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| Released = [[December 22]], [[2016]]
| Released = [[December 22]], [[2016]]
| Format  = Vinyl
| Format  = Vinyl
| Recorded =  
| Recorded = 2015-2016 at Infrasonic Sound, The Lair, Studio X, United Recording, and The Village
| Length  = 2:35
| Length  = 2:35
| Writer  = [[Rivers Cuomo]], Ryan Spraker, Tom Peyton, Toby Wincorn
| Writer  = [[Rivers Cuomo]], [[Ryan Spraker]], [[Tom Peyton]], [[Toby Wincorn]]
| Producer = [[Jake Sinclair]]
| Producer = [[Jake Sinclair]]
| Status  = Released
| Status  = Released
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| Next single = "[[Feels Like Summer]]"<br>(2017)
| Next single = "[[Feels Like Summer]]"<br>(2017)
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"The Last Days of Summer" is the fan club exclusive single for 2016.
"The Last Days of Summer" is a [[fan club]]-exclusive single by [[Weezer]].
==Overview==
==Overview==
"The Last Days of Summer" is the 2nd in the line of yearly exclusive fan club 7 inch vinyl singles, with 2015's being "[[Everybody Needs Salvation]]."
The song was recorded during the sessions for Weezer's self-titled [[2016]] album (''[[The White Album]]''). The lyric "Defeated by our own technology" appears to have originated as early as 2010 [https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/File:Defeatedtechnology.png].
 
On the b-side is "[[Prom Night]]," a song previously exclusive to the Japanese release of the [[White Album]]. The single is its only vinyl release.
 


"The Last Days of Summer" is the second [[Weezer fan club]]-exclusive 7" vinyl singles, following the [[2015]] release "[[Everybody Needs Salvation]]." The b-side is "[[Prom Night]]," released previously on the Japanese release of the ''[[White Album]]''. The single is its only vinyl release.
==Tracklist==
==Tracklist==
# Side A: "'''The Last Days of Summer'''" - 2:35
# Side A: "'''The Last Days of Summer'''" - 2:35
# Side B: "[[Prom Night]]" - 3:34
# Side B: "[[Prom Night]]" - 3:34
 
==Personnel==
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] — guitar, lead vocals
*[[Patrick Wilson]] — percussion
*[[Brian Bell]] — guitar, backing vocals
*[[Scott Shriner]] — bass guitar, backing vocals
*[[Jake Sinclair]] — producer, engineer
*[[Wesley Seidman]] — assistant engineer
*[[Claudius Mittendorfer]] — mixing
*[[Pete Lyman]] — mastering
*[[Shawn Murphy]] — photography
*[[Karl Koch]] — art direction
==Audio==
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==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
<poem>It's fun to go sans-air conditioning
<poem>It's fun to go sans air-conditioning
We feel the weather change
We feel the weather change
We spray each others face, we chase
We spray each others face, we chase