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| Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]], [[Greg Wells]], Adam Lambert | | Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]], [[Greg Wells]], [[Adam Lambert]] | ||
| Producer = RUMORS | | Producer = RUMORS | ||
| Status = Officially released | | Status = Officially released | ||
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| Type = album | | Type = album | ||
| Artist = Scott & Rivers | | Artist = Scott & Rivers | ||
| Album = | | Album = Scott & Rivers (album) | ||
| Released = [[March 20]], [[2013]] | | Released = [[March 20]], [[2013]] | ||
| Length = 3:57 | | Length = 3:57 | ||
| Label = Delicious Deli Records | | Label = Delicious Deli Records | ||
| Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]], [[Scott Murphy]], [[Greg Wells]], Adam Lambert | | Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]], [[Scott Murphy]], [[Greg Wells]], [[Adam Lambert]] | ||
| Producer = Greg Wells | | Producer = Greg Wells | ||
| Status = Officially released | | Status = Officially released | ||
| Spotify = 75SiVfbVxcOKqODTRBdpCK | | Spotify = 75SiVfbVxcOKqODTRBdpCK | ||
| Previous track = "[[Butterfly (Scott & Rivers song)|Butterfly]]" <br>(11) | | Previous track = "[[Butterfly (Scott & Rivers song)|Butterfly]]" <br>(11) | ||
| This track = "[[君と二人で]]" <br>(12) | | This track = "[[Pick U Up|君と二人で]]" <br>(12) | ||
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"'''Pick U Up'''" is a song by [ | "'''Pick U Up'''" is a song by singer-songwriter [[Wikipedia:Adam Lambert|Adam Lambert]] from his debut album [[Wikipedia:For_Your_Entertainment_(album)|''For Your Entertainment'']]. The song was co-written by Lambert with [[Rivers Cuomo]] and [[Greg Wells]]. The song was also reworked into Japanese with [[Scott Murphy]] as the song "'''Kimi to futari de'''" (''君と二人で'', "Alone with You") for the [[Scott & Rivers (album)|eponymous debut album]] by [[Scott & Rivers]] in [[2013]]. | ||
===Appearances=== | |||
*''For Your Entertainment'' (2009) | |||
*''[[Scott & Rivers (album)|Scott & Rivers]]'' (2013) | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
In a video for MTV, Cuomo discussed the song, saying "It's one of my favorite songs I ever wrote." He went on to explain that he originally wrote the song for [[Weezer]]'s [[2009]] album ''[[Raditude]]'' | In a video for MTV, Cuomo discussed the song, saying "It's one of my favorite songs I ever wrote." He went on to explain that he originally wrote the song for [[Weezer]]'s [[2009]] album ''[[Raditude]]'' <ref>"Weezer's Rivers Cuomo Gave Adam Lambert His Favorite Song, 'Pick U Up'" ''MTV''. 2009 November 2. http://www.mtv.com/video-clips/wn1ton/weezer-s-rivers-cuomo-gave-adam-lambert-his-favorite-song-pick-u-up</ref>, adding "For some reason, Weezer didn't want to record it for ''Raditude''. I was scratching my head, but I figured, 'Oh, maybe it'll end up on the next record.'" Cuomo then described meeting with Adam Lambert, who liked the song and wanted to sing it. Said Cuomo, "He came up with a few ideas for it for himself, took the melody in a different place, suggested some lyric changes, and before you knew it, I was writing a song with Adam Lambert!" Cuomo said of Lambert's voice, "It's exactly the kind of voice that I convince myself I have, on my best day, but of course I'm nowhere near that amazing," | ||
Musician and songwriter [[Greg Wells]] is also a credited writer on the song. Wells would go on to collaborate with Cuomo on the [[2010]] Weezer song "[[Where's My Sex?]]. | Musician and songwriter [[Greg Wells]] is also a credited writer on the song. Wells would go on to collaborate with Cuomo on the [[2010]] Weezer song "[[Where's My Sex?]]." | ||
Cuomo, with the aid of musician [[Scott Murphy]], rewrote the song in Japanese, and performed it for [[Scott & Rivers|the duo's]] [[スコット と リバース (Scott & Rivers)|eponymous debut album]] in [[2013]]. The pair performed the song at multiple shows in Japan, as well as during the second [[Weezer Cruise]]. | Cuomo, with the aid of musician [[Scott Murphy]], rewrote the song in Japanese, and performed it for [[Scott & Rivers|the duo's]] [[スコット と リバース (Scott & Rivers)|eponymous debut album]] in [[2013]]. The pair performed the song at multiple shows in Japan, as well as during the second [[Weezer Cruise]]. | ||
==Audio== | ==Audio== | ||
===Adam Lambert=== | ===Adam Lambert=== | ||
<youtube>kZ8jqkzho5k</youtube> | <youtube>kZ8jqkzho5k</youtube> <youtube>VHc8M1loOsI</youtube> | ||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
===Pick U Up=== | ===Pick U Up=== | ||
<poem> | {{Lyric box| | ||
Jumpin' out the window | <poem>Jumpin' out the window | ||
Movin' on, groovin' on | Movin' on, groovin' on | ||
Which way will the wind blow? | Which way will the wind blow? | ||
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And flash right through the scene | And flash right through the scene | ||
Can't you see what I mean? | Can't you see what I mean? | ||
</poem> | </poem>}}{{Lyric box| | ||
===君と二人で (English translation)=== | ===君と二人で (English translation)=== | ||
<poem> | <poem>Open up the window, jump out to the limit | ||
Open up the window, jump out to the limit | |||
The wind tells us which way to go | The wind tells us which way to go | ||
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All my life | All my life | ||
We're starting our trip now, in a flash, could you see it? | We're starting our trip now, in a flash, could you see it? | ||
</poem> | </poem>}} | ||
{{References list}} | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Lambert Adam Lambert] on ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia]'' | ||
*''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Your_Entertainment_(album) For Your Entertainment]'' on ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia]'' | *''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Your_Entertainment_(album) For Your Entertainment]'' on ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia]'' | ||
[[Category:Songs featuring contributions by Rivers Cuomo]] | [[Category:Songs featuring contributions by Rivers Cuomo]] | ||
[[Category:Songs in languages other than English]] | [[Category:Songs in languages other than English]] | ||