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According to the [[Recording History - Page 14|Recording History]], the song was first demoed acoustically as "[[Save Me]]" in [[2003]]. The version known as "I Was Made For You" from ''[[Alone]]'' is listed in that album's liner notes as having been recorded in Spring of [[2004]]. In June of that same year, the song was known by the title "Someone Who Can Love". The song was worked on, under the title "Save Me", throughout the production of ''[[Make Believe]]'', receiving a rough mix as late as February of [[2005]], though it did not appear on the final album.
According to the [[Recording History - Page 14|Recording History]], the song was first demoed acoustically as "[[Save Me]]" in [[2003]]. The version known as "I Was Made For You" from ''[[Alone]]'' is listed in that album's liner notes as having been recorded in Spring of [[2004]]. In June of that same year, the song was known by the title "Someone Who Can Love". The song was worked on, under the title "Save Me", throughout the production of ''[[Make Believe]]'', receiving a rough mix as late as February of [[2005]], though it did not appear on the final album.


The chorus to "I Was Made for You" was later re-appropriated into the bridge to the song "[[It's Always Summer in Bikini Bottom]]", released in [[2021]] as part of the soundtrack to the film ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_SpongeBob_Movie:_Sponge_on_the_Run The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run]''.
==Liner notes==
==Liner notes==
<pre>In 2004, a particular style of song was calling me again, I knew what I wanted to do. I wanted to write melodies, giant, huge, beautiful soaring melodies. I especially liked to compose at the piano, where the melodies could flow beyond the constraints of my limited voice, and my left hand could explore the pleasures of melodic counterpoint in the bass line. I started taking music composition lessons from Bruce Reich at UCLA.
<pre>In 2004, a particular style of song was calling me again, I knew what I wanted to do. I wanted to write melodies, giant, huge, beautiful soaring melodies. I especially liked to compose at the piano, where the melodies could flow beyond the constraints of my limited voice, and my left hand could explore the pleasures of melodic counterpoint in the bass line. I started taking music composition lessons from Bruce Reich at UCLA.
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I had Weezer's engineer, Chad, come down to SIR and get out pro recording gear set up to record this song. But once I started recording the vocals, I asked him to leave, because... I wanted to be alone.</pre>
I had Weezer's engineer, Chad, come down to SIR and get out pro recording gear set up to record this song. But once I started recording the vocals, I asked him to leave, because... I wanted to be alone.</pre>
==Audio==
==Audio==
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