"The End of the Game" is a song by the American

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band

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, released on September 10, 2019, as the first single from their fifteenth studio album ''

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''. A music video for the song was released the same day, starring American rock band

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, although they are not featured on the song. The band performed the song at ''

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'' the same day the song was released.

Composition

According to Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo, "The End of the Game" contains at least 100 guitar overdubs. The song has been categorized as

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, and

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Critical reception

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'' writer Gwen Ihnat wrote "for those who prefer their Weezer less mellow, more rocking, it's the band's best song in years". Ihnat added "If the rest of Van Weezer sounds as joyously rocking as this keg-stand soundtrack, it could make ''

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'' an even more distant memory (blasphemy, we know). This is the kind of music the sign of the devil was made for, so enjoy."

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References

2019 singles 2019 songs Songs written by Rivers Cuomo Weezer songs Songs written by Tim Pagnotta American hard rock songs {{DEFAULTSORT:End of the Game