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| Type    = album
| Type    = album
| Artist  = Weezer
| Artist  = Weezer
| Album    = Weezer (The Green Album)
| Released = [[May 15]], [[2001]]
| Released = May 15, 2001
| Recorded = [[2001]] at [[Cello Studios]], Los Angeles, CA
| Recorded = December 2000, Cello Studios, Los Angeles, California
| Length  = 2:41
| Length  = 2:41
| Label    = Geffen  
| Label    = Geffen  
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'''"Glorious Day"''' (originally titled "'''Gonna Make My Move'''") is the ninth song from ''[[The Green Album]]''.   
'''"Glorious Day"''' (originally titled "'''Gonna Make My Move'''") is the ninth song from ''[[The Green Album]]''.   
===Appearances===
===Appearances===
*''[[Weezer (The Green Album)]]''
*''[[Weezer (The Green Album)]]'' (2001)
 
==Overview==
==Overview==
"Glorious Day" was leaked prior to the release of ''The Green Album'' along with thirteen other unmastered tracks from the sessions.
"Glorious Day" (under the title "Gonna Make My Move") is first known to have been demoed as a band in late December of [[2000]],<ref name="rechist12" /> days before the band entered the studio to record ''The Green Album''. The band began working on the song at [[Cello Studios]] in January of [[2001]].<ref name="rechist13" /> The song was [[The Green Album (leak)|leaked]] prior to the release of ''The Green Album'', along with thirteen other unmastered tracks from the sessions.
 
==Known recordings==
==Reception==
{{Known recordings header}}
The song received [[Glorious Day Teenage Victory Songs track review|a middling review]] from [[Teenage Victory Songs]], representing the apathetic reception that band's more diehard fan base has shown the song.
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|Gonna Make My Move||[[December 21]], [[2000]]<ref name="rechist12">[[Recording_History_-_Page_12|Weezer Recording History - Page 12]]</ref>|[[6145 Rodgerton Dr.]], Los Angeles, CA|||}}
 
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|Gonna Make My Move|08 Gonna Make My Move.MP3|January—February [[2001]]<ref name="rechist13">[[Recording_History_-_Page_13|Weezer Recording History - Page 13]]</ref>|[[Cello Studios]], Los Angeles, CA|2:41|[[The Green Album (leak)|Leaked online]]|}}
==Audio==
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|Glorious Day||January—February [[2001]]<ref name="rechist13">[[Recording_History_-_Page_13|Weezer Recording History - Page 13]]</ref>|[[Cello Studios]], Los Angeles, CA|2:41|''[[Weezer (The Green Album)]]''|}}
===Live as [[Weezer concert: 10/24/2001 - Los Angeles, CA|Goat Punishment]]===
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|Glorious Day||[[October 24]], [[2001]]|[[Weezer concert: 10/24/2001|The Knitting Factory, Los Angeles, CA]]||''[[Weezer concert: 10/24/2001|Reverb]]'' (TV series)|Televised live performance}}
<youtube>AzjJIiSAgK8</youtube>
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|Glorious Day|WEEZER-2001-11-24-LongBeach13-Glorious_Day_219.mp3|[[November 23]], [[2001]]|[[Weezer concert: 11/23/2001|Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA]]|2:58|Released on [[weezer.com]]|}}


{{Known recordings footer}}
==Personnel==
==Personnel==
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – lead guitar, lead vocals
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – lead guitar, lead vocals
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*[[Mikey Welsh]] – bass guitar, backing vocals
*[[Mikey Welsh]] – bass guitar, backing vocals
*[[Ric Ocasek]] - producer
*[[Ric Ocasek]] - producer
 
==Audio==
<youtube>Qg0XoFYSY6I</youtube>
==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
<poem>Gonna make my move
<poem>Gonna make my move
Gonna make it stay
Gonna make it stay
Gonna make it last
Gonna make it last
Nevermind the past
Never mind the past
Living for today
Living for today


Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
You know what you want me to say
You know what you want me to say
Right, right
Right, right
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Looking for romance
Looking for romance


Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
You know what you want me to say
You know what you want me to say
Right, right
Right, right
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Forcing things in line
Forcing things in line


Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
You know what you want me to say
You know what you want me to say
Right, right
Right, right
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Standing in the light
Standing in the light
Flexin' all our clout
Flexin' all our clout
Hey</poem>
Hey</poem>
==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of Weezer songs]]
*[[List of Weezer songs]]
 
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]
[[Category:Weezer songs]]
{{References list}}
[[Category:Weezer songs]][[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]]
[[Category:Songs on Weezer (The Green Album)]]
[[Category:Songs on Weezer (The Green Album)]]
[[Category:Weezer songs produced by Ric Ocasek]]
[[Category:Weezer songs produced by Ric Ocasek]]