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{{Extra track listing | {{Extra track listing | ||
| Album = The Good Life | | Album = The Good Life | ||
| Type = EP | | Type = EP | ||
| Previous track = "[[The Good Life]]"<br>(1) | | Previous track = "[[The Good Life]]"<br>(1) | ||
| This track = "Waiting on You"<br>(2) | | This track = "Waiting on You"<br>(2) | ||
| Next track = "[[I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams]]"<br>(3) | | Next track = "[[I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams]]"<br>(3) | ||
}} | }}{{Extra track listing | ||
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| Album = Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997 | | Album = Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997 | ||
| Type = Demo | | Type = Demo | ||
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}} | }} | ||
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"'''Waiting on You'''" is a | "'''Waiting on You'''" is a [[List of Weezer B-sides and bonus tracks|B-side]] by [[Weezer]], originally released on EP CD releases of "[[The Good Life]]". | ||
===Appearances=== | |||
*"[[The Good Life]]" (CD, EP; 1996) | |||
*''[[Not Alone: Rivers Cuomo & Friends Live at Fingerprints]]'' (DVD, 2009) | |||
*''[[Pinkerton]]'' (Deluxe Edition, 2010) | |||
*''[[Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997]]'' (2011) | |||
*''[[Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]]'' (2020) | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
{{Rivers Cuomo quote|Summer of '93, the very last day of making ''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)|The Blue Album]]'', our producer [[Ric Ocasek]] came into the studio with his wife, Paulina. Paulina brought a beautiful young lady with her. And so I hung out with her for the rest of the night. We'd walk around New York City, I'd listen to the rough mixes of ''The Blue Album''. That Christmas, when I came back to see my mom, this girl visited me for a day. We had a great time, I was like, "She's the one! This is so cool!" Just like that, you make ''The Blue Album'', you turn it in, you get a sweet girlfriend. Next day I woke up thinking "I'm really looking forward to talking to her again." She never called. Next day, she didn't call. [...] Day by day it went on like that. Every day my loneliness and my love grew exponentially. We got to day nineteen—loneliness at 10<sup>19</sup>, one with nineteen zeros after it—puffy eyes, couldn't eat, couldn't sleep. What'd I do? I sat down at my mom's piano and I wrote this song.|Weezer [[Weezer concert: 08/30/2023|concert]], [[August 30]], [[2023]]<ref>Bootleg: Weezer 2023-08-30 - Arizona Federal Theatre, Phoenix, AZ https://archive.org/details/14-only-in-dreams</ref>}} | |||
"Waiting For You" was originally written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] and demoed on his mother's piano in the summer of [[1993]], shortly after recording Weezer's [[Weezer (The Blue Album)|debut album]]. Cuomo recorded a full 8-track demo the following January. During the writing of the ultimately-scrapped concept album, ''[[Songs From the Black Hole]]'', Cuomo retrofitted the song to be sung from the perspective of one of the musical's female characters, [[Maria]], who becomes pregnant with the child of the main character, [[Jonas]]. After the ''Songs from the Black Hole'' concept was scrapped, the song (with its original lyrics) was recorded by Weezer in the studio and released as a [[List of Weezer B-sides and bonus tracks|B-side]] for the European CD single release of "[[The Good Life]]" (also released as an EP in Australia) in [[1996]], as well as the Deluxe Edition of ''[[Pinkerton]]'' in [[2010]]. | |||
=== | Though the song has never been performed live as a full band, Cuomo performed the song with fans at a "[[hootenanny]]" in [[2008]] to promote the release of ''[[Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]''. Cuomo also performed the song acoustically at Weezer concerts in [[2023]]. Cuomo's 1994 demo was released as part of the [[2011]] compilation ''[[Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997]]'' (also appearing on ''[[Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years|Alone IV]]''. | ||
==Known recordings== | |||
{{Known recordings header}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Waiting on You||July/August [[1993]]<ref name="rechist4">[[Recording History - Page 4|Weezer Recording History - Page 4]]</ref>||||Piano-only, live to single track (take 1)}} | |||
* | {{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Waiting on You||July/August [[1993]]<ref name="rechist4" />||||Piano-only, live to single track (take 2)}} | ||
*''[[ | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Waiting on You|10 Waiting on You.mp3|January [[1994]]<ref name="rechist5">[[Recording History - Page 5|Weezer Recording History - Page 5]]</ref>||3:20|''[[Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Waiting on You|17 Waiting On You.mp3|January [[1994]]<ref name="rechist5" />||3:21|''[[Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]]''|Same source recording as "<samp>10 Waiting on You.mp3</samp>"}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|Waiting on You||August/September [[1995]]<ref name="rechist8">[[Recording History - Page 8|Weezer Recording History - Page 8]]</ref>|Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY|||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|Waiting on You||[[September 4]], [[1995]]<ref name="rechist8" />|Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY|||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|Waiting on You||September [[1995]]<ref name="rechist8" />|Fort Apache Studios, Boston, MA|3:56|Leaked online|Unfinished; [[Brian Bell]] vocals only}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|Waiting on You||[[1995]]—[[1996]]| | |||
*Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY | |||
*Fort Apache Studios, Boston, MA | |||
*Sunset Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, CA|4:13| | |||
*"[[The Good Life]]" (CD single, 'OZ EP') | |||
*''[[Pinkerton]]'' (Deluxe Edition)|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]] et al.|Waiting on You||[[November 25]], [[2008]]|[[Rivers Cuomo concert: 11/25/2008|Fingerprints Music, Long Beach, California]]|3:37|''[[Not Alone: Rivers Cuomo & Friends Live at Fingerprints]]'' (DVD)|}} | |||
{{Known recordings footer}} | |||
==Live performances== | |||
*[[Rivers Cuomo concert: 11/25/2008]] | |||
*[[Weezer concert: 08/30/2023]] (Cuomo-only) | |||
*[[Weezer concert: 10/06/2023]] (Cuomo-only) | |||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – lead guitar, lead vocals | *[[Rivers Cuomo]] – lead guitar, lead vocals | ||
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*[[Matt Sharp]] – bass guitar | *[[Matt Sharp]] – bass guitar | ||
==Audio== | ==Audio== | ||
<youtube> | <youtube>ilM1i7vvqFs</youtube> | ||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
{{Lyric box| | |||
===Official lyrics=== | ===Official lyrics=== | ||
<poem>Why haven't you called me? | <poem>Why haven't you called me? | ||
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You answered, "Yes, I'll never do you harm" | You answered, "Yes, I'll never do you harm" | ||
I asked you if you had a good heart | I asked you if you had a good heart | ||
You answered, "Yes, I'll never do you harm" </poem> | You answered, "Yes, I'll never do you harm" </poem>}}{{Lyric box| | ||
===''[[Songs From the Black Hole]]'', [[Songs from the Black Hole, draft 2|draft 2]]=== | |||
===''[[Songs From the Black Hole]]'', | |||
<poem>[MARIA:] | <poem>[MARIA:] | ||
Why haven't you called me | Why haven't you called me | ||
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[JONAS:] | [JONAS:] | ||
I answered "Yes I'll never do you harm"</poem> | I answered "Yes I'll never do you harm"</poem>}} | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[List of Weezer songs]] | *[[List of Weezer songs]] | ||
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | |||
{{References list}} | |||
[[Category:Songs from the Black Hole]] | [[Category:Songs from the Black Hole]] | ||
[[Category: Weezer songs]] | [[Category:Weezer songs]][[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
[[Category:B-sides]] | [[Category:B-sides]] | ||
[[Category:Songs on Alone III: The Pinkerton Years]] | [[Category:Songs on Alone III: The Pinkerton Years]][[Category:Songs on Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]] | ||
[[Category:Alone series]] | [[Category:Alone series]] | ||