Jacked Up

"Jacked Up"
Album track by Weezer
Album	Weezer (The White Album)
Released	April 1, 2016
Recorded	2015
Length	2:53
Label	Crush Music/Atlantic Records
Writer(s)	Rivers Cuomo, Hugh Pescod, Jonny Coffer
Producer(s)	Jake Sinclair
Status	Officially released
Live debut	June 20, 2016
Stream	Spotify
	Apple Music
Weezer (The White Album) track listing
"L.A. Girlz" (8) "Jacked Up" (9) "Endless Bummer" (10)
The White Album (Deluxe) track listing
"I Love the USA" (11) "Jacked Up" (Remix) (12) "Friend of a Friend" (13)
This song is part of the "Jacked Up" lineage of songs "Since You Came Around" (2015) "Jacked Up" (2016)

"Jacked Up" is the ninth track from The White Album.

Overview

"Jacked Up" was co-written by Rivers Cuomo with English songwriters Hugh Pescod and Jonny Coffer. The song was played live on the White Album Tour with Panic! at The Disco. The bridge melody was repurposed from the chorus of a Cuomo demo titled "Since You Came Around", which leaked online in November of 2020 and was later released as part of the digital compilation Alone XII: The White Year.

A remix of the song, featuring Michael "Fitz" Fitzpatrick of Fitz and the Tantrums and Nadya of Pussy Riot, was included as the twelfth track on the deluxe version of The White Album, released on October 7, 2016.

Live performances

Weezer concert: 06/20/2016 Weezer concert: 06/21/2016 Weezer concert: 06/22/2016 Weezer concert: 06/24/2016 Weezer concert: 06/25/2016 Weezer concert: 06/26/2016 Weezer concert: 06/28/2016 Weezer concert: 06/30/2016 Weezer concert: 07/01/2016 Weezer concert: 07/02/2016

Weezer concert: 07/03/2016 Weezer concert: 07/05/2016 Weezer concert: 07/06/2016 Weezer concert: 07/08/2016 Weezer concert: 07/09/2016 Weezer concert: 07/10/2016 Weezer concert: 07/12/2016 Weezer concert: 08/15/2016 Weezer concert: 12/02/2016 Weezer concert: 12/03/2016

Personnel

• Rivers Cuomo – guitar, lead vocals
• Patrick Wilson – percussion
• Brian Bell – guitar, backing vocals
• Scott Shriner - bass guitar, backing vocals
• Jonny Coffer - piano

Remix

• Michael "Fitz" Fitzpatrick - vocals
• Nadya Tolokno - vocals

Lyrics

If I stay the night
Will I fall in love?
If I stroke your hair
It's gonna hurt so much
Stranded in the Kalahari
Will you share your flask?
If I stay the night
Will I fall in love?

I'm all jacked up
Over you
I'll bury diamonds
Just for you
But why, why, why
Do my flowers always die?
Why do they die?
I'm all jacked up
Over you

You see me standing there
Without a shred of clothes
And if you break away
From the vein of gold
Come my beautiful alien
Touch me with your light
But if you stay the night
Will I fall in love?

I'm all jacked up
Over you
I'll bury diamonds
Just for you
But why, why, why
Do my flowers always die?
Why do they die?
I'm all jacked up
Over you

You're the sun that I'm orbiting
I burn in your heat
Supernova and cosmic dust
You spawn galaxies
We'll sleep together, sleep together, sleep forever
We'll sleep together, sleep forever minus one
Say those forbidden words to me
Eagle girl

I'm all jacked up
Over you
I'll bury diamonds
Just for you
But why, why, why do my flowers always die?
Why do they die?
I'm all jacked up
Over you

[RIVERS:]
If I stay the night
Will I fall in love?
If I stroke your hair
It's gonna hurt so much
Stranded in the Kalahari
Will you share your flask?
If I stay the night
Will I fall in love?

You're the sun that I'm orbiting
I burn in your heat
Say those forbidden words to me
Eagle girl

I'm all jacked up
Over you
I'll bury diamonds
Just for you
But why, why, why
Do my flowers always die?
Why do they die?
I'm all jacked up
Over you

[NADYA:]
If I lose my mind, can you lend me yours?
If I have no clothes, can I take yours?
If I go blind can I use your eyes?
I'm all jacked up, let me leave your life.
Don't check or measure me, hear me.
Don't judge or destroy me, feel me.
I'm trash, your treasure, your homie, your enemy,
Yes, I'm an alien, just leave me.

[FITZ:]
Strike a match
Cut the lever
Burn too fast
And the sun will crash
And the sun will crash

If you and I can figure out a way
To cross the wire, short circuit the day
I'll be cracked and hacked and smacked and jerked
But I don't want these things for me

Known recordings

about this table

Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
For previous demos, see "Since You Came Around."
Rivers Cuomo	Jacked Up	jacked up   6 since you came bridge.mp3	2015
Rivers Cuomo	Jacked Up	jacked up   7 blow out bridge.mp3	2015
Rivers Cuomo	Jacked Up	jacked up 8 bridge lyrics.mp3	2015
Rivers Cuomo(?)	Jacked Up	Jacked Up Thurs (Bridge Space).m4a	2015
Weezer	Jacked Up		Summer/Fall 2015	Infrasonic Sound, Los Angeles, CA The Lair, Los Angeles, CA Studio X, Sonoma, CA United Recording, Los Angeles, CA The Village, Los Angeles, CA	2:53	Weezer (The White Album)
Weezer	Jacked Up		Summer/Fall 2015	Infrasonic Sound, Los Angeles, CA The Lair, Los Angeles, CA Studio X, Sonoma, CA United Recording, Los Angeles, CA The Village, Los Angeles, CA	2:56	Leaked online	Instrumental version of final mix. Leaked online in 2024.
Weezer, Michael "Fitz" Fitzpatrick, Nadya Tolokonnikova	Jacked Up		2015—2016	Infrasonic Sound, Los Angeles, CA The Lair, Los Angeles, CA Studio X, Sonoma, CA United Recording, Los Angeles, CA The Village, Los Angeles, CA	2:56	Weezer (The White Album) (Deluxe Edition)	Remix

See also

• List of Weezer songs
• List of Rivers Cuomo songs