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'''"Prom Night"''' (formerly titled '''"80's'''{{sic}} '''Prom Night"''') is a [[List of Weezer B-sides and bonus tracks|bonus track]] on the Japanese releases of [[Weezer (The White Album)]] and a [[List of Weezer B-sides and bonus tracks|B-side]] to the fan-club single "[[The Last Days of Summer]]".
'''"Prom Night"''' (formerly titled '''"80's'''{{sic}} '''Prom Night"''') is a [[List of Weezer B-sides and bonus tracks|bonus track]] on the Japanese releases of [[Weezer (The White Album)|''The White Album'']] and a [[List of Weezer B-sides and bonus tracks|B-side]] to the fan-club single "[[The Last Days of Summer]]".


===Appearances===
===Appearances===
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According to [[Rivers Cuomo]] in a post in the [[Weezer Fan Club]] Facebook group, the song was originally written in [[2012]] following the first [[The Weezer Cruise|Weezer Cruise]] (specifically inspired by the Cruise's "80's Prom Night" party<ref>Cuomo, Rivers. ''Riverpedia''. [[Riverpedia archive - 09/02/2020#Carnival_Destiny|Riverpedia archive - 09/02/2020]]. Page archived by ''Wayback Machine''. https://web.archive.org/web/20210731224113/https://books-r-fun.herokuapp.com/wiki/Carnival%20Destiny</ref>), the verse chords and melody were lifted from a [[2004]] demo called "[[You and Me Together]]", and the verse and bridge lyrics were written in [[2015]]. The song's lyrics appear to match a poem titled "Weird And Cool" from Cuomo's now-defunct Tumblr page.<ref name="tumblr" />
According to [[Rivers Cuomo]] in a post in the [[Weezer Fan Club]] Facebook group, the song was originally written in [[2012]] following the first [[The Weezer Cruise|Weezer Cruise]] (specifically inspired by the Cruise's "80's Prom Night" party<ref>Cuomo, Rivers. ''Riverpedia''. [[Riverpedia archive - 09/02/2020#Carnival_Destiny|Riverpedia archive - 09/02/2020]]. Page archived by ''Wayback Machine''. https://web.archive.org/web/20210731224113/https://books-r-fun.herokuapp.com/wiki/Carnival%20Destiny</ref>), the verse chords and melody were lifted from a [[2004]] demo called "[[You and Me Together]]", and the verse and bridge lyrics were written in [[2015]]. The song's lyrics appear to match a poem titled "Weird And Cool" from Cuomo's now-defunct Tumblr page.<ref name="tumblr" />


Demos of "80's Prom Night" were included in the digital compilation ''[[Alone XII: The White Year]]'', released in [[2020]].
Despite using the melody for "Prom Night," Cuomo accidentally reused the demo "You and Me Together" for the Weezer song "[[Iambic Pentameter]]" from the band's [[2022]] EP, ''[[SZNZ: Winter]]''. "I have this folder of ideas..." Cuomo told ''Uproxx'' in a 2023 interview, "...and it has 1500 MP3s in there. And usually once I use an idea, I take the idea out of the folder so I won’t reuse it. Now, in this case, years ago I used it in a song called 'Prom Night,' and then I forgot to take the idea out."<ref>Droke, Carolyn. "On ‘SZNZ,’ Weezer Thrives By Looking Ahead" ''Uproxx''. 7 February 2023 https://uproxx.com/indie/weezer-interview-rivers-cuomo-sznz-winter/</ref>
 
"Prom Night" was first released as a B-side on the [[Weezer Fan Club]]-exclusive single "[[The Last Days of Summer]]." It was later released as a bonus track on both standard and deluxe versions of ''[[Weezer (The White Album)|The White Album]]'' in Japan. Demos of "80's Prom Night" were included in the digital compilation ''[[Alone XII: The White Year]]'', released in [[2020]].
==Known recordings==
{{Known recordings header}}
 
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|80's Prom Night|80's Prom Night&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.mp3|[[2015]]||3:43|''[[Alone XII: The White Year]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|80's Prom Night|80's Prom Night&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7 jake verse.mp3|[[2015]]||0:52|''[[Alone XII: The White Year]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|80's Prom Night|80's Prom Night&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7th chords.mp3|[[2015]]||0:55|''[[Alone XII: The White Year]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|80's Prom Night|80's Prom Night&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;50s piano.mp3|[[2015]]||0:52|''[[Alone XII: The White Year]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|80's Prom Night|80's Prom Night&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10 clean verse 14.mp3|[[2015]]||0:52|''[[Alone XII: The White Year]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|80's Prom Night|80's Prom Night&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;11&nbsp;&nbsp;piano whimsy.mp3|[[2015]]||0:52|''[[Alone XII: The White Year]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|80's Prom Night|80's Prom Night&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;12.mp3|[[2015]]||0:54|''[[Alone XII: The White Year]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Prom Night|Prom Night&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;13.mp3|[[2015]]||3:10|''[[Alone XII: The White Year]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Remember Prom Night|Remember Prom Night&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;14.mp3|[[2015]]||3:35|''[[Alone XII: The White Year]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Remember Prom Night|Remember Prom Night&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;15 bridge lyri.mp3|[[2015]]||3:33|''[[Alone XII: The White Year]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Remember Prom Night|Remember Prom Night&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;16 OG verse ch.mp3|[[2015]]||3:35|''[[Alone XII: The White Year]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Prom Night|Prom Night&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;17.mp3|[[2015]]||3:33|''[[Alone XII: The White Year]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|Prom Night|Prom Night rough JS2.mp3|[[2015]]—[[2016]]|
*Infrasonic Sound, Los Angeles, CA
*The Lair, Los Angeles, CA
*Studio X, Sonoma, CA
*United Recording, Los Angeles, CA
*The Village, Los Angeles, CA|3:40|''[[Alone XII: The White Year]]''|Rough mix}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|Prom Night||[[2015]]—[[2016]]|
*Infrasonic Sound, Los Angeles, CA
*The Lair, Los Angeles, CA
*Studio X, Sonoma, CA
*United Recording, Los Angeles, CA
*The Village, Los Angeles, CA|3:34|
*"[[The Last Days of Summer]]" (vinyl)
*''[[Weezer (The White Album)]]'' (Japan)|}}
{{Known recordings footer}}
==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
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===80's Prom Night===
===80's Prom Night (ver. 5)===
<poem>
<poem>
Another lonely night
Another lonely night
Just like any other night
Just like any other night
I didn't know what I should do
I didn't know what I should do
Til’ my friends were going out
Till my friends were going out
To a super secret show
To a super secret show
So I asked if I could go along too
So I asked if I could go along too
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Just like a young Madonna
Just like a young Madonna
Hey, I'm in love again
Hey, I'm in love again
At 8's prom night
At 80s prom night


Let me tell you what we did
Let me tell you what we did
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