No One Else

"No One Else"
Album track by Weezer
Album	Weezer (The Blue Album)
Released	May 10, 1994
Recorded	August-September 1993 at Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY
Length	3:04
Label	Geffen
Writer(s)	Rivers Cuomo
RC#	138
Producer(s)	Ric Ocasek
Status	Officially released
Live debut	September 15, 1992 at the Coconut Teaszer
Weezer (The Blue Album) track listing
"My Name Is Jonas" (1) "No One Else" (2) "The World Has Turned and Left Me Here" (3) Weezer's third demo track listing "No One Else" (1) "The World Has Turned and Left Me Here" (2)
Rivers Cuomo song chronology
"Please Sweet Peepers" (RC# 137) "No One Else" (RC# 138) "I Dropped the Bomb" (RC# 139)
This song is part of the "No One Else" lineage of songs. "Paperface" (1992) "No One Else" (1992)

"No One Else" is the second track on The Blue Album.

Appearances

• Weezer (The Blue Album) (1994)
• "Say It Ain't So" (UK retail single) (Live acoustic) (1995)
• Weezer's third demo (1992)
• Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years (2020)

Overview

"No One Else" is the jealous-obsessive asshole in me freaking out my girlfriend and "The World Has Turned" is the same asshole wondering why she's gone. - Rivers Cuomo, press kit for Weezer (The Blue Album)''

Rivers Cuomo wrote "No One Else" about a former girlfriend named Petra. The song is first known to have been demoed to 8-track by Cuomo in August of 1992. It was attempted by Weezer the same month during the sessions for Weezer's second demo (The "Kitchen Tape"), but remained unfinished. The song was first played live on September 15, 1992 at a show at Coconut Teaszer in Los Angeles. In describing the show, Karl Koch noted that the song "started to steer the band in a previously invisible direction." "No One Else" is notable for being the only track on The Blue Album played in standard tuning; all other tracks were recorded a half-step down. The intro to "No One Else" is repurposed from an earlier Weezer demo, "Paperface."

"No One Else" is often considered a fan favorite. Todd Sullivan listed it as one of the songs that caused him to take notice of Weezer. ^{[citation needed]} During a number of live shows in the summer of 2000, Weezer modified "No One Else" and "Buddy Holly" by adding an extended instrumental introduction. The band kept the introduction for "Buddy Holly" as a part of the performance until 2005, but dropped the introduction to "No One Else" after only a few shows.

Notable versions

A live, acoustic rendition of the song was recorded by the band on April 1, 1995 at Cat's Paw Studios for Atlanta radio station WNNX. This recording was made available as a b-side to the single release of "Say It Ain't So", and was later made available as part of the compilation Dusty Gems & Raw Nuggets, initially released as part of the deluxe edition of The Blue Album. Additional notable live renditions include a studio recording for the show BBC Evening Sessions at the BBC Radio 1 Studios in London, as well as a live performance for the French radio series The Black Sessions recorded on February 21, 1995.

The full-band demo of "No One Else", recorded for the band's third demo, was shared by fans in the late 90's, before a copy was procured and ripped in higher quality by a fan in the early 2000s.

The original 8-track demo of "No One Else", recorded solo by Cuomo, was first made available to fans on November 7, 2020, when the song was among hundreds leaked through the then-unfinished demo storefront on riverscuomo.com. Cuomo made the song available for one-time purchase a few days later upon the launch of the storefront on November 11, whereupon an anonymous user purchased it. The song was made available for purchase to all later that month, on November 22, when it was made available as part of the digital compilation Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years.

Known recordings

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo	No One Else	07 No One Else.mp3	August 1992		3:10	Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years
Weezer	No One Else		August 1992				Unfinished
Weezer	No One Else		November 1992		3:10	Weezer's third demo
Weezer	No One Else		August 6, 1993	Cole Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA			Rehearsal session. Recorded on Rivers Cuomo's portable DAT.
Weezer	No One Else		August 11, 1993	Cole Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA			Blue Album pre-production demo. Engineered by Chris Shaw.
Weezer	No One Else		August—September 1993	Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY	3:04	Weezer (The Blue Album)
Weezer	No One Else		April 1, 1995	Cat's Paw Studios, Atlanta, GA	3:26	"Say It Ain't So" (UK single) Dusty Gems and Raw Nuggets	Live B-side

Lyrics

My girl's got a big mouth
With which she blabbers a lot
She laughs at most everything
Whether it's funny or not
And if you see her
Tell her it's over now

I want a girl who will laugh for no one else
When I'm away she puts her makeup on the shelf
When I'm away she never leaves the house
I want a girl who laughs for no one else

My girl's got eyeballs
In the back of her head
She looks around and around
You know it makes me sad to see her like that
Please don't believe her
She says that for anyone
And if you see her tell her it's a hey, hey hey hey!

I want a girl who will laugh for no one else
When I'm away she puts her makeup on the shelf
When I'm away she never leaves the house
I want a girl who laughs for no one else

And if you see her tell her it's over now

And if you see her tell her it's over now
And if you watch her go (And if you watch her go)
Watch her, watch her, watch her, watch her!

I want a girl who will laugh for no one else
When I'm away she puts her makeup on the shelf
When I'm away she never leaves the house
I want a girl who laughs for no one else, no one else
Yeah!

See also

• Weezer (The Blue Album)
• List of Weezer songs
• List of Rivers Cuomo songs

External Links

• Teenage Victory Songs entry for "No One Else"