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| Artist  = Weezer
| Artist  = Weezer
| Album    =
| Album    =
| Released = Via [[Weezer.com]]
| Released =  
| Recorded = [[2000]]<br>[[July 2]], [[2002]]<br>[[July 16]], [[2002]]
| Recorded = [[2000]]—[[2002]]
| Length  = 2000 - 2:40<br>July 2 - 3:11<br>July 16 - 3:07
| Length  =  
| Format  = MP3
| Format  = MP3
| Label    =
| Label    =
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| Producer =
| Producer =
| Status  = Demo circulating
| Status  = Demo circulating
| Live debut = [[July 25]], [[2000]]
| Live debut = [[July 25]], [[2000]] in [[Weezer concert: 07/25/2000|San Francisco, CA]]
| Last played= [[April 26]], [[2002]] in [[Weezer concert: 04/26/2002|Vancouver, Canada]]
| RC's last song  = ''"[[On the Edge]]"''<br>(RC# 503)
| RC's last song  = ''"[[On the Edge]]"''<br>(RC# 503)
| This RC song    = ''"Superstar"''<br>(RC# 504)
| This RC song    = ''"Superstar"''<br>(RC# 504)
| RC's next song  = ''"[[The Sister Song]]"''<br>(RC# 505)
| RC's next song  = ''"[[The Sister Song]]"''<br>(RC# 505)
}}
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'''Superstar''' is a demo from the [[Summer Songs of 2000]]. It was demoed again for [[Album 5 Demos|Album 5]].
:''Not to be confused with "[[Eulogy for a Rock Band|Superstars]]."''
'''Superstar''' is a [[Weezer]] song, originally demoed and performed live in [[2000]].
===Appearances===
*Performed live
*Released online
*''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' (2020)
*''[[Alone XII: The White Year]]'' (2020)
==Overview==
==Overview==
Like many other reused [[Weezer]] demos, "Superstar" has seen many lyrical rewrites. There are versions that contain different lyrics in the verses from those that appear below. In this case, the lyrics were changed when the band brought the song back during the early Album 5 demo sessions.
"Superstar" was written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] in [[2000]] and subsequently demoed and performed live by [[Weezer]] throughout the summer of [[2000]], making it one of the songs collectively known as the [[Summer Songs of 2000]]. Ultimately, however, the song would not make the cut for the band's [[Weezer (The Green Album)|subsequent album]]. Various demos and soundboard recordings were shared with fans on the band's website, including as part of a semi-official ''[[Summer Songs of 2000]]'' "album" distributed by Cuomo to the website summersongs2k.com.
 
The song was revived for a time in [[2002]], following completion of the band's fourth album, ''[[Maladroit]]''. The song, which received new lyrics, was performed live and demoed during [[Album 5 demos|sessions for the band's planned ''fifth'' album]]. Two of these demos were shared on [[weezer.com]], before the songs from these sessions were scrapped.
 
Cuomo has occasionally revisited the song's main riff in the years since, releasing demo sketches on the digital demo compilations ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' and ''[[Alone XII: The White Year]]'' in [[2020]].
==Known recordings==
{{Expand section}}
==Live performances==
{|
| style="vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Weezer concert: 07/25/2000]]
*[[Weezer concert: 07/26/2000]]
*[[Weezer concert: 07/30/2000]]
*[[Weezer concert: 08/06/2000]]
*[[Weezer concert: 08/23/2000]]
*[[Weezer concert: 08/24/2000]]
*[[Weezer concert: 08/27/2000]]
*[[Weezer concert: 08/28/2000]]
*[[Weezer concert: 08/29/2000]]
*[[Weezer concert: 08/31/2000]]
| style="vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Weezer concert: 09/01/2000]]
*[[Weezer concert: 09/03/2000]]
*[[Weezer concert: 09/06/2000 (b)]]
*[[Weezer concert: 09/15/2000]]
*[[Weezer concert: 09/17/2000]]
*[[Weezer concert: 03/11/2002]]
*[[Weezer concert: 03/12/2002]]
*[[Weezer concert: 03/13/2002]]
*[[Weezer concert: 03/15/2002]]
*[[Weezer concert: 03/16/2002]]
| style="vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Weezer concert: 03/19/2002]]
*[[Weezer concert: 03/20/2002]]
*[[Weezer concert: 03/21/2002]]
*[[Weezer concert: 03/23/2002]]
*[[Weezer concert: 03/24/2002]]
*[[Weezer concert: 04/23/2002]]
*[[Weezer concert: 04/24/2002]]
*[[Weezer concert: 04/26/2002]]
|}
==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
===Live ([[Summer Songs of 2000#"Official" SS2K release|"Official" SS2K]])===
{{Lyric box|
===2000 demos===
<poem>There used to be a better kind
<poem>There used to be a better kind
Of rock-and-rollin' superstar
Of rock-and-rollin' superstar
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All I know how to do is sing
All I know how to do is sing


And I don't do that so well
But I don't do that so well
I never summon things from hell
I never summon things from hell
I'm just a regular white guy
I'm just a regular white guy
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There used to be a better brand
There used to be a better brand
of frontman personality
Of frontman personality
They'd strut around and do their thing
They'd strut around and do their thing
All I know how to do is sing
All I know how to do is sing
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Who's afraid to rock so hard
Who's afraid to rock so hard
I break my guard
I break my guard
and give myself away
And give myself away
Away</poem>
Away</poem>}}{{Lyric box|
 
===2002 demos===
===Live (Summer 2000) Ending===
<poem>[...]
But I don't do that so well
I never summon things from hell
I'm just a regular white guy
Who's afraid to rock so hard
I break my guard
And give myself
And kick myself
And kill myself
Away</poem>
 
===Live (Spring 2002)===
<poem>[...]
There used to be a better brand
Of frontman personality
They knew how to provoke the crowd
And [???]
 
[...]</poem>
 
===Album 5 demos (July 2, 2002; July 16, 2002)===
<poem>There used to be a better kind
<poem>There used to be a better kind
Of rock-and-rolling superstar
Of rock-and-rolling superstar
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And I don't do that so well
And I don't do that so well
I never summon things from hell
I never summon things from hell
I'm just a regular white guy who's afraid to
I'm just a regular white guy
Who's afraid to


I guess that I could drink a beer
I guess that I could drink a beer
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And screws up all my business moves
And screws up all my business moves


Gotta make it stone-cold-straight
Gotta make it stone-cold straight
Without a dreadlock to my name
Without a dreadlock to my name
I'm just a regular white guy who's afraid to rock so hard
I'm just a regular white guy
Who's afraid to rock so hard
I break my guard
I break my guard
And give myself away</poem>
And give myself away


==See Also==
I gotta make it stone-cold straight
Without a dreadlock to my name
I'm just a regular white guy
Who's afraid to rock so hard
I break my guard
And give myself
And kill myself
Away</poem>}}
==See also==
*[[Summer Songs of 2000]]
*[[Summer Songs of 2000]]
*[[Album 5 Demos]]
*[[Album 5 demos]]
*[[List of Weezer songs]]
*[[List of Weezer songs]]
[[Category:Weezer songs]]
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]
[[Category:Summer Songs of 2000]]
[[Category:Weezer songs]][[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]]
[[Category:Summer Songs of 2000]][[Category:Songs on Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]][[Category:Songs on Alone XII: The White Year]]
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