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.

## Background

The song was originally co-written by Rivers Cuomo with Josh Alexander and Billy Steinberg prior to the release of Weezer's 2010 album Hurley and demoed in English as "I Need Some of That". The song was seen written in Ric Ocasek's notebook in a video posted to Cuomo's Instagram 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. 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." 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.

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 .

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.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

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 pluggin' into a Marshall stack

I can be anything I want

[Chorus]

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

[Verse 2]

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

[Chorus]

'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

[Bridge]

Even when the sun was fading

I was in my hatchback raging

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

[Chorus]

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

[Outro: Rivers Cuomo, Ric Ocasek, Karl Koch, Engineer]

What bus is that? One?

Mhm

Okay, this is top secret shit, you're not supposed to, like

Film these boards

It's got all our ideas on it

Plus, you're not supposed to film him

Yeah, you can't film me

He's copyrighted

Can't film what?

I've got a copyright on this face

So you're saying that I can't do this?

No, you can't do that, you can't film

## See Also

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