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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| Name    = Baby
| Name    = Baby
| Cover    =  
| Cover    = Rivers alonevi.jpg
| Caption    = ''Alone VI'' cover art
| Type    = Demo
| Type    = Demo
| Artist  = Rivers Cuomo
| Artist  = Rivers Cuomo
| Album    =  
| Album    =  
| Released =  
| Released =  
| Recorded = October (8?) 1997, T.T. the Bear's Place, Boston, MA
| Recorded =
| Length  = Live<br>6:29
| Length  =
| Label    =  
| Label    =  
| Writer  = [[Rivers Cuomo]]
| Writer  = [[Rivers Cuomo]]
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| COR#    =  
| COR#    =  
| Producer =  
| Producer =  
| Live debut = [[October 8]], [[1997]] in [[Rivers_Cuomo_concert:_10/08/1997|Cambridge, MA]]
| Live debut = [[October 8]], [[1997]] in [[Rivers Cuomo concert: 10/08/1997|Cambridge, MA]]
| Last played= [[January 14]], [[1998]] in [[Rivers Cuomo concert: 01/14/1998|Cambridge, MA]]
| Last played= [[January 14]], [[1998]] in [[Rivers Cuomo concert: 01/14/1998|Cambridge, MA]]
| Status  = Bootleg circulating
| Status  = Bootleg circulating
| RC's last song  = "[[Rosemary]]"<br>(RC# 227)
| RC's last song  = "[[Rosemary]]"<br>(RC# 227)
| This RC song    = "Baby"<br>(RC# 228)
| This RC song    = "Baby"<br>(RC# 228)
| RC's next song  = "Lady Bird"<br>(RC# 229)
| RC's next song  = "[[Lady Bird]]"<br>(RC# 229)
}}
}}
"'''Baby'''" is a song written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] in [[1997]]. The song was played at a number of Rivers Cuomo solo shows the same year, meant as a potential “Weezer tryout” show.
"'''Baby'''" is a song written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] in [[1997]].
 
===Appearances===
*''[[Alone VI: The Black Room]]'' (2020)


==Overview==
==Overview==
{{Expand section}}
"Baby" was written by Rivers Cuomo while living in Boston, Massachusetts in September of 1997, though not demoed.<ref name=RA12172020>[[Riverpedia archive - 12/17/2020 #Baby]]</ref> Cuomo wrote it for his side project [[Lovely]]<ref name=RA12172020 /> and performed it at multiple Lovely shows in fall 1997 and January [[1998]]. The song was later demoed in February of 1998 by the then-remaining members of [[Weezer]] (the band had no bassist at the time, following the departure of [[Matt Sharp]]).<ref>[[Recording_History_-_Page_10#Late February 1998 : Weezer records demos in LA|Weezer Recording History - Page 10]]</ref> It was briefly in consideration for ''[[Weezer (The Green Album)|The Green Album]]'' in November of [[2000]], but ultimately never got recorded for any release.<ref>[[Karl's Corner - 11/26/2000]]</ref>
"Baby" was later demoed in February of 1998 by the then-remaining members of Weezer (the band had no bassist at the time, following the departure of [[Matt Sharp]]). No version of the song would ever manifest on an album, however, and only one bootleg exists in circulation among fans at present. On [[Riverpedia archive - 12/17/2020 #Baby|December 17, 2020]] it was revealed to have been written for the side project [[Lovely]].
 
Bootleg audience recordings of the Lovely performances circulate with fans, and a sketch recording from March 1998 was released as part of the compilation ''[[Alone VI: The Black Room]]'' on [[November 20]], [[2020]].
 
==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
<poem>Darlin’ Caroline
<poem>Darlin' Caroline
Stay with me for a while
Stay with me for a while
Your mama don’t expect you for a while
Your mama don’t expect you for a while
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Baby, baby
Baby, baby
You don’t have to be afraid
You don't have to be afraid
Ain’t nobody gonna hurt you anymore
Ain’t nobody gonna hurt you anymore


Take off all of your clothes
Take off all of your clothes
We don’t have to be shy
We don't have to be shy
No one else can see you, only I
No one else can see you, only I


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Girl, love is real
Girl, love is real
You dream away</poem>
You dream away</poem>
==Known recordings==
{{Known recordings header}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Lovely]]|Baby|04. Baby.flac|[[September 26]], [[1997]]|[[Rivers Cuomo concert: 09/26/1997|T.T. The Bear's Place, Cambridge, MA]]|6:25||Audience bootleg}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Lovely]]|Baby||[[October 8]], [[1997]]|[[Rivers Cuomo concert: 10/08/1997|The Paradise, Boston, MA]]|||DAT recording}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Lovely]]|Baby|08 Baby.mp3|[[January 14]], [[1998]]|[[Rivers Cuomo concert: 01/14/1998|T.T. the Bear's Place, Cambridge, MA]]|5:47||Audience bootleg}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|Baby||February [[1998]]|Fox Force Five Recorders, Hollywood, CA|||}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Baby|06 baby.mp3|[[March 11]], [[1998]]||0:24|''[[Alone VI: The Black Room]]''|}}
{{Known recordings footer}}


==See also==
==See also==
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* ''[[HOMiE - Volume 1]]''
* ''[[HOMiE - Volume 1]]''


[[Category: Rivers Cuomo songs]]
==References==
[[Category: Lovely songs]]
<references />
 
[[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]]
[[Category:Lovely songs]]
[[Category:Songs on HOMiE - Volume 1]]
[[Category:Songs on HOMiE - Volume 1]]
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