Prom Night

"Prom Night" (formerly titled "80's Prom Night") is a bonus track on the Japanese releases of The White Album and a B-side to the fan-club single "The Last Days of Summer".
===Appearances===
*Weezer (The White Album) (Japan) (2016)
*Weezer (The White Album) (Deluxe edition; Japan) (2016)
*"The Last Days of Summer" (Weezer Fan Club single; 2016)
*Alone XII: The White Year (2020)
==Overview==
According to Rivers Cuomo in a post in the Weezer Fan Club Facebook group, the song was originally written in 2012 following the first Weezer Cruise (specifically inspired by the Cruise's "80's Prom Night" partyCuomo, Rivers. Riverpedia. Riverpedia archive - 09/02/2020. Page archived by Wayback Machine. https://web.archive.org/web/20210731224113/https://books-r-fun.herokuapp.com/wiki/Carnival%20Destiny), the verse chords and melody were lifted from a 2004 demo called "You and Me Together", and the verse and bridge lyrics were written in 2015. The song's lyrics appear to match a poem titled "Weird And Cool" from Cuomo's now-defunct Tumblr page.
Despite using the melody for "Prom Night," Cuomo accidentally reused the demo "You and Me Together" for the Weezer song "Iambic Pentameter" from the band's 2022 EP, SZNZ: Winter. "I have this folder of ideas..." Cuomo told Uproxx in a 2023 interview, "...and it has 1500 MP3s in there. And usually once I use an idea, I take the idea out of the folder so I won’t reuse it. Now, in this case, years ago I used it in a song called 'Prom Night,' and then I forgot to take the idea out."Droke, Carolyn. "On ‘SZNZ,’ Weezer Thrives By Looking Ahead" Uproxx. 7 February 2023 https://uproxx.com/indie/weezer-interview-rivers-cuomo-sznz-winter/
"Prom Night" was first released as a bonus eleventh track on the Japanese version of The White Album. Later, it appeared as the B-side for the Weezer Fan Club-exclusive single "The Last Days of Summer". Demos of "80's Prom Night" were included in the digital compilation Alone XII: The White Year, released in 2020.
==Lyrics==
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|-|Prom Night=
Almost saw her heartbeat
Under the necklaces
Caked-on concealer
Sorry 'bout the zit
She's a fan of 5SOS
But only cause they're so hot
Sippin' drinks at Starbucks
Didn't know what else to say
Except "Hey, little girl,
Would you rock my world?"
'Cause I love who you are
You look like a lucky star
With that makeup on
Just like a young Madonna
Hey, I'm in love again
Do you remember prom night?
Your brother loves his country
Dad loves "Ballroom Blitz"
Mommy closed your Instagram
It was inappropriate
Maybe I'll go with you
Driving up Mulholland
On a teenage quest for a future husband
I said "Hey, little girl,
Would you rock my world?"
'Cause I love who you are
You look like a lucky star
With that makeup on
Just like a young Madonna
Hey, I'm in love again
Do you remember prom night?
Gun me around in your sweet Chevelle
We don't need any safety belts
Blast the Scorpions
Get weird and cool
They're gonna play the Forum soon
Do you want to go?
But somehow we got separated
And I went back home all alone
I said "Hey, little girl,
Would you rock my world?"
'Cause I love who you are
You look like a lucky star
With that makeup on
Just like a young Madonna
Hey, I'm in love again
Do you remember prom night?
Remember prom night?
Remember prom night?
Mosh
|-|80's Prom Night (ver. 5)=
Another lonely night
Just like any other night
I didn't know what I should do
Till my friends were going out
To a super secret show
So I asked if I could go along too
And I dug down deep for a skinny tie
And I put one stud in my ear
And said "Hey, little girl,
Would you rock my world?”
'Cause I love who you are
You look like a lucky star
With that makeup on
Just like a young Madonna
Hey, I'm in love again
At 80s prom night
She told me she was looking for the captain of the ship
I told her I could man the wheel
'Cause navigating really is a touchy feely thing
And Italians understand the feel
So I stepped right into her Danger Zone
And I pulled her close on the floor
And said "Hey, little girl,
Would you rock my world?”
'Cause I love who you are
You look like a lucky star
With that makeup on
Just like a young Madonna
Hey, I'm in love again
At 80s prom night
Let me tell you what we did
We were dancing like 80s kids
With our sunglasses on at night
The lights came on, 
She said "C'mon,
Let's do it all again"
So I stepped right into her Danger Zone
And I pulled her close on the floor
And said "Hey, little girl,
Would you rock my world?”
'Cause I love who you are
You look like a lucky star
With that makeup on
Just like a young Madonna
Hey, I'm in love again
At 80s prom night
At 80s prom night
At 80s prom night
Skip, mosh
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==Known recordings==
==See also==
*List of Weezer songs
*List of Rivers Cuomo songs
==References==
Category:Rivers Cuomo songsCategory: Weezer songsCategory:Bonus tracks
Category:Songs on Weezer (The White Album)Category:Songs on Alone XII: The White Year
Category:Weezer songs produced by Jake Sinclair
Category:B-sides