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"'''1 More Hit'''" is the seventh track from [[Van Weezer]]. | "'''1 More Hit'''" is the seventh track from ''[[Van Weezer]]''. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
"1 More Hit" was first teased in a video shared on producer {{PN|Suzy Shinn}} Instagram account on [[May 2]], [[2020]].<ref>Weezer B-Sides. "Weezer - One More Hit [clip]" ''YouTube''. 4 September 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toBrCApBFXk</ref> The same day, the song's title was confirmed during a [[List_of_Rivers_Cuomo_video_streams#Island in the Zoom|webinar with fans]] hosted by [[Rivers Cuomo]] on the video conferencing platform Zoom. During the webinar, Shinn also reported that a portion of the song was heavily inspired by the band ''[[Slayer]]''. The main riff used in "One More Hit" also bears resemblance to the song "[[Wikipedia:Easy Come Easy Go (Winger song)|Easy Come Easy Go]]" by [[Wikipedia:Winger_(band_|Winger]]. The official YouTube upload of the song features a modified version of the cover art from Winger's [[Wikipedia:Winger (album)|eponymous debut album]]. | |||
A review of ''Van Weezer'' by | A review of ''Van Weezer'' by magazine ''Q'' referred to the song as "an empathetic portrait of a drug-addicted prostitute."<ref>''Q''. July 2020, p.112</ref> Cuomo confirmed via [[Riverchat]] that the song contained the lyric "You're the bee, give me the stinger."<ref>''Riverchat''. 20 July 2020. [[:File:Riverchat_20200720-121726.jpg]]</ref> This line in the song is accompanied by a brief interpolation of the orchestral piece "[[Wikipedia:Flight of the Bumblebee|Flight of the Bumblebee]]" by [[Wikipedia:Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov|Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]]. | ||
On [[August 21]], Rivers stated on [[Riverpedia]] that the song would ''not'' be included on ''Van Weezer'', but was in consideration for a video game.<ref>[[Riverpedia_archive_-_08/21/2020#One_More_Hit|Riverpedia archive, 21 August 2020]]</ref> The song's removal, however, was apparently reversed, with the song "[[Tell Me What You Want]]" instead being chosen for the game ''[[Wave Break]]''. The inclusion of "1 More Hit" on ''Van Weezer'' was confirmed in January of 2021.<ref>"Van Weezer". ''Amazon''. 28 January 2021. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07XGN4PT7 ''Wayback Machine'' https://web.archive.org/web/20210128130052/https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07XGN4PT7</ref> | |||
==Audio== | ==Audio== | ||
<youtube>PZ215JziBY0</youtube> | <youtube>PZ215JziBY0</youtube> | ||
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*''[[Van Weezer]]'' | *''[[Van Weezer]]'' | ||
*[[List of Weezer songs]] | *[[List of Weezer songs]] | ||
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
[[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]] | |||
[[Category:Weezer songs]] | [[Category:Weezer songs]] | ||
[[Category:Songs on Van Weezer]] | [[Category:Songs on Van Weezer]] | ||
[[Category:Weezer songs produced by Suzy Shinn]] | [[Category:Weezer songs produced by Suzy Shinn]] | ||