I Swear It's True

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"I Swear It's True"
I Swear It's True cover
Album track by Weezer
Album Weezer (Deluxe Edition) (Disc 2)
Label Geffen
Writer(s) Cuomo
RC# 169
COR# N/A
Producer(s) Ric Ocasek
Status Officially released, demo circulating
Rivers Cuomo song chronology
"In the Garage"
(RC# 168)		 "I Swear It's True"
(RC# 169)		 "Getting Up and Leaving"
(RC# 170)
Weezer (Deluxe Edition) (Disc 2) track listing
14 tracks
Disc 2
  1. "Mykel and Carli"
  2. "Susanne"
  3. "My Evaline"
  4. "Jamie"
  5. "My Name Is Jonas" (Live)
  6. "Surf Wax America" (Live)
  7. "Jamie" (Live Acoustic)
  8. "No One Else" (Live Acoustic)
  9. "Undone - The Sweater Song" (Kitchen Tape Demo)
  10. "Paperface" (Kitchen Tape Demo)
  11. "Only in Dreams" (Kitchen Tape Demo)
  12. "Lullaby for Wayne" (Pre-Production Tape)
  13. "I Swear It's True" (Pre-Production Tape)
  14. "Say It Ain't So" (Original Album Mix)
Pinkerton (Deluxe Edition) track listing
36 tracks
Disc 1
  1. "Tired of Sex"
  2. "Getchoo"
  3. "No Other One"
  4. "Why Bother?"
  5. "Across the Sea"
  6. "The Good Life"
  7. "El Scorcho"
  8. "Pink Triangle"
  9. "Falling for You"
  10. "Butterfly"
  11. "You Gave Your Love to Me Softly"
  12. "Devotion"
  13. "The Good Life" (Radio Remix)
  14. "Waiting on You"
  15. "I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams"
  16. "The Good Life" (Live Acoustic)
  17. "Pink Triangle" (Radio Remix)
  18. "I Swear It's True"
  19. "Pink Triangle" (Live Acoustic)
  20. "Interview - 107.7 The End - Blue VS Pinkerton"
Disc 2
  1. "You Won't Get with Me Tonight"
  2. "The Good Life" (Live Acoustic)
  3. "El Scorcho" (Live Acoustic)
  4. "Pink Triangle" (Live Acoustic)
  5. "Why Bother?" (Live)
  6. "El Scorcho" (Live)
  7. "Pink Triangle" (Live)
  8. "The Good Life" (Live Acoustic)
  9. "El Scorcho" (Live Acoustic)
  10. "Across the Sea" (Piano Noodles)
  11. "Butterfly" (Alternate Take)
  12. "Long Time Sunshine"
  13. "Getting Up and Leaving"
  14. "Tired of Sex" (Tracking Rough)
  15. "Getchoo" (Tracking Rough)
  16. "Tragic Girl"

"I Swear It's True" is a song by Weezer.

Appearances

Overview

"I Swear It's True" was written and demoed by Rivers Cuomo in August of 1993.[1] Cuomo distributed this demo to fans online in the early 2000s. The song was demoed by Weezer on August 11 with Ric Ocasek during pre-production on The Blue Album, but was subsequently cut from consideration for the album. This demo appears as the thirteenth track on Dusty Gems & Raw Nuggets, the second disc on the deluxe edition of The Blue Album. Subsequently after being cut, the song was placed in contention for Weezer's (at the time) unnamed sophomore album, and was played sparingly in 1994 to tease new material, along with Tired of Sex and Getchoo.[2]

When Pinkerton sessions began, "I Swear It's True" was reconsidered for the album. Ultimately, the song failed to make the cut. In 1997, the song, along with the song "Getting Up and Leaving," was recorded as a B-side to a planned "Pink Triangle" retail CD single. These recordings, along with a new remix of "Pink Triangle," received new basslines by Scott Riebling, who filled in for Matt Sharp, who was unable to attend due to working on the Rentals' sophomore album. Ultimately, however, the band's label decided not to service a "Pink Triangle" single. The tracks were eventually released on November 2, 2010 as part of the deluxe edition of Pinkerton.

A rough mix of the song from the Pinkerton sessions was leaked online April 11, 2011. The existence of the recording became known months earlier when Weezer drummer Pat Wilson alluded to it (alongside a recording of "You Won't Get With Me Tonight") on the All Things Weezer forums, describing them as "crushing versions", a term since adopted by fans.

Personnel

Audio

Lyrics

It's been two and a half years now
That we've been apart
I've been kinda spaced out lately
Can't seem to get you out
Of my mind

I really miss you girl
I really do
You think I'm crazy but
I swear it's true

You'd think I'd have given up
Found somebody new
But no girl's got what you got
I belong to you

I really miss you girl
I really do
You think I'm crazy but
I swear it's true

Oh-oh-oh

I really miss you girl
I really do
You think I'm crazy but
I swear it's true

Known recordings

Performer(s) Title Filename Date of recording Recording location Length Appeared on Notes
Rivers Cuomo I Swear It's True
  • RC-1993-I_Swear_Its_True.mp3
  • 11 I Swear It's True.MP3
 August 1993[1] 2:47 Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years 8-track demo. Originally released by Rivers Cuomo in early 2000s.
Weezer I Swear It's True August 11, 1993[1] S.I.R. Studios, New York City, NY 3:50 Dusty Gems & Raw Nuggets Blue Album pre-production demo. Engineered by Chris Shaw.
Weezer I Swear It's True Summer 1996[3] Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, CA 3:50 Rough mix. Leaked by Pat Wilson.
Weezer I Swear It's True April 1997[3][4] Fort Apache Studios, Boston, MA 3:19 Pinkerton (Deluxe Edition) "Pink Triangle" single sessions. Scott Riebling on bass.
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See Also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Weezer Recording History - Page 4
  2. ↑ "Missing Songs? alt.music.weezer thread. (August 13, 1999). Retrieved from https://groups.google.com/g/alt.music.weezer/c/n_kx7MrivnI/m/gm2KLl96OMUJ.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Weezer Recording History - Page 9
  4. ↑ Cuomo, Rivers. The Catalog O' Riffs. http://weezerpedia.com/catalogofriffs.html
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