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"'''La Mancha Screwjob'''"  is the ninth track from ''[[Pacific Daydream]]'', released on October 27th, 2017.
"'''La Mancha Screwjob'''"  is the ninth track from ''[[Pacific Daydream]]''.
==Overview==
==Overview==
La Mancha is a region of Spain, and [https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/episodes/la-mancha-screwjob La Mancha Screwjob] is the name of a 2015 episode of RadioLab.
{{Rivers Cuomo quote|["La Mancha Screwjob" is about someone I once worked with and] having mixed feelings about them as a collaborator, but ultimately realising we’re much better than anything I can do on my own. Owning up to the mistakes I made in that relationship and reaffirming the value I see in that relationship.|''Upset'' article, October [[2017]]<ref>Shutler, Ali. "Weezer: Only in dreams" ''Upset''. 20 October 2017. Archived by ''Wayback Machine''. https://web.archive.org/web/20171025022354/https://upsetmagazine.com/features/weezer-only-in-dreams/</ref>}}
 
"La Mancha Screwjob" was originally written for Weezer's 2014 album ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]'',<ref name="npr">Hilton, Robin. "How Weezer Traded Power Chords For Pop: A Conversation With Rivers Cuomo" ''NPR''. 27 October 2017. https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2017/10/27/560044425/how-weezer-traded-power-chords-for-pop</ref> but "didn't fit" on the album. The version on ''Pacific Daydream'' is purportedly mostly unchanged, lyrically, from the earlier iteration.<ref name="npr" /> The intro and outro to the song feature vocal screeches, likely Cuomo's voice manipulated in Pro Tools by [[Butch Walker]].<ref name="npr" />
"La Mancha Screwjob" was co-written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] and [[Josh Alexander]]. The song may have originally been titled "'''Summer Night'''", based on an entry in the ASCAP database credited to Cuomo and Alexander.
 
In an October [[2017]] interview for Upset magazine, Rivers Cuomo explained that the song is about someone he worked with, specifically “having mixed feelings about them as a collaborator, but ultimately realising we’re much better than anything I can do on my own. Owning up to the mistakes I made in that relationship and reaffirming the value I see in that relationship." In an interview for NPR the same month, Rivers explained that "La Mancha Screwjob" was originally written for 2014's ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]'', but that it didn't fit the theme of the album. He added that the current version was largely unchanged from the one in contention for that album aside from having a newly written bridge and a very different production style. Rivers also noted that the vocal screeches which open and close the track are his voice manipulated in Pro Tools by Butch Walker.


The significance of the title "La Mancha Screwjob" is unknown. La Mancha is a region of Spain, and "La Mancha Screwjob" is the title of a 2015 episode of the podcast ''RadioLab''.<ref>"La Mancha Screwjob" ''Radiolab''. 24 February 2015. https://radiolab.org/podcast/la-mancha-screwjob</ref> The song was co-written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] and [[Josh Alexander]]. The song may have originally been titled "'''[[Summer Night]]'''", based on the song's chorus and an entry in the ASCAP Repertory credited to Cuomo and Alexander.<ref>"SUMMER NIGHT" ISWC: T9232232234 ''ASCAP Repertory''. https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/893674859</ref>
==Known recordings==
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{{Known recordings note|For songs recorded under the title "[[Summer Night]]," see that title's [[Summer Night|corresponding article]].}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|La Mancha Screwjob|La Mancha Screwjob&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cleanup @98.mp3|[[June 8]], [[2017]]||||}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|La Mancha Screwjob||[[2017]]|Ruby Red Productions, Santa Monica, CA|3:28|''[[Pacific Daydream]]''|}}
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==Personnel==
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – guitar, lead vocals
*[[Patrick Wilson]] – percussion
*[[Brian Bell]] – guitar, backing vocals
*[[Scott Shriner]] - bass guitar, backing vocals
==Audio==
==Audio==
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Hanging out on a summer night, again
Hanging out on a summer night, again
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==Personnel==
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – guitar, lead vocals
*[[Patrick Wilson]] – percussion
*[[Brian Bell]] – guitar, backing vocals
*[[Scott Shriner]] - bass guitar, backing vocals
==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of Weezer songs]]
*[[List of Weezer songs]]
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]
{{References list}}
[[Category: Weezer songs]]
[[Category: Weezer songs]]
[[Category:Weezer songs produced by Butch Walker]]
[[Category:Weezer songs produced by Butch Walker]]
[[Category:Songs on Pacific Daydream]]
[[Category:Songs on Pacific Daydream]]
[[Category:Co-writing credit]]
[[Category:Co-writing credit]]