Sober Up

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"Sober Up"
Sober Up cover
Single by AJR
Album The Click
Released September 2017
Length 3:38
Label AJR Productions, Black Butter
Writer(s) Adam Met, Jack Met, Ryan Met, Rivers Cuomo
Producer(s) AJR
Status Officially released
Stream Play on spotify.png Spotify
The Click track listing
"Weak"
(3)
"Sober Up" (feat. Rivers Cuomo)
(4)
"Drama"
(5)
Alternate covers
Cover of the Deluxe version
Cover of the Deluxe version

"Sober Up" is the fourth track and third single from the album The Click by American pop band AJR.

Appearances

Overview

AJR had most of the song written when they contacted Rivers Cuomo for assistance via a private Twitter conversation. "I wrote to him in a private Twitter message saying, ‘We’re seriously big fans — if you ever want to write together or collab, let me know,’" AJR member Ryan Met told Billboard,[1] “And he wrote back immediately like, ‘Oh dude I love “Weak," lets jam and write a song together.’" The band sent him the unfinished song "Sober Up," and Cuomo responded that he would sing the bridge.

In March 2018, "Sober Up" peaked at number one on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart and was the first number one song for AJR. For Rivers Cuomo, "Sober Up" was his first song to reach number one on Billboard's Alternative chart as a solo artist outside of Weezer.[2]

The song's bridge is derived from a demo by Cuomo likely titled "My Favorite Color Is You". In October of 2020, demo recordings of this song were listed on the demo storefront on riverscuomo.com. An alternate edit of the song features Ryan Met providing the vocals for the bridge instead of Cuomo. Cuomo accompanied the band for an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!,[3] as well as a few live concerts.

Video

Lyrics

Hello, hello
I'm not where I'm supposed to be
I hope that you're missing me
'Cause it makes me feel young
Hello, hello
Last time that I saw your face
Was recess in second grade
And it made me feel young

Won't you help me sober up?
Growing up, it made me numb
And I want to feel something again
Won't you help me sober up?
All the big kids, they got drunk
And I want to feel something again
Won't you help me feel something again?
How's it go again?

"Goodbye, goodbye,"
I said to my bestest buds
We said that we'd keep in touch
And we did our best
All my new friends
We smile at party time
But soon we forget to smile
At anything else

Won't you help me sober up?
Growing up, it made me numb
And I want to feel something again
Won't you help me sober up?
All the big kids, they got drunk
And I want to feel something again
Won't you help me feel something again?
How's it go again?
How's it go again?

My favorite color is you
You're vibrating out my frequency
My favorite color is you
You keep me young and that's how I wanna be
My favorite color is you
You're vibrating out my frequency
My favorite color is you
You keep me young and that's how I wanna be

Hello, hello
I'm not where I'm supposed to be
I hope that you're missing me
'Cause it makes me feel young
Hello, hello
Last time that I saw your face
Was recess in second grade
And it made me feel young

And I want to feel something again
I just want to feel something again
How's it go again?

Won't you help me sober up?
Growing up, it made me numb
And I want to feel something again (my favorite color is you)
Won't you help me sober up?
All the big kids, they got drunk
And I want to feel something again (my favorite color is you)
Won't you help me feel something again? (my favorite color is you)
Can I finally feel something again?
How's it go again?

See also

  1. Weatherby, Taylor. "AJR Unveils ‘Sober Up’ Collaboration With Their Hero, Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo: Premiere" Billboard. 8 June 2017. https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7824823/ajr-new-song-sober-up-rivers-cuomo-weezer-the-click
  2. https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8223664/ajr-sober-up-alternative-songs-chart-number-one
  3. O'Malley, Maura. "WATCH: AJR Perform "Sober Up" and "Weak" on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'" 107.7 The End. 24 January 2018. http://www.1077theend.com/blogs/maura-omalley/watch-ajr-perform-sober-and-weak-jimmy-kimmel-live

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