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| Producer = Weezer | | Producer = Weezer | ||
| Status = officially released | | Status = officially released | ||
|Live debut= [[January 23]], [[1997]] | |Live debut= [[January 23]], [[1997]] in [[Weezer concert: 01/23/1997|Milwaukee, WI]] | ||
|Last played= [[June 30]], [[2023]] in [[Weezer concert: 06/30/2023|Bangor, Maine]] | |||
| RC's last song = "[[Saw You in Your Car|Saw You In Your Car]]"<br>(RC# 182) | | RC's last song = "[[Saw You in Your Car|Saw You In Your Car]]"<br>(RC# 182) | ||
| This RC song = "Devotion"<br>(RC#183) | | This RC song = "Devotion"<br>(RC#183) | ||
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"Devotion" is in the key of B♭ major for the majority of the song, but modulates B♭ minor for the guitar solo. It is one of the slowest songs [[Weezer]] recorded in the 90s. The last line of the song's first stanza is direct quote from the 1977 song "All American Man," from the album ''[[Wikipedia:Alive_II|Alive II]]'' by [[KISS]]. | "Devotion" is in the key of B♭ major for the majority of the song, but modulates B♭ minor for the guitar solo. It is one of the slowest songs [[Weezer]] recorded in the 90s. The last line of the song's first stanza is direct quote from the 1977 song "All American Man," from the album ''[[Wikipedia:Alive_II|Alive II]]'' by [[KISS]]. | ||
"Devotion" is known to have been performed once in [[1997]]. Rivers Cuomo performed the song with fans at [[Rivers Cuomo concert: 11/25/2008|a release party]] for the album ''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]''. It would not be performed again until it was played by Weezer at a [[2011]] concert on the [[Memories Tour]] in Japan. It was performed one additional time during [[Weezer concert: 01/21/2012|a concert]] on the first [[The Weezer Cruise|Weezer Cruise]]. Musician [[Daniel Brummel]] (of the band [[Ozma]]) covered the song, under the moniker [[Daniel Brummel and the Contraband]], for the tribute album ''[[Making Noise: A Tribute to Weezer]]''. | "Devotion" is known to have been performed once in [[1997]]. Rivers Cuomo performed the song with fans at [[Rivers Cuomo concert: 11/25/2008|a release party]] for the album ''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]''. It would not be performed again until it was played by Weezer at a [[2011]] concert on the [[Memories Tour]] in Japan. It was performed one additional time as a band during [[Weezer concert: 01/21/2012|a concert]] on the first [[The Weezer Cruise|Weezer Cruise]]. Cuomo performed an acoustic solo rendition of the song at [[Weezer concert: 06/30/2023|a Weezer concert in Maine]] in [[2023]]. Musician [[Daniel Brummel]] (of the band [[Ozma]]) covered the song, under the moniker [[Daniel Brummel and the Contraband]], for the tribute album ''[[Making Noise: A Tribute to Weezer]]''. | ||
==Known recordings== | ==Known recordings== | ||
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*[[Weezer concert: 07/13/2011]] | *[[Weezer concert: 07/13/2011]] | ||
*[[Weezer concert: 01/21/2012]] | *[[Weezer concert: 01/21/2012]] | ||
*[[Weezer concert: 06/30/2023]] | |||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – lead guitar, lead vocals | *[[Rivers Cuomo]] – lead guitar, lead vocals | ||