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| Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]] | | Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]], [[Josh Alexander]], [[Billy Steinberg]], [[Geoff Downes|Geoffrey Downes]], [[Tim Pagnotta]], [[Buck Dharma|Donald Roeser]] | ||
| Producer = [[Suzy Shinn]] | | Producer = [[Suzy Shinn]] | ||
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"'''I Need Some of That'''" is | "'''I Need Some of That'''" is the fourth track from ''[[Van Weezer]]''. Prior to its release as a [[Weezer]] song, it appeared under the title "'''風吹けば'''" (''When the Wind Blows''), as the fifth track on the [[2017]] album ''[[ニマイメ]]'' (''Nimaime'') by [[Scott & Rivers]]. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The song was originally co-written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] with [[Josh Alexander]] and [[Billy Steinberg]] prior to the release of Weezer's [[2010]] album ''[[Hurley]]'' | The song was originally co-written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] with [[Josh Alexander]] and [[Billy Steinberg]] prior to the release of Weezer's [[2010]] album ''[[Hurley]]''<ref>Cuomo, Rivers. "Van Weezer". ''Mister Rivers' Neighborhood''. https://www.riverscuomo.com/wiki/Van%20Weezer Retrieved from ''Internet Archive'' https://web.archive.org/web/20210302221241/https://riverscuomo.com/wiki/Van%20Weezer</ref><ref>"Riverpedia archive - 10/19/2020" ''Weezerpedia'' 19 October 2020. https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Riverpedia_archive_-_10/19/2020</ref> and demoed in English as "I Need Some of That". The song was seen written in {{PN|Ric Ocasek}} notebook in a video posted to Cuomo's Instagram <ref>Cuomo, Rivers. (rivers_cuomo) "Weezer is super excited to announce that Ric Ocasek is producing our new record #weezerwednesday" ''Instagram'', 26 March 2014. https://www.instagram.com/p/mA_0v2iJat/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet</ref> during the making of ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]'', but did not appear on the final album. According to fans who have heard this early iteration of the song, [[Ric Ocasek]] provided vocals on the track.<ref>[https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/File:Thenest_ineedsomeofthat.png Screenshot of post] by the nest. ''AllThingsWeezer'' 25 October 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2021. http://www.allthingsweezer.com/index.php?threads/new-huge-ewbaite-demo-list-with-details-on-each-song.52867/page-7#post-1768758</ref> | ||
The song was later rewritten in Japanese, with additional songwriting assistance from [[Scott Murphy]], and released under the title "風吹けば" on [[Scott & Rivers]]' [[ニマイメ|second album]]. | The song was later rewritten in Japanese, with additional songwriting assistance from [[Scott Murphy]], and released under the title "風吹けば" on [[Scott & Rivers]]' [[ニマイメ|second album]]. | ||
On [[April 30]], [[2020]] the June [[2020]] issue of the magazine ''Guitar Player'' appeared online and confirmed "I Need Some of That" as a ''Van Weezer'' track:<blockquote>''Similar hard-rock references abound throughout Van Weezer, including the note-for-note cribbing of Randy Rhoads' iconic riff from Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train" in "[[Blue Dream]]," the fist-pumping solo that highlights "[[She Needs Me]]" and the bombastic drum salvo that opens "I Need Some of That." which is itself a note-perfect re-creation of the beat that kicks off Quiet Riot's 1983 hesher anthem "Metal Health (Bang Your Head)."</blockquote> | On [[April 30]], [[2020]] the June [[2020]] issue of the magazine ''Guitar Player'' appeared online and confirmed "I Need Some of That" as a ''Van Weezer'' track:<blockquote>''Similar hard-rock references abound throughout Van Weezer, including the note-for-note cribbing of Randy Rhoads' iconic riff from Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train" in "[[Blue Dream]]," the fist-pumping solo that highlights "[[She Needs Me]]" and the bombastic drum salvo that opens "I Need Some of That." which is itself a note-perfect re-creation of the beat that kicks off Quiet Riot's 1983 hesher anthem "Metal Health (Bang Your Head)."</blockquote> | ||
Rivers Cuomo previously confirmed in a 2001 interview that seeing friends of his performing "Metal Health" by Quiet Riot during his 8th-grade graduation party inspired him to learn to play guitar | Rivers Cuomo previously confirmed in a 2001 interview that seeing friends of his performing "Metal Health" by Quiet Riot during his 8th-grade graduation party inspired him to learn to play guitar <ref>"Weezer." ''Reverb'', season 4, episode 14, 14 November 2001. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDHyXqiKw8M&t=368</ref>. | ||
The version of the song on ''Van Weezer'' features additional writing credits for [[Tim Pagnotta]] (who also co-wrote "[[The End of the Game]]"), [[Geoffrey Downes|Geoff Downes]] (of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Buggles the Buggles], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_(band) Yes], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_(band) Asia]), and [[Buck Dharma]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_%C3%96yster_Cult Blue Öyster Cult]. | |||
==Audio== | ==Audio== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Van Weezer]] | *''[[Van Weezer]]'' | ||
*[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]] | *''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]'' | ||
*[[Scott & Rivers]] | *[[Scott & Rivers]] | ||
*[[List of Weezer songs]] | *[[List of Weezer songs]] | ||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:Weezer songs]] | [[Category:Weezer songs]] | ||
[[Category:Scott & Rivers songs]] | [[Category:Scott & Rivers songs]] | ||