* Other pages message box styles */
 
table.ombox {
 
    margin: 4px 10%;
 
    border-collapse: collapse;
 
    border: 1px solid #aaa;      /* Default "notice" gray */
 
    background: #f9f9f9;
 
}
 
th.ombox-text, td.ombox-text {    /* The message body cell(s) */
 
    border: none;
 
    padding: 0.25em 0.9em;        /* 0.9em left/right */
 
    width: 100%;
 
}
 
td.ombox-image {                  /* The left image cell */
 
    border: none;
 
    padding: 2px 0 2px 0.9em;    /* 0.9em left, 0px right */
 
    text-align: center;
 
}
 
td.ombox-imageright {            /* The right image cell */
 
    border: none;
 
    padding: 2px 0.9em 2px 0;    /* 0px left, 0.9em right */
 
    text-align: center;
 
}
 
 
table.ombox-notice {
 
    border: 1px solid #aaa;      /* Gray */
 
}
 
table.ombox-speedy {
 
    border: 2px solid #b22222;    /* Red */
 
    background: #fee;            /* Pink */
 
}
 
table.ombox-delete {
 
    border: 2px solid #b22222;    /* Red */
 
}
 
table.ombox-content {
 
    border: 1px solid #f28500;    /* Orange */
 
}
 
table.ombox-style {
 
    border: 1px solid #f4c430;    /* Yellow */
 
}
 
table.ombox-move {
 
    border: 1px solid #9932cc;    /* Purple */
 
}
 
table.ombox-protection {
 
    border: 2px solid #bba;      /* Gray-gold */
 
}
 
 
 
/* Talk page message box styles */
 
table.tmbox {
 
    margin: 4px 10%;
 
    border-collapse: collapse;
 
    border: 1px solid #c0c090;    /* Default "notice" gray-brown */
 
    background: #f8eaba;
 
}
 
table.tmbox-small {              /* For the "small=yes" option */
 
    float: right;
 
    clear: both;
 
    margin: 4px 0 4px 1em;
 
    width: 238px;
 
    font-size: 85%;
 
    line-height: 1.25em;
 
}
 
.tmbox-text .tmbox {    /* For tmboxes inside tmbox-text cells. */
 
    margin: 0 -0.5em;    /* 0.9 - 0.5 = 0.4em left/right. */
 
}
 
.mbox-inside .tmbox {    /* For tmboxes inside other templates. */
 
    margin: 4px;
 
}
 
th.tmbox-text, td.tmbox-text {    /* The message body cell(s) */
 
    border: none;
 
    padding: 0.25em 0.9em;        /* 0.9em left/right */
 
    width: 100%;
 
}
 
td.tmbox-image {                  /* The left image cell */
 
    border: none;
 
    padding: 2px 0px 2px 0.9em;  /* 0.9em left, 0px right */
 
    text-align: center;
 
}
 
td.tmbox-imageright {            /* The right image cell */
 
    border: none;
 
    padding: 2px 0.9em 2px 0px;  /* 0px left, 0.9em right */
 
    text-align: center;
 
}
 
 
 
table.tmbox-speedy {
 
    border: 2px solid #b22222;    /* Red */
 
    background: #fee;            /* Pink */
 
}
 
table.tmbox-delete {
 
    border: 2px solid #b22222;    /* Red */
 
}
 
table.tmbox-content {
 
    border: 2px solid #f28500;    /* Orange */
 
}
 
table.tmbox-style {
 
    border: 2px solid #f4c430;    /* Yellow */
 
}
 
table.tmbox-move {
 
    border: 2px solid #9932cc;    /* Purple */
 
}
 
table.tmbox-protection,
 
table.tmbox-notice {
 
    border: 1px solid #c0c090;    /* Gray-brown */
 
}
 
 
 
 
 
/* Put a checker background at the image description page only visible if the image has transparent background */
 
#file img {
 
    background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Checker-16x16.png") repeat;
 
}
 
 
 
/* Support for Template:IPA, Template:Unicode and Template:Polytonic. The inherit declaration resets the font for all browsers except MSIE6.  The empty comment must remain. Please copy any changes to [[Template:IPA fonts]] and [[Template:Unicode fonts]]. */
 
.IPA {
 
    font-family: "Charis SIL", "Doulos SIL", Gentium, GentiumAlt, "DejaVu Sans", Code2000, "TITUS Cyberbit Basic", "Arial Unicode MS", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Chrysanthi Unicode";
 
    font-family /**/:inherit;
 
}
 
.Unicode {
 
    font-family: Code2000, Code2001, "Free Serif", "TITUS Cyberbit Basic", "Doulos SIL", "Chrysanthi Unicode", "Bitstream Cyberbit", "Bitstream CyberBase", Thryomanes, Gentium, GentiumAlt, "Lucida Grande", "Free Sans", "Arial Unicode MS", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Lucida Sans Unicode";
 
    font-family /**/:inherit;
 
}
 
.latinx {
 
    font-family: Code2000, Code2001, "TITUS Cyberbit Basic", "Microsoft Sans Serif";
 
    font-family /**/:inherit;
 
}
 
.polytonic {
 
    font-family: "Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Arial Unicode MS", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", Code2000;
 
    font-family /**/:inherit;
 
}
 
.mufi {
 
    font-family: Alphabetum, Cardo, LeedsUni, Junicode, "TITUS Cyberbit Basic", ALPHA-Demo;
 
}
 
 
 
/* Pseudo-classes in support of [[Template:lang]]. */
 
 
 
:lang(he) {
 
    font-family: "SBL Hebrew", "Ezra SIL SR", "Ezra SIL", Cardo, "Chrysanthi Unicode", "TITUS Cyberbit Basic", "Arial Unicode MS", Narkisim, "Times New Roman";
 
    font-family /**/:inherit;
 
}
 
:lang(fa) {
 
    font-family: "Nafees Nastaleeq", "Pak Nastaleeq", PDMS_Jauhar;
 
    font-family /**/:inherit;
 
}
 
:lang(ps) {
 
    font-family: "Nafees Nastaleeq", "Pak Nastaleeq", PDMS_Jauhar;
 
    font-family /**/:inherit;
 
}
 
:lang(ur) {
 
    font-family: "Nafees Nastaleeq", "Pak Nastaleeq", PDMS_Jauhar;
 
    font-family /**/:inherit;
 
}
 
:lang(sux-Xsux) {
 
    font-family: Akkadian;
 
    font-family /**/:inherit;
 
}
 
:lang(ja) {
 
      font-family: Code2000, "Arial Unicode MS", "Bitstream Cyberbit", "Bitstream CyberCJK", IPAGothic, IPAPGothic, IPAUIGothic, "Kochi Gothic", IPAMincho, IPAPMincho;
 
    font-family /**/:inherit;
 
}
 
:lang(ko) {
 
    font-family: "Adobe Myungjo Std M", AppleMyungjo, "Baekmuk Batang", "Baekmuk Gulim", Batang, Dotum, DotumChe, Gulim, GulimChe, HYGothic-Extra, HYMyeongJo-Extra, "New Gulim", UnBatang, UnDotum, UnYetgul, UWKMJF;
 
    font-family /**/:inherit;
 
}
 
:lang(zh-Hans) {
 
    font-family: "Adobe Song Std L", "AR PL ShanHeiSun Uni", "AR PL ShanHeiSun Uni MBE", "MS Hei", "MS Song", SimHei;
 
    font-family /**/:inherit;
 
}
 
:lang(zh-Hant) {
 
    font-family: "Adobe Ming Std L", "AR PL New Sung", "AR PL ZenKai Uni", "AR PL ZenKai Uni MBE", MingLiU, PMingLiU;
 
    font-family /**/:inherit;
 
}
 
:lang(grc) {
 
    font-family: "Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Arial Unicode MS", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", Code2000;
 
    font-family /**/:inherit;
 
}
 
 
 
#wpSave {
 
    font-weight: bold;
 
}
 
 
 
/* class hiddenStructure is defunct. See [[Wikipedia:hiddenStructure]] */
 
.hiddenStructure {
 
    display: inline ! important;
 
    color: #f00;
 
    background-color: #0f0;
 
}
 
 
 
/* suppress missing interwiki image links where #ifexist cannot be used due to high number of requests */
 
/* use restricted to rail icon management pages */
 
/* see .hidden-redlink on http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.css */
 
.check-icon a.new {
 
    display: none;
 
    speak:none;
 
}
 
 
 
/* Removes underlines from links */
 
.nounderlines a {
 
    text-decoration: none;
 
}
 
 
 
/* Remove underline from IPA links */
 
.IPA a:link, .IPA a:visited {
 
    text-decoration: none;
 
}
 
 
 
/* Removes useless links from printout */
 
@media print {
 
    #privacy, #about, #disclaimer {display:none;}
 
}
 
 
 
#EnWpMpBook { background-image: url(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7e/MP-open-book.png); }
 
#EnWpMpSearch { background: url(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ae/MP-magnifying-glass.png) no-repeat top right; }
 
#EnWpMpSearchInner { float: right; width: 20em; text-align: center; }
 
#EnWpMpBook2 { background-image: url(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/MP-open-book2.png); }
 
 
 
/* Standard Navigationsleisten, aka box hiding thingy from .de.  Documentation at [[Wikipedia:NavFrame]]. */
 
 
 
div.Boxmerge,
 
div.NavFrame {
 
    margin: 0;
 
    padding: 4px;
 
    border: 1px solid #aaa;
 
    text-align: center;
 
    border-collapse: collapse;
 
    font-size: 95%;
 
}
 
div.Boxmerge div.NavFrame {
 
    border-style: none;
 
    border-style: hidden;
 
}
 
div.NavFrame + div.NavFrame {
 
    border-top-style: none;
 
    border-top-style: hidden;
 
}
 
div.NavPic {
 
    background-color: #fff;
 
    margin: 0;
 
    padding: 2px;
 
    float: left;
 
}
 
div.NavFrame div.NavHead {
 
    height: 1.6em;
 
    font-weight: bold;
 
    background-color: #ccf;
 
    position:relative;
 
}
 
div.NavFrame p {
 
    font-size: 100%;
 
}
 
div.NavFrame div.NavContent {
 
    font-size: 100%;
 
}
 
div.NavFrame div.NavContent p {
 
    font-size: 100%;
 
}
 
div.NavEnd {
 
    margin: 0;
 
    padding: 0;
 
    line-height: 1px;
 
    clear: both;
 
}
 
a.NavToggle {
 
    position: absolute;
 
    top: 0;
 
    right: 3px;
 
    font-weight: normal;
 
    font-size: 90%;
 
}
 
 
 
/* Coloured watchlist numbers */
 
.mw-plusminus-pos {
 
    color: #006400; /* darkgreen */
 
}
 
 
 
/* .mw-plusminus-null currently at developer default */
 
 
 
.mw-plusminus-neg {
 
    color: #8B0000; /* darkred */
 
}
 
 
 
.dablink {
 
    font-style: italic;
 
    padding-left: 2em;
 
}
 
 
 
.dablink i {
 
    font-style: normal;
 
}
 
 
 
/* Style for horizontal UL lists */
 
.horizontal ul {
 
    padding: 0;
 
    margin: 0;
 
}
 
 
 
.horizontal li {
 
    padding: 0 0.6em 0 0.4em;
 
    display: inline;
 
    border-right: 1px solid;
 
}
 
 
 
.horizontal li:last-child {
 
    border-right: none;
 
    padding-right: 0;
 
}
 
 
 
/* Geographical coordinates
 
 
 
To display coordinates using the notation in the source code, write this in your User:Username/monobook.css:
 
  .geo-default { display: inline } .geo-nondefault { display: none }
 
  .geo-dec { display: inline } .geo-dms { display: inline }
 
 
 
To display coordinates using decimal notation, write this in your User:Username/monobook.css:
 
  .geo-default { display: inline } .geo-nondefault { display: inline }
 
  .geo-dec { display: inline } .geo-dms { display: none }
 
 
 
To display coordinates using DMS notation, write this in your User:Username/monobook.css:
 
  .geo-default { display: inline } .geo-nondefault { display: inline }
 
  .geo-dec { display: none }  .geo-dms { display: inline }
 
 
 
To display coordinates in both decimal and DMS notation, write this in your User:Username/monobook.css:
 
  .geo-default { display: inline } .geo-nondefault { display: inline }
 
  .geo-dec { display: inline }  .geo-dms { display: inline }
 
  .geo-multi-punct { display: inline }
 
 
 
See [[Template:Coor link]] for how these are used.
 
 
 
Note that the classes "geo", "longitude", and "latitude" are not just styles but also used by the [[Geo microformat]], so the names should not be changed.
 
 
 
*/
 
 
 
.geo-default { display: inline; }
 
.geo-nondefault { display: none; }
 
.geo-dms { display: inline; }
 
.geo-dec { display: inline; }
 
.geo-multi-punct { display: none; }
 
 
 
.longitude, .latitude {
 
    white-space: nowrap;
 
}
 
 
 
/* This is used for the Geo microformat, but no style is needed for now other than .geo-dec. */
 
.geo { }
 
 
 
/***** end Geo-related */
 
 
 
/* When <div class="nonumtoc"> is used on the table of contents, the ToC will display without numbers */
 
.nonumtoc .tocnumber { display:none; }
 
.nonumtoc #toc ul,
 
.nonumtoc .toc ul {
 
    line-height: 1.5em;
 
    list-style: none;
 
    margin: .3em 0 0;
 
    padding: 0;
 
}
 
.nonumtoc #toc ul ul,
 
.nonumtoc .toc ul ul {
 
    margin: 0 0 0 2em;
 
}
 
 
 
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"Undone - The Sweater Song"
Undone - The Sweater Song cover
Single by Weezer
Album Weezer (The Blue Album)
Released June 24, 1994
Recorded August-September 1993 at Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY
Length 5:05
Label Geffen
Writer(s) Rivers Cuomo
RC# 114
COR# N/A
Producer(s) Ric Ocasek
Status Officially released
Professional reviews
Weezer singles chronology
"Undone - The Sweater Song"
1994
"Buddy Holly"
1994
Weezer (The Blue Album) track listing
"Buddy Holly"
(4)
"Undone - The Sweater Song"
(5)
"Surf Wax America"
(6)
The Kitchen Tape track listing
"Let's Sew Our Pants Together"
(3)
"Undone - The Sweater Song"
(4)
"Paperface"
(5)
Weezer's third demo track listing
"Say It Ain't So"
(3)
"Undone - The Sweater Song"
(4)
"Surf Wax America"
(5)
Rivers Cuomo song chronology
"Make Me a Pallet"
(RC# 113)
"Undone - The Sweater Song"
(RC# 114)
"Why Do We Hurt Eachother?"
(RC# 115)
Alternate cover
Cover of the European Retail CD
Cover of the European Retail CD

"Undone - The Sweater Song" is the first single ever released by Weezer. It was the fifth track and first single from Weezer (The Blue Album).

Appearances

MP3 Previews

Source is www.LastFM.com unless otherwise stated

Overview

Lead singer Rivers Cuomo has commented many times on this song. He said of the song, "I took typing, Psych 101, and English 101 that semester. It was in my English class that I heard the analogy of the unraveling sweater. Dr. Eisenstein used the image to demonstrate the effectiveness of focused thesis statement in an essay. “All I have to do is hold a single thread in your sweater and it will unravel as you walk away.”

Additionally Cuomo has stated, "'Undone' is the feeling you get when the train stops and the little guy comes knockin' on your door. It was supposed to be a sad song, but everyone thinks it’s hilarious."

The original concept for the dialogue spoken in the song was to juxtapose an upbeat person and a depressed person having a conversation. At some point during the recording of various demos of the song early in the band's existence, they decided to allow longtime friend of the band, Karl, to insert various sound clips into the song, creating a collage of left-and-right-speaker nonsense. This concept was carried through the recording of The Blue Album, but Geffen Records were wary of the cost of licensing the samples, and put a halt to that version. In the eleventh hour, a spoken version of dialogue was recorded at the Amherst house, by then-bassist Matt Sharp and Karl, as well as an "intermission" set of dialogue between Karl and one of the founding members of Weezer's official fan club and early supporter of the band, Mykel Allan. The tapes were then sent overnight to New York to be 'flown in' to the final mix. Live, these sections usually feature the band talking or quoting other songs.

During live performances in 2005, the band would often invite a fan up to play the acoustic guitar part of "Undone" with the band. On the last night of the Foozer tour, Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl played the guitar part.

Music Video

The music video for "Undone" was Weezer's first music video. According to Rivers' Edge: The Weezer Story by John D. Luerssen, the band insisted that the video not have anything to do with a sweater. Yet, Geffen received twenty five treatments for the video, all involving sweaters, including one in which the band played in a sweater factory, and another wherein all four band members were together in one giant sweater. The video marks one of the early directorial efforts of Spike Jonze, whose pitch was simply "A blue stage, a steadicam, a pack of wild dogs." The $60,000 video was shot on a steadicam in one unbroken take, featuring the band playing to a sped up version of the song. When played at a slower speed, the illusion is created that the band is playing the song in the correct time, yet moving in slow motion. The one take was shot over twenty five times and the final version is somewhere between shot #15 and shot #20, in which the band had abandoned the idea of taking the video seriously at all. The humor was brought on by the frustration of shooting the same take over and over to a sped up version of the song as well as the fact that one of the dogs defecated on Patrick Wilson's bass drum pedal. The video became an instant hit on MTV.


An alternate take of the video can be found on the band's Video Capture Device DVD.

Musical composition

The song is notable for its seemingly basic chord progression which repeats through the verse and chorus of I, IV, V, IV. However, the song does experience a key change modulation for the guitar solo after the second chorus, modulating from the key of F# Major to A Major, and thus following the same I, IV, V, IV progression. Also, the main guitar lead played over the chords of the intro and the outro contains a raised second pitch which resolves to the third. This accidental within the key gives the song an off-note and perceivably quirky feel to it.

Reception

"Undone" is one of Weezer's most popular songs. It is praised as a quirky, nerdy song and helped align Weezer with the genre of nerd rock. It reached 57 on the US Billboard Hot 100 List of 1994. Die hard Weezer fans have also almost universally praised this song, as is shown by its ranking as "The Very Best" by Teenage Victory Songs, a popular Weezer songblog. Allmusic.com gave "Undone" a 5 star rating and also named it an "AMG Track Pick."

Versions

An early demo, officially released on the 2004 Deluxe Edition of The Blue Album.

From the band's third and final demo, this version features some of the early samples employed by Karl, and is a glimpse into the unreleased studio version. This version is being cirulated as an mp3 on the internet.

  • LP version
  • promo edit(s)

Initially, when edited for promotional radio CDs, the song was incorrectly pared down to 3:58, featuring a drastic edit of the ride-out guitar solo. The band, particularly Rivers, wanted a certain 4:10 edit, featuring a more smoothly edited guitar solo, and so the correct edit was summarily produced on all future promos. However, a great many of the incorrect promos were made and sent out, so that the incorrect version is actually the more common one, with the correct 4:10 edit a collector's item. Both edits also fade out early, after the main song ends, eliminating the drawn-out collage of sounds.

  • video edit

The version used in the video retains the full guitar solo of the LP version, but also employs the early fade-out as featured on the previously mentioned edits.

  • MTV Live version

A session recorded for MTV's '120 Minutes' program, and released in 1998 on MTV's 120 Minutes Live compilation.

Tracklist

Promo Only Radio Single

  1. "Undone - The Sweater Song" (Radio Edit) - 4:10

Promo Only Radio Single

  1. "Undone - The Sweater Song" (Incorrect Radio Edit) - 3:58

US Retail Cassette/US Promo 7" Jukebox Single (Black Vinyl)

  1. "Undone - The Sweater Song" - 4:58
  2. "Holiday" - 3:26

Australian Retail CD

  1. "Undone - The Sweater Song" - 4:58
  2. "Mykel & Carli" - 2:53
  3. "Susanne" - 2:46
  4. "My Evaline" - 0:44 (Erroneously listed as "Sweet Adeline")

UK Retail CD/UK Retail Cassette/UK 7" Single (Blue Vinyl)

  1. "Undone - The Sweater Song" - 4:58
  2. "Mykel & Carli" - 2:53
  3. "Susanne" - 2:46
  4. "Holiday" - 3:26

French Retail CD/French Promo 7" Single (Blue Vinyl)

  1. "Undone — The Sweater Song" - 4:58
  2. "My Name Is Jonas" - 3:24

Personnel

Lyrics

Lyric sheet for "Undone - The Sweater Song"
Early lyrics for "Undone" from 1991

Matt: Hey, brah! How we doin', man?
Karl: Alright
Matt: It's been awhile, man. Life's so rad! This band's my favorite, man. Don'tcha love 'em?
Karl: Yeah
Matt: Aw, man, do you want beer?
Karl: Alright
Matt: Aw, man. Wow, brah, this is the best, man. I'm so glad we're all back together and stuff. This is great, man
Karl: Yeah
Matt: Hey, do you know about the party after the show?
Karl: Yeah
Matt: Aw, man, it's gonna be the best. I'm so stoked! Take it easy, brah!

I'm me, me be
Goddamn, I am
I can, sing and
Here me, know me.

If you want to destroy my sweater
Hold this thread as I walk away.

Mykel: Hey, what's up?
Karl: Not much
Mykel: Um... did you hear about the party?
Karl: Yeah
Mykel: I think I'm going to go, but, um... my friends don't really wanna go. Could I get a ride?

Oh no
It go
It gone
Bye-bye (bye)
Who I
I think
I sink
And I die

If you want to destroy my sweater
Whoa-oh-oh
Hold this thread as I walk away
As I walk away
Watch me unravel, I'll soon be naked.
Lying on the floor, lying on the floor
I've come undone

I don't want to destroy your tank-top
Let's be friends and just walk away
Hate to see you lyin' there in your Superman skivvies
Lying on the floor, lying on the floor
I've come undone

Woo-ooo-woo

See also

External links