Miss Sweeney
"Miss Sweeney" | ||||||||||||||
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Album track by Weezer | ||||||||||||||
Album | Weezer (The Red Album) (Deluxe Edition) | |||||||||||||
Released | June 11, 2008 | |||||||||||||
Recorded | Spring 2007 | |||||||||||||
Length | 4:02 | |||||||||||||
Label | Geffen | |||||||||||||
Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo, Sarah C. Kim | |||||||||||||
Producer(s) | Rick Rubin | |||||||||||||
Status | Officially released | |||||||||||||
Live debut | February 14, 2014 on the Weezer Cruise | |||||||||||||
Last played | February 16, 2014 on the Weezer Cruise | |||||||||||||
Stream | Spotify | |||||||||||||
Apple Music | ||||||||||||||
Weezer (The Red Album) (Deluxe Edition) track listing | ||||||||||||||
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"Miss Sweeney" (formerly "Until You Love Me") is the eleventh track on deluxe versions of The Red Album.
Contents
Appearances
- Weezer (The Red Album) (Deluxe) (2008)
- Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years (2020)
Overview
"Miss Sweeney," initially demoed by Rivers Cuomo under the title "Until You Love Me," was later recorded in 2007 for Deliverance at Hand!, a CD-R compilation of demos in consideration for Weezer's planned sixth album that Cuomo assembled for the other members of Weezer. Cuomo co-wrote the song with his assistant, Sarah C. Kim. In the liner notes for the deluxe edition of "The Red Album," Brian Bell stated that "Miss Sweeney" was a song that he championed, and that it was almost not recorded at all. Weezer performed "Miss Sweeney" during their sessions for AOL in 2008. The song was performed acoustically, with Bell and Patrick Wilson playing guitar, Scott Shriner playing an acoustic bass, Cuomo singing from behind a desk, and a dancer performing as "Miss Sweeney."
"Miss Sweeney" has, to date, been performed live only three times, all on the second Weezer Cruise.
Liner notes
Brian: I'm really happy about the inclusion of "Miss Sweeney" to the deluxe edition of The Red Album. This song has always been a favorite of mine since Rivers first sent me the acoustic demo of his songs for album six. I fought and fought for this song to make The Red Album but in the end was voted out. And here it is in all it's unique glory. I got the idea for the guitar sound from a suggestion that Scott Shriner made. He said he thought sitar could work on Sweeney and I agreed. I even had our engineer Andrew Scheps schlep his to the studio one day. It only took me a few seconds to realize that I couldn't play this thing with any conviction. So I was on a quest to find an effect with sitar like qualities. My engineer Eric J heard about this pedal the Mooger Fooger that just came out. This pedal allows one note to drone while playing others against it. A little knob tweaking here and there and a exotic almost Indian like sound transpires making the rain clouds disappear.
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Known recordings
Performer(s) | Title | Filename | Date of recording | Recording location | Length | Appeared on | Notes |
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Rivers Cuomo | Until You Love Me | Until You Love Me (Miss Sweeney).mp3 | ? | 4:20 | Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Miss Sweeney | 08 Miss Sweeney 2.mp3 | 2007 | 4:00 | Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years | ||
Weezer | Miss Sweeney | 2007 | Shangri La Studios, Malibu, CA | 4:02 | Weezer (The Red Album) (Deluxe) |
Live performances
Personnel
- Rivers Cuomo – lead guitar, lead vocals
- Patrick Wilson – percussion
- Brian Bell – rhythm guitar
- Scott Shriner - bass guitar
- Rick Rubin - producer
Audio
Album version=
AOL Sessions
Lyrics
Deliverance at Hand! lyric sheet.
Miss SweeneyHi, hello, Miss Sweeney? |
Until You Love MeTesting me, calling me |