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{{Infobox song | {{Infobox song | ||
| Name = I Want to Be Something | | Name = I Want to Be Something | ||
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| Album = Hurley (Deluxe Edition) | | Album = Hurley (Deluxe Edition) | ||
| Released = [[September 14]], [[2010]] | | Released = [[September 14]], [[2010]] | ||
| Length = 2: | | Length = 2:54 | ||
| Label = Epitaph Records | | Label = Epitaph Records | ||
| Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]] | | Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]] | ||
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| Next track = "[[Represent|Represent (Rocked Out Mix)]]"<br>(14) | | Next track = "[[Represent|Represent (Rocked Out Mix)]]"<br>(14) | ||
}} | }} | ||
"'''I Want to Be Something'''" is the thirteenth track on the deluxe edition of ''[[Hurley]]''. | "'''I Want to Be Something'''" is the thirteenth track on the deluxe edition of ''[[Hurley]]''. The song was recorded by [[Rivers Cuomo]] in [[2008]].<ref name="4and5star">Cuomo, Rivers. "[[The 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo]]"</ref> | ||
===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
*''[[Hurley (Deluxe Edition)]]'' (2010) | *''[[Hurley (Deluxe Edition)]]'' (2010) | ||
*''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]'' (2020) | *''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]'' (2020) | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
"I Want To Be Something", despite being credited to [[Weezer]], is actually a solo [[Rivers Cuomo]] acoustic demo | "I Want To Be Something", despite being credited to [[Weezer]], is actually a solo [[Rivers Cuomo]] acoustic demo from [[2008]].<ref name="4and5star" /> A song by the same title, recorded in [[1998]], is listed in the [[Catalog O' Riffs]], though it is unknown if the two are the same song. The version of ''[[Hurley]]'' that leaked prior to its official release in [[2010]] included a version of "I Want to Be Something" approximately two seconds longer than that of the final release, opening with Cuomo saying "three-nine-four." | ||
In [[2020]], another version of "I Want to Be Something" was released as part of the digital compilation ''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]''. This version is largely identical to the version on ''Hurley'' except for the presence of electric guitar layered over the recording. | |||
==Known recordings== | |||
{{Known recordings header}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|I Want to Be Something||[[2008]]||2:56|''[[Hurley]]'' (leak)|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|I Want to Be Something||[[2008]]||2:54|''[[Hurley]]'' (Deluxe)|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|I Want to Be Something|I Want To Be Something.mp3|[[2008]]||2:50|''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings footer}} | |||
==Audio== | ==Audio== | ||
<youtube>KIjO7RXgarU</youtube> | <youtube>KIjO7RXgarU</youtube> | ||
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But it shows me all the places I could fly | But it shows me all the places I could fly | ||
I want to be something | I want to be something before I die | ||
I feel it burning me inside | I feel it burning me inside | ||
I want to be something | I want to be something, I don't know why | ||
I don't know why | |||
I want to know that at least I tried | I want to know that at least I tried | ||
I see so clearly | I see so clearly that the odds are stacked against me | ||
And that nobody else believes in me at all | And that nobody else believes in me at all | ||
I'm all alone here, and I have to face my own fear | I'm all alone here, and I have to face my own fear | ||
I have no choice but to keep on keeping on | I have no choice but to keep on keeping on | ||
I want to be something | I want to be something before I die | ||
I feel it burning me inside | I feel it burning me inside | ||
I want to be something | I want to be something, I don't know why | ||
I don't know why | |||
I want to know that at least I tried | I want to know that at least I tried | ||
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I'm blown away | I'm blown away | ||
I want to be something | I want to be something, I want to be something | ||
I want to be something | I want to be something, I want to be something | ||
I want to be something | I want to be something, I want to be something | ||
I want to be something | I want to be something, Here I am, here I am | ||
I want to be something | |||
I want to be something | |||
I want to be something | |||
Here I am, here I am | |||
I want to be something | I want to be something before I die | ||
I feel it burning me inside | I feel it burning me inside | ||
I want to be something | I want to be something, I want to feel something | ||
I want to feel something | |||
I want to know that at least I tried</poem> | I want to know that at least I tried</poem> | ||
==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:Rivers Cuomo songs]] | |||
[[Category:Bonus tracks]] | [[Category:Bonus tracks]] | ||
[[Category:Songs that appeared on the 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo list]] | [[Category:Songs that appeared on the 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo list]] | ||
[[Category:Songs on Hurley]] | [[Category:Songs on Hurley]] | ||
[[Category:Songs on Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]] | |||