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 | Recorded = 2020
 | Label    = Crush Music/Atlantic Records
+| Length   = 2:50
 | Producer = [[Suzy Shinn]]
 | Status   = Released
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 "'''Blue Dream'''" is the sixth track from '' [[Van Weezer]]''.
 ==Overview==
-"Blue Dream" is a reworking of the [[2010]] [[Rivers Cuomo]] demo "[[Ballad of the Briny]]", a conceptual reworking of the previous demos "[[Now or Later]]" and "[[Stronger]]." Cuomo first teased a short clip of "Ballad of the Briny" in a video on his YouTube channel on [[January 18]], [[2011]].<ref>Cuomo, Rivers. "2011-01-18" Originally uploaded to ''YouTube'', 18 January 2011. Reuploaded by Weezer B-Sides, 4 April 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh5TwLwJUQw</ref> The song title "Blue Dream" was first revealed to be a track for ''Van Weezer'' in an article from the June [[2020]] issue of the magazine ''Guitar Player''.<ref>Bienstock, Richard. "Unchained: Rivers Cuomo Let's the Shred-Obsessed Kid Inside Him Break Free on ''Van Weezer'', a Record That's Half Blue Album, Half '80s Metal." ''Guitar Player''. June 2020</ref> The article confirmed that the song featured a 'note-for-note cribbing of [[Randy Rhoads]]' iconic riff from {{PN|Ozzy Osbourne}} "Crazy Train."' According to Cuomo, [[Crush Management]] founder and manager [[Jonathan Daniel]] suggested that the sampling of "Crazy Train."<ref>''Guitar World''. July 2021.</ref>On [[August 21]], [[2020]], Cuomo confirmed "Blue Dream" to be a reworking of the [[2011]] demo "[[Ballad of the Briny]]."<ref>Cuomo, Rivers. ''Mister Rivers' Neighborhood''. 21 August 2020. https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/File:Riverchat_botb.jpg</ref>
+"Blue Dream" is a reworking of the [[2010]] [[Rivers Cuomo]] demo "[[Ballad of the Briny]]", a conceptual reworking of the previous demos "[[Now or Later]]" and "[[Stronger]]." Cuomo first teased a short clip of "Ballad of the Briny" in a video on his YouTube channel on [[January 18]], [[2011]].<ref>Cuomo, Rivers. "2011-01-18" Originally uploaded to ''YouTube'', 18 January 2011. Reuploaded by Weezer B-Sides, 4 April 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh5TwLwJUQw</ref> The song title "Blue Dream" was first revealed to be a track for ''Van Weezer'' in an article from the June [[2020]] issue of the magazine ''Guitar Player''.<ref>Bienstock, Richard. "Unchained: Rivers Cuomo Let's the Shred-Obsessed Kid Inside Him Break Free on ''Van Weezer'', a Record That's Half Blue Album, Half '80s Metal." ''Guitar Player''. June 2020</ref> The article confirmed that the song featured a 'note-for-note cribbing of [[Randy Rhoads]]' iconic riff from {{PN|Ozzy Osbourne}} "Crazy Train."' According to Cuomo, [[Crush Management]] founder and manager [[Jonathan Daniel]] suggested that the sampling of "Crazy Train."<ref>''Guitar World''. July 2021.</ref> On [[August 21]], [[2020]], Cuomo confirmed "Blue Dream" to be a reworking of the [[2011]] demo "[[Ballad of the Briny]]."<ref>Cuomo, Rivers. ''Mister Rivers' Neighborhood''. 21 August 2020. https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/File:Riverchat_botb.jpg</ref>
 On [[May 7]], [[2020]], a press release announced that [[Weezer]] would be guest-starring in [[Weezer TV appearance: 05/10/2020 - The Simpsons|an episode of the animated sitcom ''The Simpsons'']] airing on [[May 10]] and that the debut of "Blue Dream" would be featured.<ref>Strauss, Matthew. ''Pitchfork''. 7 May 2020. https://pitchfork.com/news/weezer-to-appear-on-new-episode-of-the-simpsons-play-theme-song-watch/</ref> In the episode, a segment of the song's guitar solo can be heard during a chase sequence.<ref>''YouTube''. 17 May 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaGAhwLX9Jk</ref>
+==Known recordings==
+{{Known recordings header}}
+{{Known recordings note|For previous demos, see "[[Now or Later]]", "[[Stronger]]," "[[Cancer]]," and "[[Ballad of the Briny]]"}}
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+{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|Blue Dream||[[2018]]—[[2019]]|
+*4th Street Recording, Santa Monica, CA
+*United Recordings, Los Angeles, CA
+*Redstar Recording, Los Angeles, CA
+*The Lair, Los Angeles, CA
+*Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, CA|2:50|''[[Van Weezer]]''|}}
+{{Known recordings footer}}
 ==Audio==
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 *''[[Van Weezer]]''
 *[[List of Weezer songs]]
+*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]
 ==References==
 <references />
-[[Category:Weezer songs]]
+[[Category:Weezer songs]][[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]]
 [[Category:Songs on Van Weezer]]
 [[Category:Weezer songs produced by Suzy Shinn]]
 [[Category:Copyright songwriting credits]]