 By the end of the night, the two had formed the basis of "Carousel"; "Instantly, I felt like we had the same musical style; he just had it on a different instrument than me," DeLonge said.The song was first recorded for the band's third demo, which came to be known as "Buddha", released in January 1994 and distributed via cassette.The song was recorded once more, in a slightly different arrangement, on the band's debut, "Cheshire Cat", issued in February 1995.