Your Party
| "Your Party" | ||||
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| Single by Ween | ||||
| from the album La Cucaracha | ||||
| Released | October 23, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2007 | |||
| Length | 4:08 | |||
| Label | Rounder Records | |||
| Ween singles chronology | ||||
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"Your Party" is a song by Ween from the 2007 album La Cucaracha.
Song Details[edit | edit source]
Composition and Performance[edit | edit source]
"Your Party" is a song in the key of E minor.
"Your Party" was written by Gene Ween, who also sings the lead vocals. The track features guest musician David Sanborn on alto saxophone.[1]
Gene Ween has said of the song's lyrics (in a 2007 interview), "It’s about going out to a party and for once not having war tales to tell when you’re done. You just have a nice drive home and then duck under the covers with the wife."[2] He has stated that the image of "tri-colored pasta" was the germ of inspiration for the song, saying he always thought that style of pasta had a "fanciful and exciting flair".[3]
David Sanborn Appearance[edit | edit source]
After Dean Ween convinced Gene Ween not to scrap the song, they agreed to take a Bee Gees-influenced approach to it and that David Sanborn would play saxophone on the finished version.[4]
Deaner later recalled:
Ok, let me first start off by saying that we vowed never, ever, ever, would there be horns on a Ween album. As teenagers we always used that as a yardstick to determine when our favorite band was starting to suck, when their new record came out and it had horns on it (this rule applies only to rock music and white people). But there has always been one provision to this rule, and that was we would only use horns if we could get David Sanborn to play some sexy saxophone on a Ween tune. We finally wrote a song worthy of him, contacted his manager and it turns out he was a Ween fan and immediately agreed to do it. So that, in and of itself, means that we have accomplished one of our lifelong goals as a band.[5]
Live Performances[edit | edit source]
"Your Party" dates back to at least January of 2007, when Gene Ween played the song several times at solo acoustic shows, nine months before the release of La Cucaracha. Ween began playing the song with the full band later that year, and it has remained a common live Ween song ever since.[6] In addition, Gene Ween has played "Your Party" very often individually, both solo acoustic and with his band Freeman. It was even played a handful of times by the Dean Ween Group.[7]
In other media[edit | edit source]
"Your Party" was used in an episode of the show Sex Education (season 3, episode 3).[8]
Lyrics[edit | edit source]
There were beverages laid out for the party
There were candy and spices and tri-colored pastas
The meat carved was drummed from succulent juices
Served on platters of the purest gold
I was calm when we arrived at the party
I spoke with fervor, embracing the evening
My wife leaned over and she whispered, “I love you”
I held her close and we danced
We had the best time at your party
The wife and I thank you very much
We had the best time at your party
The wife and I thank you very much
Cream puffs and bourbon and the music was louder
My wife was competing in a game of chance
The party raged and the guests were screaming
I could have danced all night
We had the best time at your party
The wife and I thank you very much
We had the best time at your party
The wife and I thank you very much
Later on when we were under the covers
I closed my eyes and I drifted to sleep
I dreamt about me maybe throwing a party
And just how great that would be
And they said…
We had the best time at your party
The wife and I thank you very much
We had the best time at your party
The wife and I thank you very much[9]
Song Themes[edit | edit source]
Alcohol/Drugs, Love, Sung by Gene Ween, Uncommon Time Signature
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ La Cucaracha liner notes
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230426032900/https://www.mcall.com/2007/11/22/philadelphia-seriously-awash-in-irony/#:~:text=And%20%E2%80%9CYour%20Party,with%20the%20wife.%E2%80%9D
- ↑ https://www.pastemagazine.com/food/ween-cuisine-classic-food-moments-in-ween-songs#:~:text=%E2%80%9CYour%20Party%E2%80%9D%20from%20La%20Cucaracha%0AAF%3A%20I%20always%20thought%20boxes%20of%20%E2%80%9Ctri%2Dcolored%20pasta%E2%80%9D%20had%20a%20fanciful%20and%20exciting%20flair.%20Wrote%20the%20song%20around%20that.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20071013224758/http://rounder.com/index.php?id=news.php&newsId=774
- ↑ https://jambands.com/news/2007/09/06/a-letter-from-dean-ween/
- ↑ https://brownbase.org/every_time_played.php?band=all%20bands&song_id=246
- ↑ https://brownbase.org/every_time_played.php?band=all%20bands&song_id=246
- ↑ https://old.reddit.com/r/ween/comments/psxlai/ween_spotted_in_sex_education_s3e3_was_shocked/
- ↑ Transcribed by Thefakemrsmoltz, using Genius for comparison.