Let It All Hang Out

"Let It All Hang Out"
Album track by Weezer
Album	Raditude
Released	November 3, 2009
Length	3:17
Label	Geffen
Writer(s)	Rivers Cuomo, Jermaine Dupri, Jacknife Lee
RC#	319
COR#	16
Producer(s)	Butch Walker
Status	Officially released
Live debut	December 1, 2009
Stream	Spotify
	Apple Music
Raditude track listing
"Love is the Answer" (07) "Let It All Hang Out" (08) "In the Mall" (9)
Rivers Cuomo song chronology
"Boston" (RC# 318) "Hangout" (RC# 319) "Dumb" (RC# 320)

"Let It All Hang Out" is the eighth track on Raditude.

Appearances

• Raditude (2009)
• Rock Band (downloadable track, 2009)
• Alone VI: The Black Room (demo, 2020)

Overview

"Let It All Hang Out" began as a demo recorded by Rivers Cuomo in 1999 (listed in the Catalog O' Riffs as "Hangout", entry #16). The demo's guitar riff and title were repurposed into a new song nearly ten years later, co-written by Cuomo with Jermaine Dupri. The song was featured as downloadable content for Rock Band and Rock Band 2 in December 2009, along with "Beverly Hills" and "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To." The Rock Band version of the song features a slightly different mix. An early version of the song, produced by Jacknife Lee, leaked online in 2017.

The song was performed live in concert in late 2009 through mid-2010. The song was typically preceded by the instrumental track "Woolly Mammoth".

Band Commentary

Rivers: "Let It All Hang Out", that's actually a riff I had laying around for a long time, on the electric guitar. We just needed another song, so I pulled it out. Jermaine Dupri came in and started doing a vocal line over the top of it. It's really fun.

Brian: During that song Jacknife Lee had a lot to do with helping that song become a song. He really liked that riff and he kept pushing Rivers to make a song out of it. ^{[citation needed]}

Known recordings

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo	Let It All Hang Out	016 Let it All Hang Out.mp3	1999		0:50	Alone VI: The Black Room	Truncated duplicate of 016 Let it All Hang Out 2.mp3
Rivers Cuomo	Let It All Hang Out	016 Let it All Hang Out 2.mp3	1999		1:11	Alone VI: The Black Room
Weezer	Let It All Hang Out		2008/2009	The Village, Los Angeles, CA Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA The Document Room, Malibu, CA	3:14	Leaked online	Jacknife Lee mix
Weezer	Let It All Hang Out		2008/2009	The Village, Los Angeles, CA Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA The Document Room, Malibu, CA	3:17	Raditude
Weezer	Let It All Hang Out		December 1, 2009	Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL	3:37	Live in Chicago, Illinois
Weezer	Let It All Hang Out		December 3, 2009	Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI	3:11	Live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Weezer	Let It All Hang Out		December 5, 2009	Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON	3:23	Live in Toronto, Canada
Weezer	Let It All Hang Out		January 20, 2009	Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center, Tallahassee, FL	3:05	Live in Tallahassee, Florida

Live performances

• Weezer concert: 12/01/2009
• Weezer concert: 12/03/2009
• Weezer concert: 12/05/2009
• Weezer concert: 01/20/2010
• Weezer concert: 04/28/2010
• Weezer concert: 04/30/2010
• Weezer concert: 05/01/2010
• Weezer concert: 05/02/2010

Personnel

• Rivers Cuomo – lead vocals, guitar
• Patrick Wilson - guitar
• Brian Bell – guitar, backing vocals
• Scott Shriner - bass guitar, backing vocals
• Josh Freese - drums

Audio

• YouTube (North America)
• YouTube (International)

Lyrics

Let It All Hang Out I was driving this morning And sat in traffic on the way to work, work Soon as I got in, my boss is tripping And acting like a freaking jerk, jerk Me and my girl ain't speak in weeks And I can't remember the reason why, why, why On top of that it's a recession I feel like Jay-Z; this can't be life, life Tonight I'm leaving all my worries And my problems in the house I'm going out with my homies And we gonna let it, gonna let it All hang out, let it all hang out It's the last day of the weekend Boy, I need to release And let it all hang out, let it all hang out I'm going out with my homies And we gon' let it all hang out Time for me to leave this place Don't feel like it's going to come, come, come I got bills on top of bills and I Don't know where I'm gettin' my money from, from The walls feel like their closing in I honestly don't feel like I can make it, make it, make it I'm sad and mad and I can't take it, that's why Tonight I'm leaving all my worries And my problems in the house I'm going out with my homies And we gonna let it, gonna let it All hang out, let it all hang out It's the last day of the weekend Boy, I need to release And let it all hang out, let it all hang out I'm going out with my homies And we gon' let it all hang out Me and JD chillin' in the shack Sharing Chiclets from the same pack 180-proof Vitamin Water, energy flavor Take us to your daughter I wanna see you pretty ladies on the dance floor Put your hands up in the air like you don't care no more We gonna hit the town tonight, we were born to rock Tonight I'm leaving all my worries And my problems in the house I'm going out with my homies And we gonna let it, gonna let it All hang out, let it all hang out It's the last day of the weekend Boy, I need to release And let it all hang out, let it all hang out I'm going out with my homies And we gon' let it all hang out

Demo And I let it all hang out And if you have a doubt Call me if you can Don't you understand? Oh

See also

• List of Weezer songs
• List of Rivers Cuomo songs