The Last Days of Summer

"The Last Days of Summer"
Single by Weezer
Released	December 22, 2016
Format	Vinyl
Recorded	2015-2016 at Infrasonic Sound, The Lair, Studio X, United Recording, and The Village
Length	2:35
Songwriter(s)	Rivers Cuomo, Ryan Spraker, Tom Peyton, Toby Wincorn
Producer(s)	Jake Sinclair
Status	Released
Weezer singles chronology
"Fake Smiles and Nervous Laughter" (2016) "The Last Days of Summer" (2016) "Feels Like Summer" (2017)
Track listing
2 tracks Side-A "The Last Days of Summer" Side-B "Prom Night"
This song is part of the "The Last Days of Summer" lineage of songs "There's Good News and Bad News" (2015) "The Last Days of Summer" (2016)

"The Last Days of Summer" is a single by Weezer, released exclusively as a 7"-vinyl for members of the Weezer Fan Club in 2016.

Overview

"The Last Days of Summer" was recorded during the sessions for Weezer's eponymous 2016 album (The White Album). It is the second Weezer Fan Club-exclusive 7"-vinyl single, following the 2015 release "Everybody Needs Salvation." It is, to date, the only Fan Club single to feature a B-side. The B-side, "Prom Night," previously appeared on the Japanese release of The White Album.

The lyric "Defeated by our own technology" appears to have originated as early as 2010. Elements of the song also appeared in the Rivers Cuomo demo "There's Good News and Bad News," also from 2015.

Longtime Weezer photographer Sean Murphy is erroneously credited as "Shawn Murphy" on the single’s sleeve.

Personnel

• Rivers Cuomo — guitar, lead vocals
• Patrick Wilson — percussion
• Brian Bell — guitar, backing vocals
• Scott Shriner — bass guitar, backing vocals
• Jake Sinclair — producer, engineer
• Wesley Seidman — assistant engineer
• Claudius Mittendorfer — mixing
• Pete Lyman — mastering
• Sean Murphy — photography
• Karl Koch — art direction

Lyrics

It's fun to go sans air-conditioning
We feel the weather change
We spray each others face, we chase
Defeated by our own technology
We don't need birth control
Our kids would wear headphones anyway

The last days of summer
The last days of summer
Hear the rumbling thunder
It's the last days of summer

And we'll wrestle with a stranger by the fire
Sip some cocoa, keep your spirits high
And we'll meet again
I know we'll meet again

We're changing like New England countryside
Our trees have intertwined
You're my black labrador once more
We manage to pull out Excalibur
I'll be your sorcerer
You keep me up all night, alright

The last days of summer
The last days of summer
Hear the rumbling thunder
It's the last days of summer

And we'll wrestle with a stranger by the fire
Sip some cocoa, keep your spirits high
And we'll meet again
I know we'll meet again

The last days of summer
The last days of summer
Pack up the Highlander
The last days of summer

Known recordings

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo	Fucked Up	Fucked Up   2 The Last Days Of Summer @112.mp3	?
Rivers Cuomo		Untitled1 13.mp3	2015		1:09	Alone XII: The White Year
Rivers Cuomo		Untitled3 7.mp3	2015		0:26	Alone XII: The White Year	Voice note: "[Cuddle] with a stranger by the fire"
Rivers Cuomo		Untitled3 9.mp3	2015		0:51	Alone XII: The White Year	Partial chorus from "California Time"
Rivers Cuomo		Untitled5 4.mp3	2015		0:17	Alone XII: The White Year	Voice note: "[Cuddle] with a stranger by the fire"
Rivers Cuomo		Untitled6 5.mp3	2015		0:32	Alone XII: The White Year	Chorus from "Happy Hour"
Rivers Cuomo	The Last Days of Summer	Last Days Of Summer   3 verses.mp3	2015
Rivers Cuomo	The Last Days of Summer	Last Days Of Summer   7 hot pepper.mp3	2015
Rivers Cuomo	The Last Days of Summer	Last Days Of Summer   8 the bells.mp3	2015
Rivers Cuomo	The Last Days of Summer	Last Days Of Summer  9 good news.mp3	2015
Rivers Cuomo	The Last Days of Summer	Last Days Of Summer  11 new kids.mp3	2015
Rivers Cuomo	The Last Days of Summer	Last Days Of Summer  12 new kids bells.mp3	2015
Rivers Cuomo	The Last Days of Summer	Last Days Of Summer  18 doot-doo four chords.mp3	2015
Rivers Cuomo	The Last Days of Summer	Last Days Of Summer  23 unbelievable.mp3	2015
Rivers Cuomo	The Last Days of Summer	Last Days of Summer   24   rocket ship.mp3	2015
Rivers Cuomo	The Last Days of Summer	Last Days of Summer   28   guitar solo.mp3	2015
Weezer	The Last Days of Summer		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	2:35	"The Last Days of Summer"	7"-vinyl single

See also

• List of Weezer songs
• List of Rivers Cuomo songs