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| Type = album | | Type = album | ||
| Artist = Weezer | | Artist = Weezer | ||
| | | Albums = ''[[Raditude]]''<br>''[[Alone II]]'' | ||
| Released = [[November 3]], [[2009]] | | Released = [[November 3]], [[2009]] - ''Raditude''<br> | ||
| Length = 4:22 | [[November 25]], [[2008]] - ''Alone II'' | ||
| Length = 4:22 - ''Raditude''<br> | |||
2:19 - ''Alone II'' | |||
| Label = [[Geffen]] | | Label = [[Geffen]] | ||
| Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]] & [[Jermaine Dupri]] | | Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]] & [[Jermaine Dupri]] | ||
| Producer = Polow Da Don | | Producer = Polow Da Don - ''Raditude''<br> Rivers Cuomo - ''Alone II'' | ||
| Status = officially released | | Status = officially released | ||
| Live debut = [[July 24]], [[2009]] | | Live debut = [[July 24]], [[2009]] - full band version<br> | ||
| Album | [[November 25]], [[2008]] - [[Alone II Hootenanny]] | ||
| | {{Extra track listing | ||
| Previous track | | Album = Raditude | ||
| This track | | Type = studio | ||
| Next track | | Previous track = "[[The Girl Got Hot]]<br>(03) | ||
| This track = "Can't Stop Partying"<br>(04) | |||
| Next track = "[[Put Me Back Together]]"<br>(05) | |||
}} | }} | ||
{{ | {{Extra track listing | ||
| | | Album = Alone II | ||
| Type = studio | |||
| Type | | Previous track = "[[The Prettiest Girl in the Whole Wide World]]<br>(12) | ||
| This track = "Can't Stop Partying"<br>(13) | |||
| Next track = "[[Paper Face]]"<br>(14) | |||
}} | |||
| Misc = {{Extra album cover 2 | |||
| Upper caption = Alternative cover | |||
| Type = studio | |||
| Cover = Alone-II.jpg | |||
| Lower caption = ''Alone II'' cover | |||
}} | |||
| Previous track | |||
| This track | |||
| Next track | |||
}} | }} | ||
"'''Can't Stop Partying'''" is the fourth track from ''[[Raditude]]'' | "'''Can't Stop Partying'''" is the fourth track from ''[[Raditude]]''. The song was previously released in demo form on ''[[Alone II]]'' in [[2008]]. | ||
===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
[[Jermaine Dupri]] wrote the lyrics | "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." | ||
The song was first performed live at the [[Alone II Jam Session]] before the album was released. It was | The song went through sizeable changes from the time when it was released as a demo to the time it was released on [[2009|2009's]] ''Raditude''. The addition of a rap verse by [[Lil Wayne]] was one of those major changes. The lyrics in the chorus were altered slightly, and the song's stripped-down, acoustic qualities were scrapped in favor of a more hip-hop oriented sound. | ||
"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. | |||
Later, the song was performed [http://stereogum.com/decomposed/performance/rivers_cuomo_cant_stop_partyin.php 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 also played. | Later, the song was performed [http://stereogum.com/decomposed/performance/rivers_cuomo_cant_stop_partyin.php 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 also played. | ||
While headlining a [[2009-07-24 - Jisan, Korea|festival in Korea]] in the summer of 2009, Weezer performed a new arrangement of the song which featured a rock drum beat, distorted guitars, a new bridge and slightly altered lyrics. | While headlining a [[2009-07-24 - Jisan, Korea|festival in Korea]] in the summer of 2009, Weezer performed a new arrangement of the song which featured a rock drum beat, distorted guitars, a new bridge and slightly altered lyrics. This version was significantly different from the demo of the song, which is much quieter. | ||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
'''''Raditude'' version''' | '''''Raditude'' version''' | ||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] - vocals | *[[Rivers Cuomo]] - vocals, guitar | ||
*[[Lil Wayne]] - vocals | *[[Lil Wayne]] - vocals | ||
*[[Pat Wilson]] - drums | |||
*[[Brian Bell]] - guitar | |||
*[[Scott Shriner]] - bass | |||
*[[Polow Da Don]] - production | |||
'''''Alone II'' version''' | '''''Alone II'' version''' | ||
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==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<small>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</small> | |||
<lyrics> | |||
<lyrics>I can't stop partying, partying | |||
I can't stop partying, partying | |||
I can't stop partying, partying | I can't stop partying, partying | ||
I gotta have Patrón, I gotta have the beat | I gotta have Patrón, I gotta have the beat | ||
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and if you was me, honey, you would do it too | and if you was me, honey, you would do it too | ||
Monday to Sunday I hit all the clubs | Monday to Sunday I hit all the clubs | ||
And now e'rybody know me when I pull up | And now e'rybody know me when I pull up | ||
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No sleep, no sleep, I am always on a mission 'cause | No sleep, no sleep, I am always on a mission 'cause | ||
[ | [Lil Wayne] | ||
Party like tomorrow is my funeral | Party like tomorrow is my funeral | ||
Gotta stop mixing alcohol with pharmaceuticals | Gotta stop mixing alcohol with pharmaceuticals | ||
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I pray the killer doesn't take the life of the party | I pray the killer doesn't take the life of the party | ||
Oh | Oh | ||
Can't stop, can't stop the partying | |||
</lyrics> | </lyrics> | ||