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==Overview==
==Overview==
"I Do", along with "[[Always]]" is an unusual ''Green''-era track by [[Weezer]], in that it does not feature the full band on the recording.  It was released as a B-side and as a bonus cut on some international editions of ''Green'', and was performed live at every show during the [[Yahoo Outloud Tour]], as the set's opening number.
"I Do", along with "[[Always]]" is an unusual ''Green''-era track by [[Weezer]], in that it does not feature the full band on the recording. The song was written relatively late, while ''The Green Album'' was already in production, but did not appear on the final album.  It was released as a b-side and as a bonus track on some international editions of ''Green'', and was performed live at every show during the [[Yahoo! Outloud Tour]], as the set's opening number.
==Reception==
==Reception==
I Do has received mixed reviews from fans. It is often condemned as a musical ripoff of Billy Joel's 1989 song Leningrad. The piano melody from the intro of that song is very musically similar to the vocal melody of I Do. Another common criticism of the song is that Cuomo's vocal delivery is nasal and unenjoyable. For some fans, however, I Do is very well-liked, because of how [[Green#Reception|different]] it is from many other of the songs from the Green Album era. It was included in The Grand Playlist of the Weezer songblog [[Teenage Victory Songs]], which is a playlist designated only for higher-tier songs.
While enjoyed by some, the song is sometimes derided for its similarity to the 1989 Billy Joel song [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgD_-dRZPgs Leningrad].
==Personnel==
==Personnel==
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – keyboard, lead vocals
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – keyboard, lead vocals
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*[[Ric Ocasek]] - producer
*[[Ric Ocasek]] - producer
*[[Mikey Welsh]] - backing vocals
*[[Mikey Welsh]] - backing vocals
 
==Audio==
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==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
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