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"O Girl" was written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] in [[2000]]. In 2015, Cuomo provided his own annotation for the song "[[Do You Wanna Get High?]]" on [https://genius.com/Weezer-do-you-wanna-get-high-lyrics the website Genius.com], wherein he revealed that the real life girl alluded to in the song's lyrics was the same girlfriend from the songs "[[O Girlfriend]]" and "O Girl". | "O Girl" was written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] in [[2000]]. In 2015, Cuomo provided his own annotation for the song "[[Do You Wanna Get High?]]" on [https://genius.com/Weezer-do-you-wanna-get-high-lyrics the website Genius.com], wherein he revealed that the real life girl alluded to in the song's lyrics was the same girlfriend from the songs "[[O Girlfriend]]" and "O Girl". | ||
The song is not known to have been recorded as a solo demo by Cuomo, as no such recording is listed in the [[Recording History]] and the song was absent from the digital compilation ''[[Alone VII: The Green Years]]'', released in [[2020]]. "O Girl" is first known to have been demoed as a band at Cole Rehearsal Studios on [[May 3]], [[2000]]. The band performed the song several times over the summer, and some bootlegs and soundboard recordings have circulated online since. In November of [[2001]], [[Rivers Cuomo]] released a semi-official "[[Summer_Songs_of_2000#.22Official.22_SS2K_release|album]]" | The song is not known to have been recorded as a solo demo by Cuomo, as no such recording is listed in the [[Recording History]] and the song was absent from the digital compilation ''[[Alone VII: The Green Years]]'', released in [[2020]]. "O Girl" is first known to have been demoed as a band at Cole Rehearsal Studios on [[May 3]], [[2000]]. The band performed the song several times over the summer, and some bootlegs and soundboard recordings have circulated online since. In November of [[2001]], [[Rivers Cuomo]] released a semi-official "[[Summer_Songs_of_2000#.22Official.22_SS2K_release|album]]" consisting of soundboard recordings from the [[Summer 2000 Tour|band's summer 2000 tour]], edited down to be what Cuomo felt, at the time, better song structures. The "official" edit of "O Girl" omits the third verse ("O girl, you're trembling...") and a chorus section. | ||
In [[2011]], during a fan interview on [[Ustream]], [[Brian Bell]] named "O Girl" as one of his favorite unreleased Weezer tracks.{{Citation needed}}In 2011, on the fan forum [[All Things Weezer]], [[Pat Wilson]] joked that the song was scrapped "because [he] liked it!" <ref>Wilson, Patrick (thefranklinmint) "How did "O Girl" ever slip through?" ''All Things Weezer''. 12 September 2011. https://allthingsweezer.com/index.php?threads/how-did-quot-o-girl-quot-ever-slip-through.25509/page-2#post-703478 Screenshot archived on ''Weezerpedia'' https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/File:Atw-thefranklinmint-ogirl.png</ref> | In [[2011]], during a fan interview on [[Ustream]], [[Brian Bell]] named "O Girl" as one of his favorite unreleased Weezer tracks.{{Citation needed}}In 2011, on the fan forum [[All Things Weezer]], [[Pat Wilson]] joked that the song was scrapped "because [he] liked it!" <ref>Wilson, Patrick (thefranklinmint) "How did "O Girl" ever slip through?" ''All Things Weezer''. 12 September 2011. https://allthingsweezer.com/index.php?threads/how-did-quot-o-girl-quot-ever-slip-through.25509/page-2#post-703478 Screenshot archived on ''Weezerpedia'' https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/File:Atw-thefranklinmint-ogirl.png</ref> | ||