I Need Some of That

"I Need Some of That" is the fourth track and third single from Van Weezer. It was released on April 21, 2021. Prior to its release as a Weezer song, it appeared under the title "風吹けば" (Kaze fukeba, "When the Wind Blows"), as the fifth track on the 2017 album ニマイメ (Nimaime) by Scott & Rivers.
==Overview==
The song was originally co-written by Rivers Cuomo with Josh Alexander and Billy Steinberg prior to the release of Weezer's 2010 album HurleyCuomo, Rivers. "Van Weezer". Mister Rivers' Neighborhood. https://www.riverscuomo.com/wiki/Van%20Weezer Retrieved from Internet Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20210302221241/https://riverscuomo.com/wiki/Van%20Weezer"Riverpedia archive - 10/19/2020" Weezerpedia 19 October 2020. https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Riverpedia_archive_-_10/19/2020 and demoed in English as "I Need Some of That". The song was seen written in notebook in a video posted to Cuomo's Instagram Cuomo, Rivers. (rivers_cuomo) "Weezer is super excited to announce that Ric Ocasek is producing our new record #weezerwednesday" Instagram, 26 March 2014. https://www.instagram.com/p/mA_0v2iJat/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet during the making of Everything Will Be Alright in the End, but did not appear on the final album. Fans who heard this early iteration of the song during listening parties at the time corroborated that Ric Ocasek provided vocals on the track.Screenshot of post by the nest. AllThingsWeezer 25 October 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2021. http://www.allthingsweezer.com/index.php?threads/new-huge-ewbaite-demo-list-with-details-on-each-song.52867/page-7#post-1768758 A clip of Ocasek singing a verse of the song ("I'm going to take my bicycle pump...") was recorded during EWBAITE sessions in 2014. Cuomo stated in an interview, "It was going to be on Van Weezer but, sadly, at the last minute, we couldn’t get clearance from his record company."Wilson, Rob. "Interview: Rivers Cuomo on the future of Weezer" Gigwise. 6 May 2021. https://www.gigwise.com/features/3398730/interview--rivers-cuomo-on-the-future-of-weezer Despite this, the song appears as an unlisted track on some vinyl pressings of Van Weezer, along with the song "I've Thrown It All Away."
The song was later rewritten in Japanese, with additional songwriting assistance from Scott Murphy, and released under the title "風吹けば" on Scott & Rivers' second album, ニマイメ (Nimaime) in 2017.
On April 30, 2020 the June 2020 issue of the magazine Guitar Player appeared online and confirmed "I Need Some of That" as a Van Weezer track:Similar hard-rock references abound throughout Van Weezer, including the note-for-note cribbing of Randy Rhoads' iconic riff from Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train" in "Blue Dream," the fist-pumping solo that highlights "She Needs Me" and the bombastic drum salvo that opens "I Need Some of That." which is itself a note-perfect re-creation of the beat that kicks off Quiet Riot's 1983 hesher anthem "Metal Health (Bang Your Head)."
Rivers Cuomo previously confirmed in a 2001 interview that seeing friends of his performing "Metal Health" by Quiet Riot during his 8th-grade graduation party inspired him to learn to play guitar "Weezer." Reverb, season 4, episode 14, 14 November 2001. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDHyXqiKw8M&t=368.
The version of the song on Van Weezer features additional writing credits for Tim Pagnotta (who also co-wrote "The End of the Game"), Geoff Downes (of the Buggles, Yes, and Asia), and Buck Dharma of Blue Öyster Cult.
The Van Weezer recording of the song also includes additional vocals from Ric Ocasek, Charlie Brand, and producer Suzy Shinn. The last 30 seconds is a conversation between Karl Koch, Ric Ocasek, and Rivers from the recording sessions for the Blue Album.Weezer – Video Capture Device: Treasures from the Vault 1991–2002. Dir. Karl Koch. Geffen. 2004. https://youtu.be/VjTAlB_fum0?t=05m56s 
On January 30, 2025 a very early demo of the song that dates from 2009 was publicly released. It was sold by a private trader in 2024 on the forum allthingsweezer.com.
==Audio==
===Weezer===
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===Ric Ocasek Verse===
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==Lyrics==
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|-|Van Weezer=
Summertime
I press rewind
And go back to a simple place
When I was just
A little punk
Daydreaming of my escape
Listening to Aerosmith
Later on I will call my mom
Now I'm plugging in to a Marshall stack
I can be anything I want
I need some of that
It’s just what I need
I need some of that
We'll be riding our ten-speeds
I need some of that
Even if we blow up
We're never gonna grow up
This is where it's at
I’ve been around
Around the world
And I’ve seen all kinds of hoods
But this is mine
It’s dear to me
‘Cause here I’m understood
'Cause I need some of that
Don't ever leave me
I need some of that
There's nothing on tv
I need some of that
Even if we blow up
We're never gonna grow up
This is where it's at
Even when the sun was fading
I was in my hatchback ragin’
Riding up and down this block
‘Cause I owned this block
I need some of that
It’s just what I need
I need some of that
We'll be riding our ten-speeds
Even if we blow up
We're never gonna grow up
‘Cause this is where it's at
I need some of that
Shake it up baby
I need some of that
Driving me crazy
I need some of that
Even if we blow up
We're never gonna grow up
‘Cause I need some of that
|-|2014 version=
Lyrics posted on AllThingsWeezer by user the nestthe nest. "Van Weezer Hype Thread" AllThingsWeezer.com. 3 February 2021. https://www.allthingsweezer.com/index.php?threads/van-weezer-hype-thread.54515/page-338#post-1928087 Screenshot of original forum post, https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/File:Thenest-ineedsomeofthat.png
[CUOMO:]
The girl with the umbrella on a bicycle
Rode by my window today
I watched her for, as long as I could
Until she rode away
Now I can't forget that girl
Or get her out of my mind
She was fair, with auburn hair
I think you know the kind
I need some of that
It's just what I need
I need some of that
She was riding her 10 speed
I need some of that
With her long-hair flowing
And her way of knowing
She is where it's at
[OCASEK:]
I'm going to take my bicycle pump
And stand out in the street
And if that girl's tire is flat
She'll say I need some of that
[CUOMO AND OCASEK:]
I need some of that
Shake it up baby
I need some of that
Driving me crazy
[CUOMO:]
With her long hair flowing
And her way of knowing
She is where it's at
When I lie in bed at night
I wonder where she sleeps
When I see the morning light
I stand out in the street
[OCASEK AND (CUOMO):]
It's just what I need (I need some of that)
She was riding her ten speed (I need some of that)
With her long hair flowing
And her way of knowing
She is where it's at
|-|2009 demo=
A girl in a bikini on a bicycle
Rode by my window today
I watched her for, as long as I could
Until she rode away
Now I can't forget that girl
Or get her out of my mind
She was tan, with long blonde hair
I think you know the kind
I need some of that
It's just what I need
I need some of that
She was riding her ten-speed
I need some of that
With her long-hair flowing
And her gold skin glowing
She is where it's at
I'm gonna take my bicycle pump
And stand out in the street
And if that girl's tire is flat
She'll say I need some of that
I need some of that
Fill it up baby
I need some of that
She's driving me crazy
With her long hair flowing
And her gold skin glowing
She is where it's at
When I lie in bed at night
I wonder where she sleeps
When I see the morning light
I stare out in the street
I need some of that
It's just what I need
I need some of that
She was riding a ten-speed
I need some of that
With her long-hair flowing
And her gold skin glowing
She is where it's at
I need some of that
It's just what I need
I need some of that
She was riding a ten-speed
I need some of that
With her long-hair flowing
And her gold skin glowing
She is where it's at
I need some of that
I need some of that
I need some of that
She is where it's at
|-|"風吹けば" (Japanese)=
ビキニで自転車乗って
通るあの子が
姿消えるまで
眺めていた
目に焼き付く
小麦色肌
輝くブロンド
そんな子なんだ
風吹けば　それだけで
風吹けば　時さらって
風吹けば　髪がなびき
肌をさらし　君がいた
指輪片手に
いつもの場所
通りすがりに
ひざまずくよ
風吹けば　そのままで
風吹けば　こっち向いて
風吹けば　髪がなびき
肌をさらし　君がいた
どこにいるのか
月夜の下
朝日さしたら
君を待つんだ
風吹けば　それだけで
風吹けば　時さらって
髪がなびき　肌をさらし　君がいた
風吹けば
風吹けば　そのままで
風吹けば　こっち向いて
風吹けば　髪がなびき
肌をさらし　君がいた
風吹けば　それだけで
風吹けば　それだけで
風吹けば　それだけで
風吹けば　君がいた
|-|"風吹けば" (English translation)=
Translation courtesy of AllThingsWeezer user Swede
Riding on a bike in a bikini
There she goes by
I kept gazing until the shape of her disappeared
It scorches the eyes
The light brown skin
That shining blonde hair
That's the kind of girl she is
When the wind blows, just that alone
When the wind blows, time sweeps away
When the wind blows, with your hair waving, with your skin showing you were there
With a ring in one hand
In the usual place
When you pass by
I'll kneel down
When the wind blows, leave it be
When the wind blows, turn this way
When the wind blows, hair waving, skin showing, you were there
Where are you
Under the moonlit sky
When tomorrow breaks through
I'll be waiting for you
</tabber>
==Known recordings==
==See also==
*Van Weezer
*Everything Will Be Alright in the End
*Scott & Rivers
*List of Weezer songs
==References==
Category:Weezer songs
Category:Scott & Rivers songs
Category:Songs on Van Weezer
Category:Weezer songs produced by Suzy Shinn
Category:Songs on ニマイメ
Category:Songs in languages other than English
Category:2021 releases
Category:Co-writing credit