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"'''Runner-Up'''" (previously titled "'''Fireball'''") is a song originally intended for ''[[Weezer (The Black Album)]]''. It has never been heard by fans. | "'''Runner-Up'''" (previously titled "'''Fireball'''") is a song originally intended for ''[[Weezer (The Black Album)]]''. It has never been heard by fans. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
In a November 2017 magazine interview with ''Vulture'' | In a November 2017 magazine interview with ''Vulture''<ref>Riesman, Abraham. "Rivers Cuomo Is Still Lonely: But he’s really into lifehacks." ''Vulture''. November 2017. https://www.vulture.com/2017/11/weezer-rivers-cuomo-interview-lifehacks-pacific-daydream.html</ref>, [[Rivers Cuomo]] said:<blockquote>One of my favorite songs right now, it’s called “Runner-Up,” and, I mean, when I wrote it on piano and vocal, it sounds — the first thing that comes to minds is ''Pinkerton''-esque, but I hesitate to use that, because that means so much to people. It sounds very like that core, emotional Rivers that an old-school fan would love, but then the way it was produced — my piano is in there, but then there are all these electronic, dark elements that sound like nothing we’ve ever done.</blockquote> | ||
In [[Riverpedia_archive_-_08/22/2020#Runner-Up|an entry]] for the song on [[Riverpedia]] in [[2020]], Cuomo suggested that the song was written at the same time as "[[QB Blitz]]". Cuomo [[Riverpedia archive - 10/02/2020|confirmed later]] that the song was originally titled "Fireball", adding that the title "makes more sense with the lyrics." In [[2021]], early iterations of the song were included as untitled demos within the [[Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years]] demo bundle. | In [[Riverpedia_archive_-_08/22/2020#Runner-Up|an entry]] for the song on [[Riverpedia]] in [[2020]], Cuomo suggested that the song was written at the same time as "[[QB Blitz]]". Cuomo [[Riverpedia archive - 10/02/2020|confirmed later]] that the song was originally titled "Fireball", adding that the title "makes more sense with the lyrics." In [[2021]], early iterations of the song were included as untitled demos within the [[Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years]] demo bundle. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | * [[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
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[[Category: Rivers Cuomo songs]] | [[Category: Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||