Thank You and Good Night

"Thank You and Good Night"
Album track by Weezer
Album	SZNZ: Summer
Released	June 21, 2022
Recorded	2022
Length	4:05
Label	Crush Music/Atlantic Records
Writer(s)	Rivers Cuomo
Producer(s)	Daniel Omelio, Suzy Shinn
Status	Officially released
Stream	Spotify
SZNZ: Summer track listing
"Cuomoville" (6) "Thank You and Good Night (7) "Portia" (8) (Vinyl-only)
This song is part of the "Thank You and Good Night" lineage of songs "Never Forget" (1988) "Thank You and Good Night" (2022)

"Thank You and Good Night" (formerly titled "Monday Night Football," sometimes rendered as "Thank You and Goodnight") is the seventh and final track from Weezer's 2022 EP, SZNZ: Summer.

Appearances

• SZNZ: Summer (2022)

Overview

"Monday Night Football" was first alluded to by Rivers Cuomo in a Riverpedia entry for SZNZ as being a song about the pilot of the Goodyear Blimp. At this time, however, it had yet to be placed in any of the seasons. The page song was later confirmed to be the last song on SZNZ: Summer. Cuomo attempted to persuade his management to allow Weezer to perform the song at the NFL draft performance, but Crush rejected the idea for being too on-the-nose. Cuomo first mentioned the song under the title "Thank You and Good Night" as an acronym on his Discord server on June 6, 2022, after being asked what his favorite song from SZNZ: Summer was. On June 11, Cuomo shared a voice note clip of the song to fans, revealing the title to be "Thank You and Good Night".

The intro to "Thank You and Good Night" is repurposed from a song Rivers Cuomo first wrote as a teenager in 1988, "Never Forget," for his band Avant Garde. The bridge melody to "Thank You and Good Night" also resembles that of a previous Weezer song, "Beginning of the End" (itself lifted the chorus of the solo Cuomo demo "Volunteers"). It is unknown if this similarity was an accident (ala the reuse of "You and Me Together" for "Iambic Pentameter" on SZNZ: Winter) or a deliberate allusion.

Two demos of "Monday Night Football" were leaked online in December of 2022.

Known recordings

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo	Monday Night Football	Monday Night Football tweaks 2021-06-18 14.50.mp3	June 18, 2021		2:55	Leaked online
Rivers Cuomo	Monday Night Football	Monday Night Football code 2 2021-07-02 15.15.mp3	July 2, 2021		1:10	Leaked online
Weezer	Thank You and Good Night		2022	4th Street Recording, Santa Monica, CA	4:05	SZNZ: Summer

Lyrics

"Thank You and Good Night" In the first game of my rookie season I was way out of my league Mollycoddled in a coliseum Falling apart at the seams Everybody laughed at me Like I was a chimpanzee Shouting at the sky I swore I'd learn to fly Now look at me Thank you and good night I'll be seeing you when I'll be seeing you Sorry I never did get the memo My drummer is playing off-beat Marching off in a unique direction While you're all stuck on repeat They say to each his own, that's true Some will cheer for red and some blue While I'm up in the sky waving my goodbye Toodle-oo, toodle-oo Thank you and good night I'll be seeing you when I'll be seeing you Thank you and good night I'll be seeing you when I'll be seeing you Ain't no kid on crutches, ain't no kid on crutches Let's see where the love is when I'm buzzing Thank you and good night I'll be seeing you when I'll be seeing you Strap in, put a headset on Inject the helium My joystick in my hand We yaw from side to side Toggle to give it thrust Keep focused on the task Up, up, and up we go We're gaining forward speed Thank you and good night I'll be seeing you when I'll be seeing you Thank you and good night I'll be seeing you when I'll be seeing you Ain't no kid on crutches, ain't no kid on crutches Let's see where the love is when I'm buzzing From this vantage I can see Everybody looking up at me And I know how it will be It will be, it will be I gotta keep flying, flying From this vantage I can see Everybody looking up at me And I know how it will be It will be, it will be I gotta keep flying, flying I gotta keep flying, flying Thank you Thank you and good night Good night I'll be seeing you I'll be seeing you

"Monday Night Football" In the first game of my rookie season I was way out of my league Mollycoddled in the coliseum Running to hide-and-go-seek Everybody laughed and jeered It was hard for me to hear I looked to the sky I swear I learned to fly And now I'm on Monday Night Football In the blimp I'm looking down upon you all Sorry I never did get the memo My drummer is playing off-beat Marching off in a unique direction Why're y'all still on the teat? They say to each their own; that's true Some will cheer for red, and some blue While I'm up in the sky with the butterflies Where are you, where are you? Monday Night Football In the blimp I'm looking down upon you all Monday Night Football From this height I answer to a higher calling Ain't no kid on crutches, ain't no kid on crutches Let's see where the love is when I'm up in Monday Night Football In the blimp I'm looking down upon you all Strap in, put a headset on Going to change the thrust This joystick in my hand We yaw from side to side Keep focused on the task Inject the helium Up, up, and up we go We're gaining forward speed On Monday Night Football In the blimp I'm looking down upon you all Monday Night Football From this height I answer to a higher call Ain't no kid on crutches, ain't no kid on crutches Let's see where the love is when I'm up in Monday Night Football In the blimp I'm looking down upon you all

See also

• SZNZ
• List of Weezer songs
• List of Rivers Cuomo songs