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"'''I Need Some of That'''" is the fourth track and third single from ''[[Van Weezer]]''. It was released on [[April 21]], [[2021]]. Prior to its release as a [[Weezer]] song, it appeared under the title "'''風吹けば'''" (''Kaze fukeba, "When the Wind Blows"''), as the fifth track on the [[2017]] album ''[[ | "'''I Need Some of That'''" is the fourth track and third single from ''[[Van Weezer]]''. It was released on [[April 21]], [[2021]]. Prior to its release as a [[Weezer]] song, it appeared under the title "'''風吹けば'''" (''Kaze fukeba, "When the Wind Blows"''), as the fifth track on the [[2017]] album ''[[Nimaime]]'' (''ニマイメ'') by [[Scott & Rivers]]. | ||
===Appearances=== | |||
*''[[Nimaime]]'' (2017) | |||
*''[[Van Weezer]]'' (2021) | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
"I Need Some of That" was originally co-written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] with songwriters [[Josh Alexander]] and [[Billy Steinberg]] prior to the release of Weezer's [[2010]] album, ''[[Hurley]]''.<ref>Cuomo, Rivers. "Van Weezer". ''Mister Rivers' Neighborhood''. https://www.riverscuomo.com/wiki/Van%20Weezer Retrieved from ''Internet Archive'' https://web.archive.org/web/20210302221241/https://riverscuomo.com/wiki/Van%20Weezer</ref><ref>"Riverpedia archive - 10/19/2020" ''Weezerpedia'' 19 October 2020. https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Riverpedia_archive_-_10/19/2020</ref> The song was seen written in {{PN|Ric Ocasek}} notebook in a video posted to Cuomo's Instagram <ref>Cuomo, Rivers. (rivers_cuomo) "Weezer is super excited to announce that Ric Ocasek is producing our new record #weezerwednesday" ''Instagram'', 26 March 2014. https://www.instagram.com/p/mA_0v2iJat/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet</ref> in [[2014]] during the making of ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]'', but did not appear on the final album. Fans who heard this early iteration of the song during [[listening parties]] at the time corroborated that [[Ric Ocasek]] provided vocals on the track.<ref>[https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/File:Thenest_ineedsomeofthat.png Screenshot of post] by the nest. ''AllThingsWeezer'' 25 October 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2021. http://www.allthingsweezer.com/index.php?threads/new-huge-ewbaite-demo-list-with-details-on-each-song.52867/page-7#post-1768758</ref> | |||
The song was later rewritten in Japanese, with additional songwriting assistance from [[Scott Murphy]], and released under the title "風吹けば" on [[Scott & Rivers]]' second album, ''[[ | The song was later rewritten in Japanese, with additional songwriting assistance from [[Scott Murphy]], and released under the title "風吹けば" on [[Scott & Rivers]]' second album, ''[[Nimaime]]'' (''ニマイメ'') in [[2017]]. | ||
On [[April 30]], [[2020]] the June [[2020]] issue of the magazine ''Guitar Player'' appeared online and confirmed "I Need Some of That" as a ''Van Weezer'' track:<blockquote>''Similar hard-rock references abound throughout Van Weezer, including the note-for-note cribbing of Randy Rhoads' iconic riff from Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train" in "[[Blue Dream]]," the fist-pumping solo that highlights "[[She Needs Me]]" and the bombastic drum salvo that opens "I Need Some of That." which is itself a note-perfect re-creation of the beat that kicks off Quiet Riot's 1983 hesher anthem "Metal Health (Bang Your Head)."</blockquote> | On [[April 30]], [[2020]] the June [[2020]] issue of the magazine ''Guitar Player'' appeared online and confirmed "I Need Some of That" as a ''Van Weezer'' track:<blockquote>''Similar hard-rock references abound throughout Van Weezer, including the note-for-note cribbing of Randy Rhoads' iconic riff from Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train" in "[[Blue Dream]]," the fist-pumping solo that highlights "[[She Needs Me]]" and the bombastic drum salvo that opens "I Need Some of That." which is itself a note-perfect re-creation of the beat that kicks off Quiet Riot's 1983 hesher anthem "Metal Health (Bang Your Head)."</blockquote> | ||
Rivers Cuomo | As a teenager, Rivers Cuomo was inspired to learn the guitar after witnessing classmates of his performing "Metal Health" by Quiet Riot during his 8th-grade graduation party.<ref>"Weezer." ''Reverb'', season 4, episode 14, 14 November 2001. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDHyXqiKw8M&t=368</ref><ref>Bosso, Joe. [[Guitar World article - July 2021|"This Van's A-rockin' on the New Van Weezer"]] ''Guitar World''. July 2021.</ref> | ||
The version of the song on ''Van Weezer'' features additional writing credits for [[Tim Pagnotta]] (who also co-wrote "[[The End of the Game]]"), [[Geoffrey Downes|Geoff Downes]] (of [ | The version of the song on ''Van Weezer'' features additional writing credits for [[Tim Pagnotta]] (who also co-wrote "[[The End of the Game]]"), [[Geoffrey Downes|Geoff Downes]] (of [[Wikipedia:The_Buggles|the Buggles]], [[Wikipedia:Yes_(band)|Yes]], and [[Wikipedia:Asia_(band)|Asia]]), and [[Buck Dharma]] of [[Wikipedia:Blue_%C3%96yster_Cult|Blue Öyster Cult]]. | ||
The ''Van Weezer'' recording of the song also includes additional vocals from [[Ric Ocasek]], [[Charlie Brand]], and producer [[Suzy Shinn]]. The last 30 seconds is a conversation between [[Karl Koch]], Ric Ocasek, and Rivers from the recording sessions for the Blue Album.<ref>''Weezer – Video Capture Device: Treasures from the Vault 1991–2002''. Dir. Karl Koch. Geffen. 2004. https://youtu.be/VjTAlB_fum0?t=05m56s </ref> | The ''Van Weezer'' recording of the song also includes additional vocals from [[Ric Ocasek]], [[Charlie Brand]], and producer [[Suzy Shinn]]. The last 30 seconds is a conversation between [[Karl Koch]], Ric Ocasek, and Rivers from the recording sessions for the Blue Album.<ref>''Weezer – Video Capture Device: Treasures from the Vault 1991–2002''. Dir. Karl Koch. Geffen. 2004. https://youtu.be/VjTAlB_fum0?t=05m56s </ref> A clip of Ocasek singing a verse of the song ("I'm going to take my bicycle pump...") appears as an unlisted track on vinyl pressings of ''Van Weezer'', along with the song "[[Thrown It All Away]]." "It was going to be on ''Van Weezer''" Cuomo stated in an interview, "but, sadly, at the last minute, we couldn’t get clearance from his record company."<ref>Wilson, Rob. "Interview: Rivers Cuomo on the future of Weezer" ''Gigwise''. 6 May 2021. https://www.gigwise.com/features/3398730/interview--rivers-cuomo-on-the-future-of-weezer</ref> | ||
On [[January 30]], [[2025]] an early demo of the song from [[2009]] was publicly released. It was sold by a private trader in [[2024]] on the forum [[allthingsweezer.com]]. | |||
==Audio== | ==Audio== | ||
===Weezer=== | ===Weezer=== | ||
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===Ric Ocasek Verse=== | ===Ric Ocasek Verse=== | ||
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==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
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|-|''Van Weezer''= | |-|''Van Weezer''= | ||
<poem>Summertime | <poem>Summertime I press rewind | ||
I press rewind | |||
And go back to a simple place | And go back to a simple place | ||
When I was just | When I was just a little punk | ||
Daydreaming of my escape | Daydreaming of my escape | ||
Listening to Aerosmith | Listening to Aerosmith | ||