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{{Infobox song
| name          = Peace
| type          = album
| cover         = Weezer Make Believe.jpg
| alt           =
| artist        = [[Weezer]]
| album         = [[Make Believe]]
| released      = May 10, 2005
| format        = CD, Vinyl
| recorded      = Summer 2004
| studio        =
| genre         =
| length        = 3:54
| label         = Geffen
| writer        = Rivers Cuomo
| rc#           = 723
| cor#          = 371
| producer      = Weezer, [[Rick Rubin]], [[Chad Bamford]]
| status        = Officially released
| live_debut    = [[November 3]], [[2002]] in [[Weezer concert: 11/03/2002|Los Angeles]] (Hotel Cafe)<ref>Live debut per: [[Recording_History_-_Page_14#11.2F03.2F02_Show:_acoustic_set_at_The_Hotel_Cafe.2C_Los_Angeles|Weezer Recording History - Page 14]] by [[Karl Koch]].</ref>
| last_played   = [[October 11]], [[2005]] in [[Weezer concert: 10/11/2005|Bridgeport, CT]]
| spotify       = 1pBQazqeTJY4KJ21zrIAib
| apple_music   = peace/id1136791383?i=1136792329
| reviews       =
| prev_rc_title = [[Bad Blues Jamb]]
| next_rc_title = [[Mo' Beats]]
| use_cor#      = yes
| prev_title    =
| prev_year     =
| next_title    =
| next_year     =
| tracks        = {{Make Believe tracks}}
| misc          = {{Song lineage:Peace}}
}}
"'''Peace'''" is the fifth track from ''[[Make Believe]]''.
===Appearances===
* ''[[Make Believe]]'' (2005)
==Overview==
"Peace" was demoed as early as November of [[2002]].<ref name="rechist14">[[Recording_History_-_Page_14#11.2F01.2F02_SIR_acoustic_rehearsal|Weezer Recording History - Page 14]].</ref> It was played live [[Weezer concert: 11/03/2002 - Los Angeles, CA|at a secret show in Los Angeles]] that same month. "Peace" also shares an entry in the [[Catalog O' Riffs]] with an earlier demo, "'''[[Hey Domingo!]]'''" (later demoed under the title "'''Don't Let My Heart Down'''"), which features a similar riff and chord progression (which in turn resembles a riff from an earlier song, "[[The Dawn]]").

In a [[May 9]], [[2005]] interview with Y100, [[Rivers Cuomo]] talked about "Peace": "This song was written at a time of no peace with me, when I was at the end of my rope. I felt like life had no meaning anymore. I was going out every night and trying to have fun, but it wasn't giving me any real satisfaction. I just started thinking 'I gotta find a way to bring meaning back in my life and recover my sensitivity and creativity, and I need to find some peace.'"{{citation needed}}

==Band commentary==
{{Quote|{{Interviewee3|Scott|I still don’t know how the acoustic guitar really goes. [laughter] I just always think of [[Rick Rubin]] in the studio, just moving his head back and forth, rockin’ in the control room. You know, that’s the picture I have about this song. And it felt like it was important for this song to be on the album, as well.}}
{{Interviewee2|Brian|It’s a great sentiment. It doesn’t come across as being, like…you know, too hippie-ish, which is good, but musically it’s such a simple chord progression that a child could play it and that’s always a good sign, first off, when we don’t have to think about it too much when we play it. I think it’s just a great message. I think we need a song like that these days.}}
{{Rivers|Yeah, it’s actually not coming from a “hippie” place at all. So people shouldn’t be worried that now I’m Mr. Peace, or whatever. [laughs] If you listen to the lyrics, I’m actually - I was actually in a place of war, not peace, just total inner struggle and decadence. I was just exasperated and longing for some kind of escape from that sort of lifestyle. So the song is actually not coming from a place of peace at all.}}|Band commentary|<ref>[[Recording History - Page 15|Weezer Recording History - Page 15]]</ref>}}
==Personnel==
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – lead guitar, lead vocals
*[[Patrick Wilson]] – percussion
*[[Brian Bell]] – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*[[Scott Shriner]] – bass guitar, backing vocals
*[[Rick Rubin]] - producer
*[[Neal Avron]] - mixing

==Audio==
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==Lyrics==
<poem>More and more I can't say no
So afraid of letting go
If there's something I can grab
You can bet I'll pay the tab

Counting all the flowers
Waste the precious hours
I need to find some peace

All these problems on my mind
Make it hard for me to think
There is no way I can stop
My poor brain is gonna pop

And I don't have a purpose
Scattered on the surface
I need to find some peace

Woah

And all the broken tethers
We can bring together
I need to find some peace

I need to find some peace
I need to find some peace</poem>

==Known recordings ==
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{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|Peace||[[November 6]], [[2003]]<ref name="rechist14" />|Swing House Studios, Los Angeles, CA|||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|Peace||[[November 18]], [[2003]]<ref name="rechist14" />|Swing House Studios, Los Angeles, CA|||Partial, up to solo}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|Peace||[[November 18]], [[2003]]<ref name="rechist14" />|Swing House Studios, Los Angeles, CA|||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|Peace||[[December 1]], [[2003]]—[[January 30]], [[2004]]<ref name="rechist14" />|[[Cello Studios]], Los Angeles, CA|||Rough mix}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Peace||[[February 27]], [[2004]]<ref name="rechist14" />|[[Cello Studios]], Los Angeles, CA|||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Peace||[[July 3]], [[2004]]<ref name="rechist14" />|S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA|||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|Peace||[[December 1]], [[2003]]—[[October 5]], [[2004]]<ref name="rechist14" />|[[Cello Studios]], Los Angeles, CA|||Rough mix}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|Peace||[[December 1]], [[2003]]—February [[2005]]<ref name="rechist14" />|[[Cello Studios]], Los Angeles, CA|||Rough mix}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|Peace||[[December 1]], [[2003]]—Spring [[2005]]|[[Cello Studios]], Los Angeles, CA|3:53|Leaked online|Unmastered}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|Peace||[[December 1]], [[2003]]—Spring [[2005]]|[[Cello Studios]], Los Angeles, CA|3:53|''[[Make Believe]]''|}}
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==See also==
*[[List of Weezer songs]]
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]
==External links==
* [http://tvs.soymilkrevolution.com/?p=141 Teenage Victory Songs entry for "Peace"]
==References==
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