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# | {{Infobox song | ||
| Name = Devotion | |||
| Cover = Weezer el scorcho.jpg | |||
| Type = B-Side | |||
| Artist = Weezer | |||
| Album = | |||
| Released = September 19, 1996 | |||
| Format = CD | |||
| Recorded = N/A | |||
| Length = 3:12 | |||
| Label = DGC Records | |||
| Writer = Rivers Cuomo | |||
| RC# = 183 | |||
| COR# = N/A | |||
| Producer = Weezer | |||
| Status = officially released | |||
|Live debut= [[January 23]], [[1997]] | |||
| RC's last song = "Saw You In Your Car<br>(RC# 182) | |||
| This RC song = "Devotion"<br>(RC#183) | |||
| RC's next song = "[[Why Bother?]]"<br>(RC# 184) | |||
| Album = El Scorcho (UK Retail CD #2) | |||
| Album type = single | |||
| Previous track = "[[You Gave Your Love To Me Softly]]"<br>(2) | |||
| This track = "Devotion"<br>(3) | |||
| Next track = | |||
{{Extra track listing | |||
| Album = Songs from the Black Hole | |||
| type = demo | |||
| Previous track = "[[No Other One]]"<br>(13) | |||
| This track = "Devotion"<br>(14) | |||
| Next track = "[[What Is This I Find?]]"<br>(15) | |||
}} | |||
}} | |||
"'''Devotion'''" is a b-side to [[El Scorcho]]. | |||
===Appearences=== | |||
*''[[Songs from the Black Hole]]'' (Tracklist 1) (Demo) | |||
*"[[El Scorcho]]" (UK Retail CD #2) | |||
*''[[Not Alone: Rivers Cuomo & Friends Live at Fingerprints]]'' (Live) | |||
==Overview== | |||
Like other songs recorded for "''[[Pinkerton]]''," "Devotion" was originally intended for "''[[Songs from the Black Hole]]''." When that concept was abandoned in favor of the Puccini-inspired end result, the song was lost in the shuffle and not chosen for inclusion on the album. The band did record it during the album's sessions, however, and issued it as a B-side for retail editions of "[[El Scorcho]]." | |||
"Devotion" is one of the slowest songs [[Weezer]] recorded in this early 90s period. The lyrics express fondness of a platonic nature giving way to romantic love. | |||
The song was played live for the first time since [[1997]] during the [[Memories Tour]] shows in [[Japan]] in [[2011]]. | |||
==Personnel== | |||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – lead guitar, lead vocals | |||
*[[Patrick Wilson]] – percussion | |||
*[[Brian Bell]] – rhythm guitar | |||
*[[Matt Sharp]] – bass guitar | |||
==Lyrics== | |||
<lyrics>Suddenly our shortcomings | |||
Don't seem to matter that much | |||
Your IQ is twenty points low | |||
And I'm no six-foot hot look all-American man | |||
Sad to say | |||
I pushed you away | |||
Waiting for Mrs Right | |||
You never gave up devotion | |||
Waiting for me | |||
You'll always be my girlfriend | |||
I too | |||
Waiting for you | |||
I'll always be your friend | |||
I commend your stubborness | |||
Without it we'd never got this far | |||
I am done with perfection | |||
Chasing her leaves me with nothing but pain | |||
Unlike you | |||
She isn't true | |||
She's got her own concerns | |||
You never gave up devotion | |||
Waiting for me | |||
you'll always be my girlfriend | |||
I too | |||
Waiting for you | |||
I'll always be your friend | |||
Devotion | |||
Waiting for me | |||
You'll always be my girlfriend | |||
I too | |||
Waiting for you | |||
I'll always be your friend...</lyrics> | |||
==See also== | |||
* [[List of Weezer songs]] | |||
[[Category: Weezer songs]] | |||
[[Category:B-Sides]] | |||