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| Label = [[Geffen]] | | Label = [[Geffen]] | ||
| Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]], A. Rob Carballo, Paul Dutton, Nishant Thakur, Daniel James Kelsch, Justin Vail, Taylor Morden, Reshad Malik, [[User:Bleed0range|Daniel Powell]], Sam Mitchell, Lauren Sonder, Mike Danger, Kingsley Vanata, Joshua Godinez, Patrick Gannon, Ryan Wiesbrock, | | Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]], A. Rob Carballo, Paul Dutton, Nishant Thakur, Daniel James Kelsch, Justin Vail, Taylor Morden, Reshad Malik, [[User:Bleed0range|Daniel Powell]], Sam Mitchell, Lauren Sonder, Mike Danger, Kingsley Vanata, Joshua Godinez, Patrick Gannon, Ryan Wiesbrock, Cameron L. Maris | ||
| Producer = Taylor Morden, Shawn Everett, | | Producer = [[Taylor Morden]], [[Shawn Everett]], [[Rivers Cuomo]] | ||
| Status = officially released | | Status = officially released | ||
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| Next track = "[[I Don't Want Your Loving]]"<br>(02) | | Next track = "[[I Don't Want Your Loving]]"<br>(02) | ||
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'''"Turning Up the Radio"''' is the first song on ''[[Death to False Metal]]''. | '''"Turning Up the Radio"''' (formerly "'''80s Radio'''" or "'''Turn It'''"<ref name="sawng16">Rivers Cuomo. "Let's Write a Sawng (Step 16: Send it to the Wolfs)" ''YouTube''. 15 November 2008. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6640Xp7ETBw</ref>) is the first song on ''[[Death to False Metal]]''. Cuomo wrote the song in [[2008]] in collaboration with followers of his YouTube channel, a project Cuomo dubbed "[[Let's Write a Sawng]]." | ||
===Appearances=== | |||
*''[[Death to False Metal]]'' (2010) | |||
==Overview== | |||
Cuomo first uploaded a YouTube video titled "Let's Write a Sawng (Set 1 and Step 2)" on [[March 19]], [[2008]]. Cuomo explained that he wanted to write a song that is "fun," adding "It's gonna be poppy but it's gotta be tough at the same time."<ref>"Let's Write a Sawng (Step 1 and Step 2)" ''YouTube''. 19 March 2008. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thYRy9MBY_c</ref> Cuomo requested that his followers submit ideas for song titles using YouTube's (since deprecated<ref>"So long, video responses...Next up: better ways to connect" 27 August 2013. https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/so-long-video-responsesnext-up-better/</ref>) "video responses" feature. In the second video, Cuomo expressed enthusiasm for the title "80s Radio." "I just get the sense of, like, this kind of outcast character who's got his relationship to his music, and that he gets a lot of spiritual sustenance from that, and he doesn't care what anybody else thinks, and that's his '80s radio.'" | |||
Cuomo ultimately selected a chord progression submitted by user Paul "pgrizzlie" Dutton.<ref>"chords 4 rivers" ''YouTube''. 21 March 2008. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkjognAA9HE</ref> Despite differing from Cuomo's original intent, Cuomo said of the chords, "It's got a real hypnotic vibe, a real sad vibe, and I'm just a sucker for that feeling." A more upbeat rendition of the chord progression, largely resembling that of the final product, was thereafter recorded and submitted by Nishant "ats5" Thakur.<ref>ats5 "Re: Let's Write a Sawng (Step 4)" ''YouTube''. 3 April 2008. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnZ7ygNuw8E</ref> User Daniel "danthewelch" Kelsch submitted what would become the song's vocal melody.<ref name="sawng7">Rivers Cuomo. "Let's Write a Sawng (Step 7. Lyrics.)" ''YouTube''. 14 April 2008. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlTamyfhz0o</ref> Taylor "taylor2d2" Morden recorded instrumentation for what would become the final demo of the song<ref name="sawng16" /> and recorded an early version of the bridge, though a newer bridge by Cameron "GimmeSomeLove" Maris ultimately selected.<ref>Rivers Cuomo. "Let's Write a Sawng (Step 15: Chill)" ''YouTube''. 10 July 2008. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xROIZC0gdts</ref> The lyric "You say I'm actin' like a fool" was suggested by Joshua Godinez as a replacement for the original lyric ("Tell me I should go to school"). | |||
In November of [[2008]], Cuomo uploaded a final "Let's Write a Sawng" video, wherein he presented a demo of the song to producer [[Jacknife Lee]] who was, at that time, working with Weezer on their then-forthcoming album, ''[[Raditude]]''.<ref name="sawng16" /> The song made what Cuomo called "the short-short-shortlist of 23 songs," though the song, ultimately, did not make the cut for ''Raditude''. The song was finally released in [[2010]] as part of the compilation album ''[[Death to False Metal]]'', composed of songs that did not make the cut for previous Weezer albums. | |||
==Audio== | ==Audio== | ||
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uNfyC8vAmk YouTube (North America)] | |||
: | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPcCXRqKXNA YouTube (International)] | ||
==Lyrics== | |||
[[File:DtfmUSbooklet3.jpg|right|250px|thumb|''[[Death to False Metal]]'' liner notes lyric sheet]] | |||
== Lyrics == | |||
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<poem>Crunchy! ATS5! | <poem>Crunchy! ATS5! | ||
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Turn it, turn it, get yourself together | Turn it, turn it, get yourself together | ||
Turn it, turn it, wakin' up your neighbor</poem> | Turn it, turn it, wakin' up your neighbor</poem> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
* [[ | *"[[Let's Write a Sawng]]" | ||
* [[List of Weezer songs]] | *[[List of Weezer songs]] | ||
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | |||
{{References list}} | |||
[[Category:Weezer songs]] | [[Category:Weezer songs]] | ||
[[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]] | |||
[[Category:Songs on Death to False Metal]] | [[Category:Songs on Death to False Metal]] | ||
[[Category:Weezer songs produced by Taylor Morden]] | [[Category:Weezer songs produced by Taylor Morden]] | ||