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"'''Runner-Up'''" (previously titled "'''Fireball'''") is a song originally intended for ''[[Weezer (The Black Album)]]''. It has never been heard by fans. | "'''Runner-Up'''" (previously titled "'''Fireball'''") is a song originally intended for ''[[Weezer (The Black Album)]]''. It has never been heard in full by fans. | ||
===Appearances=== | |||
*''[[Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years]]'' (2021) | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
{{Rivers Cuomo quote|One of my favorite songs right now, it’s called “Runner-Up,” and, I mean, when I wrote it on piano and vocal, it sounds — the first thing that comes to minds is ''Pinkerton''-esque, but I hesitate to use that, because that means so much to people. It sounds very like that core, emotional Rivers that an old-school fan would love, but then the way it was produced — my piano is in there, but then there are all these electronic, dark elements that sound like nothing we’ve ever done.|''Vulture'' interview, November [[2017]]<ref>Riesman, Abraham. "Rivers Cuomo Is Still Lonely: But he’s really into lifehacks." ''Vulture''. November 2017. https://www.vulture.com/2017/11/weezer-rivers-cuomo-interview-lifehacks-pacific-daydream.html</ref>}} | |||
In [[Riverpedia_archive_-_08/22/2020#Runner-Up|an entry]] for the song on [[Riverpedia]] in [[2020]], Cuomo suggested that the song was written at the same time as "[[QB Blitz]]".<ref name="riverpedia">"Runner-Up" ''Riverpedia''. https://books-r-fun.herokuapp.com/wiki/Runner-Up</ref> Cuomo [[Riverpedia archive - 10/02/2020|confirmed later]] that the song was originally titled "Fireball", adding that the title "makes more sense with the lyrics."<ref name="riverpedia" /> In [[2021]], a rough sketch of what can be presumed to be "Fireball" (due to the repetition of the word "fireball") was included as part of the digital compilation ''[[Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years]]''. | |||
==Known recordings== | |||
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{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Fireball|fireball 2 verse @70.mp3|[[2015]]—[[2017]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Fireball|fireball 3 piano @70.mp3|[[2015]]—[[2017]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Fireball|Fireball 3-2.mp3|[[2015]]—[[2017]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Fireball|fireball 4 verse 2 @72.mp3|[[2015]]—[[2017]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Fireball (?)|Untitled2_2016_2_26_15_6_31.mp3|[[February 26]], [[2016]]||11:03|''[[Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Runner-Up|Runner Up Rough idea.mp3|[[2016]]—[[2018]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Runner-Up|RUNNER UP WL edit V1.mp3|[[2016]]—[[2018]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings footer}} | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | * [[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||