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{{Infobox song | {{Infobox song | ||
| Name = | | Name = It Holds Me Together | ||
| Cover = | | Cover = Theyeastmaster-cover.jpeg | ||
| Type = demo | | Type = demo | ||
| Artist = Rivers Cuomo | | Artist = Rivers Cuomo | ||
| Album = | | Album = Alone V: Before Weezer | ||
| Released = | | Released = [[2020]] | ||
| Recorded = 1991 | | Recorded = [[1991]] | ||
| Length = | | Length = | ||
| Label = | | Label = | ||
| Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]], [[Pat Wilson]] | | Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]], [[Pat Wilson]](?) | ||
| RC# = 110 | | RC# = 110 | ||
| COR# = | | COR# = | ||
| Producer = | | Producer = | ||
| Status = | | Status = Released | ||
| RC's last song = "[[Colmusheen]]"<br>(RC# 109) | |||
| This RC song = "Oh Babe It Holds Me Together"<br>(RC# 110) | |||
| RC's next song = "[[Wet Dog]]"<br>(RC# 111) | |||
}} | }} | ||
"''' | "'''It Holds Me Together'''" (also known as "'''Oh Babe It Holds Me Together'''") is a demo by [[Rivers Cuomo]]. | ||
===Appearances=== | |||
*''[[Weezer (Rivers Cuomo tape)|Weezer]]'' (demo, 1991—1992) | |||
*''[[Rivers's Opera]]'' (1991) | |||
*''[[Alone V: Before Weezer]]'' (2020) | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
"It Holds Me Together" was | "It Holds Me Together" was recorded by Cuomo as an 8-track demo, most likely in [[1991]], as part of Cuomo and {{PN|Patrick Wilson}} "[[50 Song Project]]". The [[Recording_History_-_Page_2#December_1991-January_1992:_.22The_50_Song_Project.22|Weezer Recording History]] lists the song as having been a collaboration between Cuomo and Wilson, though recordings of the song have since appeared exclusively on Cuomo's solo compilations. Cuomo performed the song on piano on the demo tape ''[[Rivers's Opera]]'' in December of [[1991]]. Though the song was not heard by fans until [[2020]], a scan of Cuomo's handwritten lyrics were uploaded by Cuomo to [[riverscuomo.com]] in the early 2000s, and "It Holds Me Together" was listed on a spreadsheet by Cuomo titled "[[The 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo]]" in [[2008]]. | ||
The song was first heard by fans on [[November 7]], [[2020]], when it was among hundreds of demos leaked through the [[riverscuomo.com|demo storefront]] on [[riverscuomo.com]]. The song was released sold shortly thereafter on [[November 22]] as part of the digital compilation ''[[Alone V: Before Weezer]]''. | |||
==Known recordings== | |||
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| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[Rivers Cuomo]] | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|It Holds Me Together | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|<samp>03 It Holds Me Together.MP3</samp> | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[1991]](?) | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"| | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|3:31 | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"| | |||
*[[Weezer (Rivers Cuomo tape)|''Weezer'' (demo)]] | |||
*''[[Alone V: Before Weezer]]'' | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"| | |||
|- | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[Rivers Cuomo]] | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|It Holds Me Together | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|<samp>It Holds Me Together 2.mp3</samp> | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[1991]](?) | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"| | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|3:19 | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|''[[Alone V: Before Weezer]]'' | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|Alternate rip of <samp>03 It Holds Me Together.MP3</samp>.<br>Added to ''Alone V'' on [[November 11]], [[2021]]. | |||
|- | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[Rivers Cuomo]] | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|It Holds Me Together | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|<samp>22 It Holds Me Together.mp3</samp> | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|December [[1991]] | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"| | |||
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|3:53 | |||
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*''[[Rivers's Opera]]'' | |||
*''[[Alone V: Before Weezer]]'' | |||
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|- | |||
|} | |||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
[[Image:110-OhBabeItHoldsMeTogether.jpg|right|thumb|256px|Lyrics for "Oh Babe It Holds Me Together"]] | [[Image:110-OhBabeItHoldsMeTogether.jpg|right|thumb|256px|Lyrics for "Oh Babe It Holds Me Together"]] | ||
<poem>Oh Bonnie I'm hopin | <poem>Oh, Bonnie, I'm hopin | ||
My hands are smokin' | My hands are smokin' | ||
Red lights are burning | Red lights are burning | ||
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My soul is hiding | My soul is hiding | ||
Faces are wondering | Faces are wondering | ||
What are ya doing up there man? | What are ya doing up there, man? | ||
I'm singin | I'm singin' mad, I'm singin mad | ||
Oh babe it holds me together | |||
it holds me together | Oh, babe, it holds me together | ||
It holds me together | |||
Oh, babe, it holds me together | |||
It holds me together | |||
My world is underground | My world is underground | ||
Ears sealed from city | Ears sealed from city's sound | ||
What am I doing up here man? | What am I doing up here, man? | ||
I'm singin mad, I'm singin' mad | I said I'm singin mad, I'm singin' mad | ||
Oh, babe, it holds me together | |||
It holds me together | |||
Oh, babe, it holds me together | |||
It holds me together | |||
You can't hold me back | |||
You can't hold me back | |||
You can't hold me back | |||
You can't hold me back | |||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | *[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
[[Category: Rivers Cuomo songs]] | [[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]][[Category:Songs on Alone V: Before Weezer]][[Category:Songs that appeared on the 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo list]][[Category:Known recordings table]] | ||
[[Category: Patrick Wilson]] | [[Category:Patrick Wilson]] | ||
[[Category:Cuomo-Wilson collaborations]] | [[Category:Cuomo-Wilson collaborations]] | ||