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[[Rivers Cuomo]] wrote and first recorded a demo of the song in 1999. The original demo recording has circulated on the internet for several years. | [[Rivers Cuomo]] wrote and first recorded a demo of the song in 1999. The original demo recording has circulated on the internet for several years. | ||
[[Brian Bell]] originally heard the song when he went to Rivers' place at a time when he was writing all of his demo's names on the walls. | [[Brian Bell]] originally heard the song when he went to Rivers' place at a time when he was writing all of his demo's names on the walls. The title instantly caught his attention, as did the song. On the audio commentary for the song's video on ''[[Video Capture Device]]'', Brian has expressed that it "might be [his] favorite [[Weezer]] song." | ||
The song went through a number of changes during the sessions for ''The Green Album'', and in fact was, at one time, more of an upbeat rocker. This version can be heard during the documentary footage of the making of ''The Green Album'' on ''VCD''. Remarked [[Karl Koch]]: ''"'Island in the Sun', the unusual song that has always taken the most time and effort to get right. Tom worked all day and the results were wonderful! It feels great to find the "answers" for that song and say 'wow, it's finished'."'' | The song went through a number of changes during the sessions for ''The Green Album'', and in fact was, at one time, more of an upbeat rocker. This version can be heard during the documentary footage of the making of ''The Green Album'' on ''VCD''. Remarked [[Karl Koch]]: ''"'Island in the Sun', the unusual song that has always taken the most time and effort to get right. Tom worked all day and the results were wonderful! It feels great to find the "answers" for that song and say 'wow, it's finished'."'' | ||