I Do

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"I Do"
I Do cover
B-side by Weezer
Released May 15, 2001
Format CD
Recorded January 2001
Length 2:10
Label Geffen
Writer(s) Rivers Cuomo
RC# 594
COR# 276
Producer(s) Weezer
Status Officially released
Live debut February 21, 2001 in Austin, TX (Yahoo! Outloud Tour)
Stream Play on spotify.png Spotify
Rivers Cuomo song chronology
"Keep Fishin'"
(RC# 593)
"I Do"
(RC# 594)
"Let It Ride"
(RC# 595)

"I Do" is a song by Weezer. It appeared as the eleventh track on some international releases of The Green Album and a B-side on some single releases of "Hash Pipe".

Appearances

Overview

"I Do" was written by Rivers Cuomo while The Green Album was already in production,[1][2] but did not appear on the final album. It was released as a B-side and as a bonus track on some international editions of Green, and was performed live at every show during the Yahoo! Outloud Tour, as the set's opening number.

The Catalog O' Riffs contains two separate entries for #276, "I Do" and "Let It Ride". It is unknown if the two songs share the same structure or if this is a numbering error.

"I Do" is sometimes derided for its similarity to the 1989 Billy Joel song "Leningrad". Addressing the similarity in 2002, Cuomo simply remarked "he's one of my all time favs."[3] Incidentally, Joel would receive a writing credit on the Van Weezer track "The Beginning of the End," twenty years later, due to its similarities to the Billy Joel song "The Longest Time."

Known recordings

Performer(s) Title Filename Date of recording Recording location Length Appeared on Notes
Weezer I Do 2001 Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA 2:10
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Lyrics

All the times you came
I should've ran away

You told me that you'd always love me
You told me that you'd always love me

And the games you played
Were meant to lead me on

You told me that you'd always love me
You told me that you'd always love me
Always, oooh always
I do

You told me that you'd always love me
You told me that you'd always love me

Never more again
Will I believe the sun

See also

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