We Are All on Drugs

"We Are All on Drugs" is the sixth track and second single from Make Believe.
===Appearances===
*Make Believe (2005)
*We Are All on Drugs (UK retail CD/vinyl singles, 2005)
==Overview==
:::—Band commentaryWeezer Recording History - Page 15. Original source archived by Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20091229113823/http://www.weezer.com/info/recording/WeezRecHist15.htm
"We Are All on Drugs" is first known to have been demoed acoustically and recorded directly onto Rivers Cuomo's laptop at Weezer's rented office space on June 23, 2003. The song continued to be demoed throughout 2003 and was alternately on Cuomo's "A-List" during pre-production on Make Believe.
In a May 9, 2005 interview with Y100, Weezer lead singer Rivers Cuomo talked about the song: "Don't take it literally...I'm singing more about the fact [of] how addicted we all are to stimulating ourselves, and over-stimulating ourselves with music, or whatever it is in our lives. [It's] not necessarily about drugs."
Initial pressings of Make Believe contained an incorrect mix of "We Are All on Drugs", featuring different lyrics during the bridge ("I want to confiscate your drugs / I don't think I can get enough"). Upon discovering the mistake, the band had the correct version included on later pressings of the album, and released it as the album's second single. There is also a censored version called "We Are All In Love", mainly used for airings of the video on stations that objected to the drug reference. Pat Wilson came up with the censored title and originally wanted to call it "We Are All on Hugs".Kandell, Steve. "Dear Superstar: Rivers Cuomo" Blender. January/February 2006. Article archived on Weezerpedia
When the song was serviced to radio, the band was not free to immediately film a video. In order to get a quick video made to promote the song, a hastily-edited video was constructed using footage from a 1985 video for the song "Fear No Evil" by heavy metal band Grim Reaper.Karl's Corner - 07/08/2005 Eventually, a proper video directed by Justin Francis was filmed and distributed.
The song was covered by the Los Angeles pop metal/rock band Baba Yaga (formerly Skinmask) and released as the band's debut single on July 2, 2020. Weezer members Scott Shriner and Brian Bell made guest appearences in the video.BabaYagaMetal "BABA YAGA "We are all on drugs"" YouTube. 2 July 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98_cCDGqK7M
===Reception===
"We Are All on Drugs" received moderate commercial success, peaking at #10 on the US Modern Rock radio charts and number 35 on the main US charts. Reception from critics was more mixed. Ryan Schreiber of Pitchfork included "We Are All on Drugs" on his list of "The 15 Worst Releases of 2005",Schreiber, Ryan. "2005 Comments & Lists: The 15 Worst Releases of 2005" Pitchfork. 14 December 2005. https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/6219-2005-comments-lists-the-15-worst-releases-of-2005/ adding only the word "OBVIOUSLY!!!" as an explanation.
==Personnel==
*Rivers Cuomo – lead guitar, lead vocals
*Patrick Wilson – percussion
*Brian Bell – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*Scott Shriner – bass guitar, backing vocals
*Rick Rubin - producer
*Rich Costey - mixing
==Music video==
The music video was directed by Justin Francis.
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==Lyrics==
When you're out with your friends
In your new Mercedes-Benz
And you're on drugs
And you show up late for school
'Cause you think you're really cool
When you're on drugs
And you put on your headphones
And you step into the zone
When you're on drugs
But the world don't care 
If you are or are not there
'Cause you're on drugs
Give it to me
We are all on drugs, yeah
Never getting enough (never get enough)
We are all on drugs, yeah
Give me some of that stuff
And you twitch in your seat
'Cause you wanna hit the street
When you're on drugs
And you cause such a fuss
'Cause there's no one you can trust
When you're on drugs
And the best of your days
Will all vanish in the haze
When you're on drugs
And you wish you could quit
'Cause you're really sick of it
But you're on drugs
Give it to me
We are all on drugs, yeah
Never getting enough (never get enough)
We are all on drugs, yeah
Give me some of that stuff
I want to reach a higher plane
Where things will never be the same, uh
Give it to me
We are all on drugs, yeah
Never getting enough (never get enough)
We are all on drugs, yeah
Give me some of that stuff
We are all on drugs
We are all on drugs
We are all on drugs
We are all on drugs
===Alternate bridge===
I want to confiscate your drugs
I don't think I can get enough
==Known recordings==
==See also==
*List of Weezer songs
*List of Rivers Cuomo songs
==References==
Category:Weezer songs
Category:Rivers Cuomo songs
Category:Weezer singles
Category:Allmusic track picks
Category:Featured song
Category:Catalog o' Riffs
Category:Songs on Make Believe
Category:Self-produced Weezer songs
Category:Weezer songs produced by Rick Rubin
Category:Weezer songs produced by Chad Bamford
Category:2005 releases