Do You Wanna Get High?

"Do You Wanna Get High?" is a single released by Weezer on November 3, 2015. It is the fifth track from The White Album, although the album was still unannounced upon the song's release.
===Appearances===
*Weezer (The White Album) (2016)
==Overview==
===Origins===
It was initially thought by some fans that the song may have originated in 2001. A song or idea is listed in the Catalog of Riffs from October 4 of 2001 as "D'ya Wanna Get High?" with a COR# of 351. Additionally, on genius.com annotation of the song, he noted that the song was "about me and my darling girlfriend in 2000/2001". Cuomo also noted that the same girlfriend was the subject of the songs "O Girlfriend" and "O Girl," noting that the former song contains a similar lyrical theme in one section ("Taking pills and mellowing out"). Additional annotations explain the inspiration of other lines within the song. The lyrics to the backing vocals near the end of the song were not listed in the annotations. In January of 2016, producer Jake Sinclair discussed the song's history on the AllThingsWeezer forums (under the username "wannabeezer"):
Cuomo made the following comment on the song's origins in the Weezer Fan Club Facebook group: "DYWGH verse/chorus is from 2014. Bridge is from 2015. (chords taken from a j-rock song called shangri-la i heard while on a japan tour with Scott & Rivers)." The song is question is "Shangri-La" by Japanese rock band .
The song's title was previously used for a demo co-written with Daniel Brummel and Ryen Slegr and later renamed "Medicine."
===Release===
"Do You Wanna Get High?" was released digitally a week after the previous single, "Thank God for Girls." In contrast to the latter song, which was seen as a departure from the style the band is known for, "Do You Wanna Get High?" was noted by fans as having something closer to the "classic Weezer sound." It debuted on November 2, 2015 on Beats 1 Radio during a band interview with Zane Lowe.
The song's chorus contains a reference to composer and songwriter Burt Bacharach.
The artwork used for the digital single is "Two Faces"Pierre Schmidt "Two faces" drømsjel. https://dromsjel.com/two-faces. by German psychedelic artist Pierre Schmidt (also known as "drømsjel").Daniella "Psychedelic Collages and Illustrations by Dromsjel" Fubiz Media. August 15 2015. http://www.fubiz.net/en/2015/08/15/psychedelic-collages-and-illustrations-by-dromsjel/.
===Reception===
Weezer Songblog Teenage Victory Songs marked this song with the distinction of "The Grand Playlist," a collection that recognizes Weezer's just-below-best material.
==Music video==
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==Personnel==
*Rivers Cuomo – lead guitar, lead vocals
*Patrick Wilson – percussion
*Brian Bell – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*Scott Shriner - bass guitar, backing vocals
==Lyrics==
Crush up the blue
And inhale through your nose
Scrape every quark
From the wood in the floor
She said "Do you wanna get high?"
Don’t eat no dinner tonight
I took a road trip to Mexico
And scored a hundred count
Do you wanna get high?
It’s like we’re falling in love
We can listen to Bacharach
And stop at any point
Now our bones start to ache
As we cramp on the pot
And we fall to the floor
With our face in a knot
She said "Do you wanna get high?"
Don’t eat no dinner tonight
I took a road trip to Mexico
And scored a hundred count
Do you wanna get high?
It’s like we’re falling in love
We can listen to Bacharach
And stop at any point
Keep on doing what you do
‘Cuz I’ll never get tired of you
Don’t need booze
‘Cuz I’ll never get tired of you
Stop the tape, kill the lights, close the drapes
And keep doing what you do
‘Cuz I’ll never get tired of you
She said "Do you wanna get high?"
Don’t eat no dinner tonight
I took a road trip to Mexico
And scored a hundred count
Do you wanna get high?
It’s like we’re falling in love
We can listen to Bacharach
And stop at any point
(Sleeping with Mother Teresa)
(Drifting in a lone fantasia)
(Brahmin you recite the Veda)
(Beautiful as euthanasia)
==External links==
* Weezer – Do You Wanna Get High? Lyrics | Genius
==Known recordings==
==See also==
*List of Weezer songs
*List of Rivers Cuomo songs
==References==
Category: Weezer songsCategory:Rivers Cuomo songs
Category: Weezer singles
Category:Songs on Weezer (The White Album)
Category:Weezer songs produced by Jake Sinclair
Category:Teenage Victory Songs The Grand Playlist
Category:2015 releases