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"'''Medicine For Melancholy'''" | "'''Medicine For Melancholy'''" (formerly titled "'''Friday Feeling'''") is a single by [[Rivers Cuomo]]. | ||
===Appearances=== | |||
*"Medicine for Melancholy" (digital single, 2018) | |||
*''[[Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years]]'' (2021) | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Cuomo announced the song via Instagram<ref>@rivers_cuomo ''Instagram''. 15 March 2018. https://www.instagram.com/p/BgWoFi5HA-L/</ref> on [[March 15]], [[2018]]. The song was produced in Ableton by the band [[AJR]], who had recently featured Cuomo on one of their songs, "[[Sober Up]]." The song is not part of any larger project. Cuomo said in [[2017]] of the [[Alone series|''Alone'' albums]], "It’s kind of embarrassing. If you search for my name on Spotify, that’s what comes up. I should put out something more pro also so people don’t think that’s all I do."<ref>Eloise, Marianne. "Rivers Cuomo on dark thoughts, Post Malone & being prolific" ''Dazed'' 27 October 2017. https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/37880/1/rivers-cuomo-on-dark-thoughts-post-malone-being-prolific</ref> The song was also released around the time of Cuomo’s brief solo acoustic tour, during which he performed the song at every show. | Cuomo announced the song via Instagram<ref>@rivers_cuomo ''Instagram''. 15 March 2018. https://www.instagram.com/p/BgWoFi5HA-L/</ref> on [[March 15]], [[2018]]. The song was produced in Ableton by the band [[AJR]], who had recently featured Cuomo on one of their songs, "[[Sober Up]]." The song is not part of any larger project. Cuomo said in [[2017]] of the [[Alone series|''Alone'' albums]], "It’s kind of embarrassing. If you search for my name on Spotify, that’s what comes up. I should put out something more pro also so people don’t think that’s all I do."<ref>Eloise, Marianne. "Rivers Cuomo on dark thoughts, Post Malone & being prolific" ''Dazed'' 27 October 2017. https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/37880/1/rivers-cuomo-on-dark-thoughts-post-malone-being-prolific</ref> The song was also released around the time of Cuomo’s brief solo acoustic tour, during which he performed the song at every show. | ||
Demos of "Medicine for Melancholy" (under the prior title of "Friday Feeling") were released in [[2021]] as part of the digital compilation ''[[Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years]]''. | |||
==Known recordings== | |||
{{Known recordings header}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Friday Feeling|FRIDAY FEELIN 6.8.17.mp3|[[June 8]], [[2017]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Friday Feeling|FRIDAY FEELING (B) 6.22.17.mp3|[[June 22]], [[2017]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]||20170628_Untitled6.mp3|[[June 28]], [[2017]]||1:05|''[[Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Friday Feeling|Friday Feeling 1 voice AI @99.mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||1:56|''[[Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Friday Feeling|Friday Feeling 3 @101.mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||3:57|''[[Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Friday Feeling|Friday Feeling 4 @101.mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||3:51|''[[Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Friday Feeling|Friday Feeling 5 @102.mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||3:58|''[[Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Friday Feeling|Friday Feeling 6 thinned verse @102.mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||3:58|''[[Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Friday Feeling|Friday Feeling 7 summer is here @102.mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||0:51|''[[Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Friday Feeling|Friday Feeling 10 insecure @102.mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||4:00|''[[Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Friday Feeling|Friday Feeling 12 dumdiddy.heyman.medicine @104.mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||1:41|''[[Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Friday Feeling|Friday Feeling 12 dumdiddy.heyman.medicine @104 VOCALS.mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Friday Feeling|Friday Feeling 13 minor verse @104.mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||1:41|''[[Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Friday Feeling|Friday Feeling 13 someone single @104.mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||1:32|''[[Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Friday Feeling|Friday Feeling 14 I ii I V verse @104.mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||1:41|''[[Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Friday Feeling|Friday Feeling 15 verse two @104.mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||4:09|''[[Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Friday Feeling|Friday Feeling 16 half choruses @104.mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||3:18|''[[Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Friday Feeling|Friday Feeling 17 pre lyric @104.mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||3:18|''[[Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Friday Feeling|Friday Feeling 22 reggae @102.mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||1:24|''[[Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Friday Feeling|Friday Feeling 23 cleanriff @100.mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||1:45|''[[Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Friday Feeling|Friday Feeling 24 post @100.mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||2:04|''[[Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Friday Feeling|Friday Feeling 25 fits @100.mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||2:04|''[[Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Friday Feeling|FRIDAY FEELING take7.mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Friday Feeling|FRIDAY FEELING take8 (new pre).mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Friday Feeling|FRIDAY FEELING take11.mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Medicine for Melancholy|Medicine For Melancholy 29 v2 & bridge @106 -4.mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Medicine for Melancholy|Medicine For Melancholy 30 @108 -4.mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Medicine for Melancholy|Medicine For Melancholy 32 new voc demo @121 -1.mp3|[[2017]]—[[2018]]||||}} | |||
{{Known recordings footer}} | |||
==Audio== | ==Audio== | ||
<youtube>1CvVft_W0VQ</youtube> | <youtube>1CvVft_W0VQ</youtube> | ||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – guitar, lead vocals, piano, percussion, backing vocals | *[[Rivers Cuomo]] – guitar, lead vocals, piano, percussion, backing vocals | ||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
{{Lyric box| | |||
===Medicine for Melancholy=== | |||
<poem> | <poem> | ||
Dum dee dee dee dee | Dum-dee-dee-dee-dee | ||
Dum dee dee dee dee dee dum | Dum-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dum | ||
Dum dee dee dee dee | Dum-dee-dee-dee-dee | ||
Dum dee dee dee dee dee | Dum-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dum | ||
Shut me off, put me in a dream | Shut me off, put me in a dream | ||
I don’t wanna think | I don’t wanna think | ||
Life is pain, puzzles make me hurt | Life is pain, puzzles make me hurt | ||
I | I want to go extinct | ||
No reason for me to struggle | No reason for me to struggle | ||
Just be there when I wake up | Just be there when I wake up | ||
You’re my medicine for melancholy | You’re my medicine for melancholy | ||
Let me take you in | Let me take you in | ||
You’re my medicine for melancholy | You’re my medicine for melancholy | ||
Ooh | Ooh-ooh | ||
We got that Friday feeling | We got that Friday feeling | ||
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Can I hang out with you for a bit? | Can I hang out with you for a bit? | ||
You’re my medicine for melancholy | You’re my medicine for melancholy | ||
Ooh | Ooh-ooh | ||
I wanna take you in | I wanna take you in | ||
Recently I’ve been sleeping well | Dum-dee-dee-dee-dee | ||
Dum-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dum | |||
Dum-dee-dee-dee-dee | |||
Dum-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dum | |||
Recently, I’ve been sleeping well | |||
I think I might be healed | I think I might be healed | ||
Shooting stars, I can feel you near | Shooting stars, I can feel you near | ||
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No reason for me to struggle | No reason for me to struggle | ||
Just be there when I wake up | Just be there when I wake up | ||
You’re my medicine for melancholy | You’re my medicine for melancholy | ||
Let me take you in | Let me take you in | ||
You’re my medicine for melancholy | You’re my medicine for melancholy | ||
Ooh ooh ooh | Ooh-ooh | ||
We got that Friday feeling | |||
We got that Friday feeling | |||
Can I hang out with you for a bit? | |||
You’re my medicine for melancholy | |||
Ooh-ooh | |||
I wanna take you in | |||
Dum-dee-dee-dee-dee | |||
Dum-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dum | |||
Dum-dee-dee-dee-dee | |||
Dum-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dum | |||
No reason for me to struggle | No reason for me to struggle | ||
My life is better with you | My life is better with you | ||
You’re my medicine for melancholy | You’re my medicine for melancholy | ||
Let me take you in | Let me take you in | ||
You’re my medicine for melancholy | You’re my medicine for melancholy | ||
Ooh ooh ooh | Ooh-ooh | ||
We got that Friday feeling | |||
We got that Friday feeling | |||
Can I hang out with you for a bit? | |||
You’re my medicine for melancholy | |||
Ooh-ooh | |||
I wanna take you in | |||
Dum dee dee dee dee | Dum-dee-dee-dee-dee | ||
Dum dee dee dee dee dee | Dum-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dum | ||
Dum-dee-dee-dee-dee | |||
Dum-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dum | |||
====Friday Feeling | I wanna take you in | ||
</poem>}}{{Lyric box| | |||
====Friday Feeling (ver. 17)==== | |||
<poem> | <poem> | ||
Dum dee dee dee dee | Dum-dee-dee-dee-dee | ||
Dum dee dee dee dee dee dum | Dum-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dum | ||
Dum dee dee dee dee | Dum-dee-dee-dee-dee | ||
Dum dee dee dee dee dee dum | Dum-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dum | ||
Hey man, you gotta do what you gotta do | Hey, man, you gotta do what you gotta do | ||
On the edge of a cliff in Malibu | On the edge of a cliff in Malibu | ||
Pull yourself together and face the facts | Pull yourself together and face the facts | ||
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I'm so tired I just wanna disappear | I'm so tired I just wanna disappear | ||
Dum dee dee dee dee (Aw fuck it) | Dum-dee-dee-dee-dee (Aw, fuck it) | ||
Dum dee dee dee dee dee dum (It's Friday) | Dum-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dum (It's a Friday) | ||
Dum dee dee dee dee (I | Dum-dee-dee-dee-dee (I could forget all about this shit) | ||
Dum dee dee dee dee dee dum (Gonna let my hair down) | Dum-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dum (Gonna let my hair down) | ||
I got that Friday feeling | I got that Friday feeling | ||
I got that Friday feeling | I got that Friday feeling | ||
Oh | Oh yeah | ||
I got that Friday feeling | I got that Friday feeling | ||
I got that Friday feeling | I got that Friday feeling | ||
Oh yeah | Oh yeah | ||
I'm a voice in the wilderness these days | I'm a voice in the wilderness these days | ||
Sad to be the lion on display | Sad to be the lion on display | ||
Larry King's producers on | Larry King's producers on line three | ||
Slap me and I'll turn the other cheek | Slap me and I'll turn the other cheek | ||
I scream myself into a padded cell | |||
I've spent my whole life turning from myself | I've spent my whole life turning from myself | ||
Feel like I'm living in | Feel like I'm living in ''Groundhog Day'' | ||
Wouldn't it suck if the plane went down today | Wouldn't it suck if the plane went down today? | ||
Dum dee dee dee dee | Dum-dee-dee-dee-dee (We got plenty of time) | ||
Dum dee dee dee dee dee dum | Dum-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dum (to worry about things next week) | ||
Dum dee dee dee dee | Dum-dee-dee-dee-dee (I'm-a rise to the occasion, dawg) | ||
Dum dee dee dee dee dee dum | Dum-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dum (Get busy. Hammer time) | ||
I got that Friday feeling | I got that Friday feeling | ||
I got that Friday feeling | I got that Friday feeling | ||
Oh yeah | Oh yeah | ||
I got that Friday feeling | I got that Friday feeling | ||
I got that Friday feeling | I got that Friday feeling | ||
Oh yeah | |||
You're my medicine for melancholy | |||
</poem>}} | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | *[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||