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 {{Infobox song
 | Name     = Where to Start
-| Cover    =
+| Cover    = Riverscuomo-aloneix.jpg
-| Type     = outtake
+| Type     = demo
-| Artist   = Weezer
+| Artist   = Rivers Cuomo
-| Recorded = July-October 2004<br>at Grandmaster Recorders - Los Angeles, CA
+| Album    = Alone IX: The Make Believe Years
+| Recorded = [[2004]]
 | Writer   = [[Rivers Cuomo]]
 | COR#     = 532
-| Producer = [[Rick Rubin]]
+| Producer =
-| Status   = unreleased
+| Status   =
 }}{{Song lineage:Where to Start}}
-'''"Where to Start"''' (also known as '''"All I Need to Know Is Where to Start"''') is a song written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] and demoed by [[Weezer]] in contention for the band's [[2005]] album, ''[[Make Believe]]''. The song is a reworking of an earlier Cuomo demo titled "'''[[Clearer Eyes]]'''." It is one of several scrapped songs from the album sessions dubbed "the [[The Fallen Soldiers|Fallen Soldiers]]" by [[Karl Koch]].
+"'''Where to Start'''" (also known as "'''All I Need to Know'''" or "'''All I Need to Know Is Where to Start'''") is a song written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] and demoed by [[Weezer]] in contention for the band's [[2005]] album, ''[[Make Believe]]''. The song is a reworking of an earlier Cuomo demo titled "'''[[Clearer Eyes]]'''." It is one of several scrapped songs from the album sessions dubbed "[[the Fallen Soldiers]]" by [[Karl Koch]].
+===Appearances===
+*''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]'' (2020)
 ==Overview==
-"Where to Start" was first demoed acoustically under the title "[[Clearer Eyes]]" by the band in July/August of [[2003]] at {{PN|Rod Cervera}} studio. During the band's first attempt at making ''[[Make Believe]]'' at [[Cello Studios]] in December of 2003, the song was not considered for the album. However, for 2 days late in the Cello session, [[Rivers Cuomo]] decided to record solo demos of many songs (including "Clearer Eyes") that had been dismissed in the weeks of pre-production. The likely purpose was to revisit the material to either insure it wasn't needed, or resurrect it for the album. Cuomo recorded another demo, now titled "All I Need to Know Is Where to Start", on [[February 3]], [[2004]] at the S.I.R. rehearsal studio. Another "S.I.R. pre-production demo" recorded by Cuomo followed in May of 2004 with the shortened title "Where to Start".<br>
+The demo "[[Clearer Eyes]]" was recorded by [[Rivers Cuomo]] in [[2003]] at the band's [[Office demos|rented office space]] in [[2003]], and possibly demoed as a band in August of that year at {{PN|Rod Cervera}} studio. Cuomo demoed the song himself at [[Cello Studios]] in December.
-The final studio version of the song was mostly recorded during the band's second attempt at making ''Make Believe'', at Grandmaster Recorders in Los Angeles, CA. The sessions lasted from July 22 to October 22, 2004. It was not among the 12 songs that Cuomo asked to band to only concentrate on, which he felt were the right songs for the album. It was brought back by [[Pat Wilson]], [[Brian Bell]] and [[Scott Shriner]] while Cuomo was back in Harvard. Wilson, Bell and Shriner used one of Cuomo's demos as guide to record the song from scratch. When Cuomo returned from his semester in February of 2005, he overdubbed new guitar parts and lead vocals to finish the recording. Ultimately the song was excluded from the final track list for unknown reasons and remains unreleased to this day. "Where to Start" is the only song that was brought back by Wilson, Bell and Shriner (the others being "[[We Are All on Drugs]]", "[[Peace]]" and "[[The Damage in Your Heart]]"), while Cuomo was at Harvard, that did not end up on ''Make Believe''. It was listed on Cuomo's spreadsheet of [[The 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo|4 and 5 Star Demos]].<br>
+Cuomo later rewrote "Clearer Eyes" as "All I Need to Know" and continued demoing it at S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios periodically throughout [[2004]], initially putting the song on his "A-list" of songs in contention for the band's planned album. The song was not initially in consideration by the time the band entered Grandmaster Recorders to record ''[[Make Believe]]'', but the song was reattempted by the remaining band members after [[Rivers Cuomo]] left the studio in September to resume classes at [[Harvard]]. A finished studio recording of "Where to Start" (sans final mix) was completed as of October but ultimately went unused. The [[Fallen Soldiers|eleven unusued songs]] from these sessions were later dubbed "[[the Fallen Soldiers]]" by [[Karl Koch]].
+==Known recordings==
-[[Karl Koch]] named the 11 songs that were finished but not used for ''Make Believe'' "[[The Fallen Soldiers]]".
+{{Known recordings header}}
+{{Known recordings note|For prior demos, see "[[Clearer Eyes]]"}}
+{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|All I Need to Know|01 532 All I Need to Know 2004-02-03.mp3|[[February 3]], [[2004]]|S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA|3:53|''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]''|}}
+{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|All I Need to Know|01 532 All I Need to Know.mp3|[[February 20]], [[2004]]|S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA|3:53|''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]''|}}
+{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|All I Need to Know Is Where to Start|10 532 All I Need to Know is Where t.mp3|[[April 23]], [[2004]]|S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA|3:57|''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]''|}}
+{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Where to Start|05 Where to Start 2004-07-05&nbsp;&nbsp;532.mp3|[[July 5]], [[2004]]|S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA|4:05|''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]''|}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|Where to Start||[[July 22]]—[[September 25]], [[2004]]|Grandmaster Recorders, Los Angeles, CA|||Rough mix}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|Where to Start||[[July 22]]—[[October 4]], [[2004]]|Grandmaster Recorders, Los Angeles, CA|||Completed, no final mix}}
+{{Known recordings footer}}
 ==Lyrics==
-=== ''2004-04-23 SIR'' version: ===
 <poem>
 Is there someone I can find
-Who will bring me
+Who will bring me peace of mind?
-Peace of mind
+I am alone, always have been
-I am alone
-Always have been
 Never have opened up
 Never shared from my cup
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 I will give her all my love
 With an open heart
-All I need to know is where to start
+All I need to know is
+Where to start
-I am wiser
+I am wiser than before
-Than before
+When I opened every door
-When I opened
+Looking inside, running away
-Every door
-Looking inside
-Running away
 Scared of what I might find
 Now I'm crossing the line
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 All I need to know is where to start
-Please save me
+Please save me, please save me
-Please save me
+Please save me from myself
-Please save me
+Please save me, please save me
-From myself
+Please save me from myself
-Please save me
-Please save me
-Please save me
-From myself
 I am looking outward
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 I will give her all my love
 With an open heart
-All I need to know is where to start
+All I need to know is
+Where to start
 And I will give her all my love
 With an open heart
-All I need to know is where to start
+All I need to know is
-All I need to know is where to start
+Where to start
+All I need to know is
+Where to start
 </poem>
-==Personnel==
-*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – guitar, lead vocals
-*[[Patrick Wilson]] – percussion
-*[[Brian Bell]] – guitar, backing vocals
-*[[Scott Shriner]] – bass guitar
-*[[Rick Rubin]] - producer
 ==See also==
 *[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]