Don't Worry Baby
"Don't Worry Baby" | |||||
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Demo by Rivers Cuomo | |||||
Album | Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo | ||||
Recorded | March 1993 | ||||
Length | N/A | ||||
Label | Geffen | ||||
Writer(s) | Brian Wilson and Roger Christian | ||||
RC# | 156 | ||||
COR# | N/A | ||||
Producer(s) | Rivers Cuomo | ||||
Status | Released | ||||
Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo track listing | |||||
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Rivers Cuomo song chronology | |||||
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"Don't Worry Baby" is the second track from Shut Down Volume 2 by the Beach Boys, written by Brian Wilson and Roger Christian. It was covered by Rivers Cuomo in 1993 and released as the eleventh track on Alone II.
Appearances
Overview
In the liner notes to Alone II, Cuomo notes that recording this cover was an attempt to help form his own sound. He had previously employed a gritter singing-screaming sound for his vocals but noted that he had more of a "choir boy" sound. He used "Don't Worry Baby" as a template for honing his own sound and style - substituting the sound of the original with Weezer's familiar chugging guitars and adding a guitar solo.
In the lyrics, Cuomo uses, "And makes me want to cry," instead of, "And makes me want to drive," in the original.
Cuomo also recorded a cover of the Beach Boys' "Surfer Girl" around this time, perhaps for similar reasons.
Liner notes
Live performance
Cuomo performed "Don't Worry Baby" with an A Capella ensemble in Hollywood for the website Stereogum. Cuomo posted a YouTube video on December 4, 2008 asking any interested a capella groups contact him.
Audio
Personnel
- Rivers Cuomo – lead guitar, lead vocals, percussion, rhythm guitar, bass guitar
Lyrics
Well, it's been building up inside of me
For, oh, I don't know how long
I don't know why
But I keep thinking
Something's bound to go wrong
But she looks in my eyes
And makes me realize
And she says don't worry baby
Don't worry baby
Don't worry baby
Everything will turn out alright
Don't worry baby
Don't worry baby
Don't worry baby
I guess I should've kept my mouth shut
When I started to brag about my car
But I can't back down now
Because I pushed the other guys too far
She makes me come alive
And makes me wanna drive
When she says don't worry baby
Don't worry baby
Don't worry baby
Everything will turn out alright
Don't worry baby
Don't worry baby
Don't worry baby
She told me baby, when you race today
Just take along my love with you
And if you knew how much I love you
Baby nothing could go wrong with you
Oh what she does to me
When she makes love to me
And she says don't worry baby
Don't worry baby
Don't worry baby
Everything will turn out alright
Don't worry baby
Don't worry baby
Don't worry baby