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On [[March 21]], [[2003]], during rehearsals at S.I.R. Studios for Weezer's planned [[Make Believe|eventual fifth album]], Cuomo and Weezer bassist [[Scott Shriner]], accompanied by musicians Luke Adams and Jimmy Messner due to the unavailability of [[Brian Bell]] and [[Patrick Wilson]], recorded a full-band cover of "The End of the World", and continued recording it during rehearsal sessions over the next several days, rehearsing new Weezer songs in addition to covers of "[[Without You]]" by Harry Nilsson and "[[Unbreak My Heart]]" by Toni Braxton. Beginning [[March 26]]th, with the rest of Weezer out of town, Cuomo was accompanied by Andrew Scott, Patrick Pentland, and Chris Murphy of the band [[Sloan]]. The four recorded a cover of "The End of the World" alongside covers of the aforementioned "[[Without You]]", "[[I Woke Up in Love This Morning]]" by the Partridge Family, and "[[Little Diane]]" by Dion and the Belmonts. Producer [[Rick Rubin]] is known to have suggested the songs "Little Diane" and "Unbreak My Heart" to Cuomo<ref>Cuomo, Rivers. Liner notes. ''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]''. 2007. https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Alone_liner_notes</ref><ref>Schlansky, Evan. "Exclusive: Rivers Cuomo Explains Weezer’s Cover Of “Un-Break My Heart”". ''American Songwriter''. 22 October 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101025034723/https://americansongwriter.com/2010/10/exclusive-rivers-cuomo-explains-weezers-cover-of-un-break-my-heart/</ref>, and so may have also been the one to suggest "The End of the World", though this is unconfirmed.
On [[March 21]], [[2003]], during rehearsals at S.I.R. Studios for Weezer's planned [[Make Believe|eventual fifth album]], Cuomo and Weezer bassist [[Scott Shriner]], accompanied by musicians Luke Adams and Jimmy Messner due to the unavailability of [[Brian Bell]] and [[Patrick Wilson]], recorded a full-band cover of "The End of the World", and continued recording it during rehearsal sessions over the next several days, rehearsing new Weezer songs in addition to covers of "[[Without You]]" by Harry Nilsson and "[[Unbreak My Heart]]" by Toni Braxton. Beginning [[March 26]]th, with the rest of Weezer out of town, Cuomo was accompanied by Andrew Scott, Patrick Pentland, and Chris Murphy of the band [[Sloan]]. The four recorded a cover of "The End of the World" alongside covers of the aforementioned "[[Without You]]", "[[I Woke Up in Love This Morning]]" by the Partridge Family, and "[[Little Diane]]" by Dion and the Belmonts. Producer [[Rick Rubin]] is known to have suggested the songs "Little Diane" and "Unbreak My Heart" to Cuomo<ref>Cuomo, Rivers. Liner notes. ''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]''. 2007. https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Alone_liner_notes</ref><ref>Schlansky, Evan. "Exclusive: Rivers Cuomo Explains Weezer’s Cover Of “Un-Break My Heart”". ''American Songwriter''. 22 October 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101025034723/https://americansongwriter.com/2010/10/exclusive-rivers-cuomo-explains-weezers-cover-of-un-break-my-heart/</ref>, and so may have also been the one to suggest "The End of the World", though this is unconfirmed.


The [[March 21]] demo of "The End of the World" was [[Riverscuomo.com_demos#Leak.2Ffirst_wave|leaked online through the demo storefront]] on [[riverscuomo.com]] on [[November 7]], [[2020]]. As a result of being a cover song and featuring other musicians, the song was not made available for sale through the storefront.
The [[March 29]] demo of "The End of the World" was [[Riverscuomo.com_demos#Leak.2Ffirst_wave|leaked online through the demo storefront]] on [[riverscuomo.com]] on [[November 7]], [[2020]]. As a result of being a cover song and featuring other musicians, the song was not made available for sale through the storefront.
==Known recordings==
==Known recordings==
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{{Known recordings header}}
!Performer(s)
{{Known recordings entry|ffffaa|Rivers Cuomo|The End of the World|las_dos.mp3|December [[2002]]|Home recording (partial)|0:55||Interspersed with partial recording of "[[Burning Sun]]"}}
!Title
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!Filename
*Rivers Cuomo
!Date of recording
*[[Scott Shriner]]
!Recording location
*[[Luke Adams]]
!Length
*[[Jimmy Messner]]|The End of the World||[[March 21]], [[2003]]|S.I.R. Studios|||}}
!Appeared on
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!Notes
*Rivers Cuomo
|-
*?|The End of the World||[[March 25]] (?), [[2003]]|S.I.R. Studios|||}}
| bgcolor="ffffaa"|Rivers Cuomo
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|
| bgcolor="ffffaa"|The End of the World
*Rivers Cuomo
| bgcolor="ffffaa"|<samp>las_dos.mp3</samp>
*[[Andrew Scott]]
| bgcolor="ffffaa"|December [[2002]]
*[[Patrick Pentland]]
| bgcolor="ffffaa"|Home recording (partial)
*[[Chris Murphy]]|The End of the World||[[March 26]], [[2003]]|S.I.R. Studios|||}}
| bgcolor="ffffaa"|0:55
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|
| bgcolor="ffffaa"|
*Rivers Cuomo
| bgcolor="ffffaa"|Interspersed with partial recording of "[[Burning Sun]]"
*[[Andrew Scott]]
|-
*[[Patrick Pentland]]
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|Rivers Cuomo, Scott Shriner, Luke Adams, Jimmy Messner
*[[Chris Murphy]]|The End of the World|01 End of the World.mp3|[[March 29]], [[2003]]|S.I.R. Studios|3:40||Unreleased, leaked on [[riverscuomo.com]]}}
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|The End of the World
{{Known recordings footer}}
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|[[March 21]], [[2003]]
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|S.I.R. Studios
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
|-
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|Rivers Cuomo, ?
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|The End of the World
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|[[March 25]] (?), [[2003]]
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|S.I.R. Studios
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
|-
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|Rivers Cuomo, Andrew Scott, Patrick Pentland, Chris Murphy
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|The End of the World
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|[[March 26]], [[2003]]
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|S.I.R. Studios
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
|-
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|Rivers Cuomo, Andrew Scott, Patrick Pentland, Chris Murphy
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|The End of the World
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|<samp>01 End of the World.mp3</samp>
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[March 29]], [[2003]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|S.I.R. Studios
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|3:40
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|Unreleased, leaked on [[riverscuomo.com]].
|-
|}
 
==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
<poem>Why does the sun go on shining?
<poem>Why does the sun go on shining?
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