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Back to the Shack
"Back to the Shack" | |||||
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Single by Weezer | |||||
Album | Everything Will Be Alright in the End | ||||
Released | July 22, 2014 | ||||
Recorded | 2014, The Village, Los Angeles, CA | ||||
Length | 3:06 | ||||
Label | Republic Records | ||||
Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo & Jacob Kasher Hindlin | ||||
Producer(s) | Ric Ocasek | ||||
Status | Officially released | ||||
Live debut | February 14, 2014 | ||||
Stream | Spotify | ||||
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Everything Will Be Alright in the End track listing | |||||
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"Back to the Shack" is the lead single and second track from Weezer's ninth studio album Everything Will Be Alright in the End.
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Appearances
Overview
"Back to the Shack" is the comeback single for the band after a few years of radio silence post-Hurley. The song's lyrics are self-referential, pertaining to returning to the core fanbase after alienation in the late 2000s. The song was released as a limited edition 7 inch record in the UK with no b-side. In December 2017, an early version of the song was leaked, along with the rest of the album.
The liner notes for Everything Will Be Alright in the End groups songs by one of three themes. "Back to the Shack" is grouped under the category "The Panopticon Artist" (songs about Cuomo's relationships with his fans). The song contains numerous references to the band's past. The line "I forgot that disco sucks" seems to refer to Cuomo's past desire to chase pop trends, specifically on album's such as 2009's Raditude, while simultaneously alluding to the "Disco Sucks" slogan that came to prominence in the late 70s. The lyric about Rivers and Pat playing lead guitar and drums, respectively, refers to Weezer's enlistment of drummer Josh Freese during tours beginning in 2009 to allow Pat to play guitar and Rivers to focus on vocals and more freely interact with the crowd. Despite seemingly breaking away from the album's conceit surrounding the fictional band The Astronauts, the music video for the song features Weezer playing on the moon, with Cuomo apparently dressed in character, wearing a jumpsuit with a nametag that reads Sebastian. The music video also features the band moving in slow-motion, a possible reference to Weezer's first music video, for "Undone - The Sweater Song".
Songwriter and producer Jacob "Jkash" Kasher is credited as a co-writer on the song. This caused some backlash from fans, who viewed the use of outside collaborators as incongruous with the song's premise. On the All Things Weezer forums, Karl Koch commented:[1][2]
as i understand it, dude contributed by randomly singing out the title while hanging out on the couch listening to RC strumming the song. it doesnt take much to get half a songwriting credit.
...because it looks great on that guys resume if he co-wrote with RC, so of course he'd insist on credit. You think Ric needs to prove himself as a songwriter in 2014? Plus if a producer started saying "oh, since i helped you come up with that solo, now you have to pay me for producing and i want half that song too", he'd get a bad reputation pretty fast. - Karl Koch, All Things Weezer forum post |
Known recordings
Performer(s) | Title | Filename | Date of recording | Recording location | Length | Appeared on | Notes |
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Rivers Cuomo | sludgy techno.mp3 | 2011—2014 | 0:31 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | Riff later incorporated into "Back to the Shack" | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Back to the Shack | Work 12-4-2013 12h53m56s.mp3 | December 4, 2013 | 0:27 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Back to the Shack | Work 12-4-2013 12h55m0s.mp3 | December 4, 2013 | 3:10 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Back to the Shack | Work 12-4-2013 14h30m56s.mp3 | December 4, 2013 | 0:36 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Back to the Shack | Work 12-4-2013 15h57m8s.mp3 | December 4, 2013 | 0:15 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Back to the Shack | Work 12-4-2013 15h58m57s.mp3 | December 4, 2013 | 0:18 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Back to the Shack | Work 12-4-2013 15h59m50s.mp3 | December 4, 2013 | 0:25 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Back to the Shack | Back To The Shack 3.mp3 | 2013—2014 | ||||
Rivers Cuomo | Back to the Shack | Back To The Shack 4.wav | 2013—2014 | ||||
Rivers Cuomo | Back to the Shack | Back To The Shack 5.mp3 | 2013—2014 | ||||
Rivers Cuomo(?) | Back to the Shack | Back To The Shack - O'Mahony MIx.mp3 | 2013—2014 | ||||
Rivers Cuomo | Back to the Shack | BACK TO THE SHACK 18.m4a | 2013—2014 | ||||
Rivers Cuomo(?) | Back to the Shack | BACK TO THE SHACK.TLA - Added End Br.mp3 | 2013—2014 | ||||
Weezer | Back to the Shack | 02 Back To The Shack.mp3 | 2014 | The Village, Los Angeles, CA | 3:02 | Leaked online | Early mix. Leaked online in 2017. |
Weezer | Back to the Shack | 2014 | The Village, Los Angeles, CA | 3:05 | Leaked online | Instrumental version of final mix. Leaked online in 2014. | |
Weezer | Back to the Shack | 2014 | The Village, Los Angeles, CA | 3:06 | Everything Will Be Alright in the End |
Performer(s) | Title | Filename | Date of recording | Recording location | Length | Appeared on | Notes |
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