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Everybody Needs Salvation
"Everybody Needs Salvation" | |||||
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Single by Weezer | |||||
Released | April 19, 2015 | ||||
Recorded | February 2015 | ||||
Length | 3:17 | ||||
Label | Weezer | ||||
Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo | ||||
Producer(s) | Shawn Everett | ||||
Status | Officially released | ||||
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Ecce Homo track listing | |||||
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Back Cover | |||||
"Everybody Needs Salvation" is a single by Weezer, released exclusively to the members of the Weezer Fan Club.
Contents
Appearances
- "Everybody Needs Salvation" (7"-vinyl single; 2015)
- Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years (2020)
Overview
Rivers Cuomo wrote "Everybody Needs Salvation" at some point between 2011 and 2014, in contention for the album that would become Everything Will Be Alright in the End. The song was listed as part of Act III on a track list of an early draft of EWBAITE (then dubbed Ecce Homo).[1] Though it did not appear on the final album, a portion of the bridge lyrics appear in the EWBAITE liner notes after the lyrics for "The British Are Coming." The song was instead recorded as a Weezer Fan Club-exclusive single in February of 2015 for release in April of that year. "Everybody Needs Salvation" was released on one-sided 7-inch red vinyl, with a digital MP3 download of the track for members who purchased it. The single features no B-side, having a smooth flip-side.
At a Nerd Night in 2015, Rivers Cuomo purportedly told a fan that the song was picked for the Fan Club single because it was "something different." Cuomo also said that he personally chose the cover.[2]
The cover art is a painting by Antonello da Messina called Ecce Homo, painted in 1475. The symbol on the shoulder of Christ is the Om in Devanagari.
Demos of the song were included in the digital compilation Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years, released in 2020.
Known recordings
Performer(s) | Title | Filename | Date of recording | Recording location | Length | Appeared on | Notes |
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Rivers Cuomo | Salvation | Salvation 1.mp3 | 3:15 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | |||
Rivers Cuomo | Everybody Needs Salvation | Everybody Needs Salvation 2.mp3 | 3:16 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | |||
Rivers Cuomo | Everybody Needs Salvation | Everybody Needs Salvation 2 1.mp3 | 3:16 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | Duplicate of Everybody Needs Salvation 2.mp3 | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Everybody Needs Salvation | Everybody Needs Salvation 3.mp3 | 3:16 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | |||
Rivers Cuomo | Everybody Needs Salvation | Everybody Needs Salvation 14.mp3 | 3:23 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | |||
Rivers Cuomo | Everybody Needs Salvation | EVERYBODY NEEDS SALVATION - ROUGH 1.mp3 | 3:22 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | |||
Weezer | Everybody Needs Salvation | February 2015 | The Lair, Los Angeles, CA | 3:16 | "Everybody Needs Salvation" | 7"-vinyl single |
Personnel
- Rivers Cuomo – lead guitar, lead vocals
- Patrick Wilson – percussion
- Brian Bell – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Scott Shriner - bass guitar, backing vocals
- Shawn Everett - producer (recorded & mixed at The Lair)
- Ted Jensen - mastering
- Kii Arens - art direction
Lyrics
Fan Club singleMeet me in the dark |
Demo (ver. 1)Keep me in the dark |
Demo (ver. 2)Keep me in the dark |
See also
References
- ↑ Ecce Homo 11.docx, Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
- ↑ the nest "Rivers and Brian played "Cleopatra" acoustic on Nerd Night (and new album in the works!)" All Things Weezer. 16 June 2015. https://allthingsweezer.com/index.php?threads/rivers-and-brian-played-cleopatra-acoustic-on-nerd-night-and-new-album-in-the-works.33324/#post-1022156 Screenshot: File:Nerd_Night_2015_Everybody_Needs_Salvation.png