Brightening Day

"Brightening Day"
B-side by Weezer
Album	Island in the Sun (UK Retail CD #2)
Released	May 15, 2001
Format	CD
Recorded	December 2000, Cello Studios, Los Angeles, California
Length	2:11
Label	Geffen
Writer(s)	Rivers Cuomo
RC#	474
COR#	167
Producer(s)	Ric Ocasek
Status	Officially released
Island in the Sun (UK Retail CD #2) track listing
"Sugar Booger" (2) "Brightening Day" (3)
Rivers Cuomo song chronology
"You're Fun To Play With" (RC# 473) "My Best Friends Are Gone" (RC# 474) "You Stupid Piece Of Shit" (RC# 475)

"Brightening Day" (originally known as "My Best Friends Are Gone") is a B-side to "Island in the Sun."

Appearances

• "Island in the Sun" (UK Retail CD #2)
• Alone VII: The Green Years (2020)

Overview

Producer Ric Ocasek was said to have been a fan of "Brightening Day," saying he thought it would make a great single.^{[citation needed]} The song is also notable for having a somewhat varied guitar solo, rather than the usual Green-era mirroring of a vocal melody.

Known recordings

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo	My Best Friends Are Gone	167 My Best Friends Are Gone.mp3	January–March 2000	?	3:02	Alone VII: The Green Years
Weezer	My Best Friends Are Gone		May 3, 2000	Cole Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA			DA-88 recording
Weezer	My Best Friends Are Gone		July 2000				Tour demo
Weezer	My Best Friends Are Gone		September 2000				Tour demo
Weezer	Brightening Day		December 29, 2000	Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA	2:09	"Island in the Sun" (UK Retail CD #2)	Mixed by Jack Joseph Puig

Personnel

• Rivers Cuomo – lead guitar, lead vocals
• Patrick Wilson – percussion
• Brian Bell – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Mikey Welsh – bass guitar
• Ric Ocasek - producer
• Tom Lord-Alge - mixing
• Ken Allardyce - engineer

Lyrics

B-side My best friends are gone Far and way beyond And they left me here With no one by my side How can I get by With no one to try And pick me back up When I fall down? My support has left Me and I'm bereft Of the things I need to Help me make it on through Now what can I do With no cheering crew There to make me feel Like I don't suck? Whoa, whoa There was a brightening day Whoa, whoa There was a brightening day My whole scene has split They don't give a spit About anybody else On Earth but themselves So we'll burn in hell And think that it's swell Just as long as We get our own rooms So we'll burn in hell And think that it's swell Just as long as We get our own rooms

Demo My best friends are gone Far and way beyond And they left me here With no one by my side To console my tears And assuage my fears And pick me back up When I fall down On the bedroom floor Of some hipster bore Who is celebrating Just how cool he can be They watched over me And believed in me When nobody else Could give a damn What can I do? What can I do? I cannot make a move On the bedroom floor Of some hipster bore Who is celebrating Just how cool he can be They watched over me And believed in me When nobody else Could give a damn What can I do? What can I do? I cannot make a move My best friends are gone Far and way beyond And they left me here With no one by my side To console my tears And assuage my fears And pick me back up When I fall down To console my tears And assuage my fears And pick me back up when I fall down

See also

• List of Weezer songs
• List of Rivers Cuomo songs