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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
[[Image:Rivers-cuomo-with-lzzy-hale-2011.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Rivers Cuomo with Lzzy Hale in [[2011]]]] | [[Image:Rivers-cuomo-with-lzzy-hale-2011.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Rivers Cuomo with Lzzy Hale in [[2011]]]] | ||
"Sweet Love" is a reworking of the 1998 Rivers Cuomo demo "Cheap Love. | "Sweet Love" is a reworking of the 1998 Rivers Cuomo demo "Cheap Love," originally written and demoed in 1998. Halestorm singer [[Lzzy Hale]] tweeted on [[June 23]], [[2011]] that she had just written a song with Cuomo.<ref>@LZZYHALE "Me and @RiversCuomo we just wrote the most beautiful song! http://yfrog.com/h47ffscsj" ''Twitter'' 23 June 2011. https://twitter.com/LZZYHALE/status/84049949666451456</ref> Halestorm released a video of themselves performing "Sweet Love" acoustically on [[July 28]], [[2014]]. On [[November 27]], [[2020]], days after the release of ''[[Alone VI]]'', Cuomo confirmed via [[Riverchat]] that the demo "Cheap Love" was later given to Halestorm, whereupon it was reworked as "Sweet Love". While Halestorm has never officially released "Sweet Love", the band has performed it live multiple times, and uploaded an acoustic performance of the song to YouTube on [[July 28]], [[2014]], to commemorate the band receiving 1 million likes on Facebook. | ||
Demo recordings by Cuomo were included on the digital compilation ''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]'' in [[2020]]. One version initially included in the bundle but removed a few days later features lead vocals from an unidentified singer (most | Demo recordings by Cuomo were included on the digital compilation ''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]'' in [[2020]]. One version initially included in the bundle but removed a few days later features lead vocals from an unidentified singer (most likely Hale) with the filename "<samp>Sweet Love for Kelly C.mp3</samp>". It is possible, though unconfirmed, that the song was offered to singer [[Wikipedia:Kelly Clarkson|Kelly Clarkson]]. | ||
==Known recordings== | ==Known recordings== | ||
{{Known recordings header}} | {{Known recordings header}} | ||
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{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Sweet Love|Sweet Love v02 DB.mp3|?||3:23|''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]''|}} | {{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Sweet Love|Sweet Love v02 DB.mp3|?||3:23|''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]''|}} | ||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Sweet Love|Sweet Love v01 DB 2.mp3|?||3:22|''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]''|}} | {{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Sweet Love|Sweet Love v01 DB 2.mp3|?||3:22|''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]''|}} | ||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Halestorm]]|Sweet Love||[[2014]]||3:54||Acoustic | {{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Halestorm]]|Sweet Love||[[2014]]||3:54|Released on YouTube|Acoustic; video released to celebrate 1 million likes on Facebook.<ref>Halestorm "Sweet Love - Unreleased Track!" ''YouTube''. 28 July 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q25qOw7uQU8</ref>}} | ||
{{Known recordings footer}} | {{Known recordings footer}} | ||
==Audio== | ==Audio== | ||
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==Audio== | ==Audio== | ||
{{Lyric box| | {{Lyric box| | ||
===Alone X | ===''Alone X'' version=== | ||
<poem>After rocking with my boys | <poem>After rocking with my boys | ||
After shaking all the hands | After shaking all the hands | ||
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Every night until I die | Every night until I die | ||
Till I die | |||
Till I die | |||
I'll be high | I'll be high | ||
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Until I die | Until I die | ||
Till I die | |||
Till I die | |||
Give me the sweet love | Give me the sweet love | ||
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Every night until I die | Every night until I die | ||
Till I die | |||
Give me the sweet love | Give me the sweet love | ||
Till I die | |||
Till I die</poem>}} | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] | *[[Rivers Cuomo]] | ||