Haunt You Every Day

"Haunt You Every Day"
"Haunt You Every Day"
Album track by Weezer
from the album Make Believe
Released	May 10, 2005
Format	CD, Vinyl
Recorded	July 2004
Length	4:37
Label	Geffen
Songwriter(s)	Rivers Cuomo
COR#	403
Producer(s)	Weezer, Rick Rubin, Chad Bamford
Status	Officially released
Live debut	April 26, 2005 in Vancouver, BC
Last played	December 22, 2005 in Tokyo, Japan
Stream	Spotify; Apple Music
Rivers Cuomo song chronology
Make Believe track listing
	12 tracks "Beverly Hills"; "Perfect Situation"; "This Is Such a Pity"; "Hold Me"; "Peace"; "We Are All on Drugs"; "The Damage in Your Heart"; "Pardon Me"; "My Best Friend"; "The Other Way"; "Freak Me Out"; "Haunt You Every Day";
This song is part of the "Haunt You Every Day" (COR# 403) lineage of songs "Haunt You Every Day" (2004); "Get Away" (2004);

"Haunt You Every Day" is the twelfth and final track from Make Believe.

Appearances

Make Believe (2005)
Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years (2020)
Alone IX: The Make Believe Years (2020)

Overview

"Haunt You Every Day" is first known to have been demoed at S.I.R. Studios on November 19, 2002. The song continued to be rehearsed at S.I.R. and Swing House Studios throughout the following year, and was included on Rivers Cuomo's "A-List" of songs during pre-production on Make Believe throughout 2004. According to Cuomo, "Haunt You Every Day" was an assignment song given to him by producer Rick Rubin. It is also the first song he claims to have written entirely on piano (though it is unclear if this statement was in regards to an album song, or to all of his songs). One of the original titles was "Get Away" and the 2004 demo leaked on November 7, 2020.

Rivers: Rick said, write a song like Billy Joel or Elton John, so…

Brian: But no pressure!

[laughter]

Rivers: So, I didn’t really accomplish that at all, but I did write a song on the piano. So that’s about as close as I could come.

Brian: I think it’s a beautiful chord progression. It’s deceptively simple too. It sounds a little more complex than it is, and it’s great fun to play live - I wish we would’ve tracked it more, and played it - approached it more how we do now. But I think it came across pretty well. But I think - any regrets, I wish we could re-record that song how we do it right now.

Scott: It’s another one of those songs where the less bass notes I play on it, the better it works. I remember switching back and forth from trying to do it on piano, or Rivers playing it on guitar, and then going back and back and back, and it turned out to be just right.

Rivers: It’s the first song I wrote entirely on piano.

—Band commentary, Weezer Recording History^[1]

During the first leg of the Make Believe tour, Weezer used "Haunt You Every Day" as their finale before coming out for an encore. The song featured an extended intro and outro during live performances.

Personnel

Rivers Cuomo – piano, lead guitar, lead vocals
Patrick Wilson – percussion
Brian Bell – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Scott Shriner – bass guitar, backing vocals
Rick Rubin - producer
Neal Avron - mixing

Audio

Lyrics

I don't feel the joy
I don't feel the pain
You were just a toy
I am just insane

Walking on my own
Leaving you behind
You are crying out
That you need to speak your mind

Oh, so alone in love
So alone in love
I'm going to haunt you every day
Haunt you every day

I am gonna kill
When I need a thrill
Eating at the heart
'Til I've had my fill
When will stupid learn
Fire's gonna burn
Think of consequence
Then you move when its your turn

Oh, so alone in love
So alone in love
I'm going to haunt you every day
Haunt you every day

Walking on my own
Leaving you behind
You are crying out
That you need to speak your mind

Oh, so alone in love
So alone in love
I'm going to haunt you every day
Haunt you every day
Haunt you every day
Haunt you every day

Known recordings

*about this table*
Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo		`403.mp3`	2002		2:17	Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years	Piano instrumental
Weezer	Haunt You Every Day		November 19, 2002^[2]	S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	Haunt You Every Day		November 29, 2002^[2]	S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	Haunt You Every Day		November 5, 2003^[2]	S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA			Take 1
Weezer	Haunt You Every Day		November 5, 2003^[2]	S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA			Take 2
Weezer	Haunt You Every Day		November 5, 2003^[2]	S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA			Take 3 (selected as best)
Weezer	Haunt You Every Day		November 21, 2003^[2]	Swing House Studios, Los Angeles, CA			Unfinished
Weezer	Haunt You Every Day		November 24, 2003^[2]	Swing House Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Rivers Cuomo	Haunt You Every Day	`11 403 Haunt You Every Day.mp3`	April 23, 2004		4:01	Alone IX: The Make Believe Years
Rivers Cuomo	Get Away	`10 403 Get Away.mp3`	May 18, 2004		3:28	Alone IX: The Make Believe Years
Weezer	Haunt You Every Day		December 19, 2003—February 2005		4:37	Make Believe

External Links

Teenage Victory Songs entry for "Haunt You Every Day"

References

↑ Weezer Recording History - Page 15. Original source archived by Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20091229113823/http://www.weezer.com/info/recording/WeezRecHist15.htm
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[1] Weezer Recording History - Page 15. Original source archived by Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20091229113823/http://www.weezer.com/info/recording/WeezRecHist15.htm

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Rivers Cuomo Patrick Wilson Brian Bell Scott Shriner
	Songs	"Beverly Hills" "Perfect Situation" "This Is Such a Pity" "Hold Me" "Peace" "We Are All on Drugs" "The Damage in Your Heart" "Pardon Me" "My Best Friend" "The Other Way" "Freak Me Out" "Haunt You Every Day"
	Outtakes	"Average Person" "Blowin' My Stack" "The Formula" "Happy on Your Own" "I Don't Want Your Lovin'" "I'm a Robot" "Last Chance" "Losing My Mind" "Love Is the Answer" "My Life Is My Life" "Outta Here" "Private Message" "Save Me" "Show Me Who You Are" "They Are Stupid" "Turn Me Round" "Unbreak My Heart" "Where to Start" "You're the One"
	Related articles	Physical Release Catalog page Make Believe Tour Foozer Tour Alone IX: The Make Believe Years Make Believe sessions Make Believe demos Album 5 demos S.I.R. demos Office demos The Fallen Soldiers Rick Rubin
Weezer albums: The Blue Album (1994) Pinkerton (1996) Songs from the Black Hole The Green Album (2001) Maladroit (2002) Make Believe (2005) The Red Album (2008) Raditude (2009) Hurley (2010) Death to False Metal (2010) Everything Will Be Alright in the End (2014) Ecce Homo The White Album (2016) Pacific Daydream (2017) The Teal Album (2019) The Black Album (2019) OK Human (2021) Van Weezer (2021) SZNZ (2022) Spring Summer Autumn Winter Weezer's twentieth album