Knock-down Drag-out
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| Album track by Weezer | ||||||||||||||
| Album | Weezer (The Green Album) | |||||||||||||
| Released | May 15, 2001 | |||||||||||||
| Recorded | December 2000, Cello Studios, Los Angeles, California | |||||||||||||
| Length | 2:09 | |||||||||||||
| Label | Geffen | |||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo | |||||||||||||
| RC# | 571 | |||||||||||||
| COR# | 259 | |||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Ric Ocasek | |||||||||||||
| Status | Officially released | |||||||||||||
| Live debut | May 8, 2001 in San Diego, CA (Kearney Mesa Bowl)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Last played | August 9, 2002 in Irvine, CA | |||||||||||||
| Stream |  Spotify |
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"Knock-down Drag-out" (originally titled "Any Day Now") is the sixth song from The Green Album.
Appearances
- Weezer (The Green Album) (2001)
- Keep Fishin' (UK Retail CD #2) (Live)
Overview
"Knock-down Drag-out" is thought to be significantly influenced by Green Day. Weezer lead singer Rivers Cuomo spent several years between the band's release of Pinkerton and The Green Album studying Green Day's music, and he may have drawn inspiration from the song "Worry Rock" for "Knock-down Drag-out." "Worry Rock," which Weezer covered in 2003, includes the lyric "A knocked down dragged out fight / Fat lips and open wounds / Another wasted night no one will take the fall."
The Green-era B-side "Starlight" may have formed the musical basis for "Knock-down Drag-out". The Catalog O' Riffs number for the latter is shared by an entry titled "Slow Starlight", in addition to an entry simply represented as a chord progression: "|C |F |C |F |"
Personnel
- Rivers Cuomo – lead guitar, lead vocals
- Patrick Wilson – percussion
- Brian Bell – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Mikey Welsh – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Ric Ocasek - producer
Audio
Leaked versions
Live performances
Lyrics
Any day now you'll call me up on the phone
And say you love me more than you ever did before
It's all that I can do right now
To make it up to you somehow
And meet you on the other side of hope
Take no prisoners here in this knock-down drag-out war
That we're waging on each other for ever more
It's all that I can do right now
To make it up to you somehow
And meet you on the other side of hope
Say you love me now
It's all that I can do right now
To make it up to you somehow
And meet you on the other side of hope
Take no prisoners here in this knock-down drag-out war
That we're waging on each other for ever more
That we're waging on each other for ever more
Known recordings
| Performer(s) | Title | Filename | Date of recording | Recording location | Length | Appeared on | Notes |
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| Rivers Cuomo(?) | Knock-down Drag-out | - Knock Down Drag Out 1.mp3 | ? | ||||
| Weezer | Knock-down Drag-out | November 21, 2000[2] | 6145 Rodgerton Dr., Los Angeles, CA | DA-88 demo | |||
| Weezer | Knock-down Drag-out | December 3, 2000[2] | 6145 Rodgerton Dr., Los Angeles, CA | DA-88 demo, instrumental take | |||
| Weezer | Knock-down Drag-out | December 7, 2000[2] | 6145 Rodgerton Dr., Los Angeles, CA | DA-88 demo | |||
| Weezer | Knock-down Drag-out | December 22, 2000[2] | S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA | ||||
| Weezer | Knock-down Drag-out | December 22, 2000[2] | S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA | "alternate version" | |||
| Weezer | Knock-down Drag-out | December 23, 2000[2] | S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA | First take | |||
| Weezer | Knock-down Drag-out | December 23, 2000[2] | S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA | Second take | |||
| Weezer | Knock-down Drag-out | December 26, 2000[2] | S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA | ||||
| Weezer | Knock-down Drag-out | December 27, 2000[2] | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | Drum and bass track only | |||
| Weezer | Knock-down Drag-out | December 28, 2000[2] | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | ||||
| Weezer | Knock-down Drag-out | 06-weezer-knock_down_drag_out-rev.mp3 | January 2, 2001—February 2001 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 2:20 | Leaked online | Unmastered advance CD, second "Say you love me now" after the third chorus |
| Weezer | Knock-down Drag-out | 07 Knock-Down Drag-Out.MP3 | January 2, 2001—February 2001 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 2:07 | Leaked online | Unmastered leak |
| Weezer | Knock-down Drag-out | January 2, 2001—February 2001 | Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 2:08 | Weezer (The Green Album) | ||
| Weezer | Knock-down Drag-out | May 20, 2002 | Club Quattro, Hiroshima, Japan | 2:32 | Keep Fishin' (UK Retail CD #2) | Live performance |