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"'''Everybody Needs Salvation'''" ( | "'''Everybody Needs Salvation'''" (formerly "'''Meet Me in the Dark'''")<ref name="dictadroid">''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'', "dictadroid2_2014_6_24_16_25_55.mp3"</ref> is a single by [[Weezer]], released exclusively to the members of the [[Weezer Fan Club]]. | ||
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[[Rivers Cuomo]] wrote "Everybody Needs Salvation" at some point between [[2011]] and [[2014]], in contention for the album that would become ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]''. The song was listed as part of Act III on a track list of an early draft of ''EWBAITE'' (then dubbed ''[[Ecce Homo]]'').<ref>Ecce Homo 11.docx, ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''</ref> Though it did not appear on the final album, a portion of the bridge lyrics appear in the ''EWBAITE'' liner notes after the lyrics for "[[The British Are Coming]]." The song was instead recorded as a [[Weezer Fan Club]]-exclusive single in February of [[2015]] for release in April of that year. "Everybody Needs Salvation" was released on one-sided 7-inch red vinyl, with a digital MP3 download of the track for members who purchased it. The single features no [[List of Weezer B-sides and bonus tracks|B-side]], having a smooth flip-side. | [[Rivers Cuomo]] wrote "Everybody Needs Salvation" at some point between [[2011]] and [[2014]], in contention for the album that would become ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]''. The song was listed as part of Act III on a track list of an early draft of ''EWBAITE'' (then dubbed ''[[Ecce Homo]]'').<ref>Ecce Homo 11.docx, ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''</ref> Though it did not appear on the final album, a portion of the bridge lyrics appear in the ''EWBAITE'' liner notes after the lyrics for "[[The British Are Coming]]." The song was instead recorded as a [[Weezer Fan Club]]-exclusive single in February of [[2015]] for release in April of that year. "Everybody Needs Salvation" was released on one-sided 7-inch red vinyl, with a digital MP3 download of the track for members who purchased it. The single features no [[List of Weezer B-sides and bonus tracks|B-side]], having a smooth flip-side. | ||
"Everybody Needs Salvation" was attempted during the ''EWBAITE'' sessions, under the title "Meet Me in the Dark."<ref name="dictadroid" /> | |||
At a [[Nerd Night]] in [[2015]], [[Rivers Cuomo]] purportedly told a fan that the song was picked for the Fan Club single because it was "something different." Cuomo also said that he personally chose the cover.<ref>the nest "Rivers and Brian played "Cleopatra" acoustic on Nerd Night (and new album in the works!)" ''All Things Weezer''. 16 June 2015. https://allthingsweezer.com/index.php?threads/rivers-and-brian-played-cleopatra-acoustic-on-nerd-night-and-new-album-in-the-works.33324/#post-1022156 Screenshot: [[:File:Nerd_Night_2015_Everybody_Needs_Salvation.png]]</ref> | At a [[Nerd Night]] in [[2015]], [[Rivers Cuomo]] purportedly told a fan that the song was picked for the Fan Club single because it was "something different." Cuomo also said that he personally chose the cover.<ref>the nest "Rivers and Brian played "Cleopatra" acoustic on Nerd Night (and new album in the works!)" ''All Things Weezer''. 16 June 2015. https://allthingsweezer.com/index.php?threads/rivers-and-brian-played-cleopatra-acoustic-on-nerd-night-and-new-album-in-the-works.33324/#post-1022156 Screenshot: [[:File:Nerd_Night_2015_Everybody_Needs_Salvation.png]]</ref> | ||