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The next iteration of the song appears in ''The Pinkerton Diaries'' (under the title "Cry and Cry"). The book features more than eight pages of lyric drafts. This lyrics from this iteration more closely resembles the lyrics that appear in the final song. | The next iteration of the song appears in ''The Pinkerton Diaries'' (under the title "Cry and Cry"). The book features more than eight pages of lyric drafts. This lyrics from this iteration more closely resembles the lyrics that appear in the final song. | ||
The song was recorded after the ''[[Pinkerton]]'' sessions for potential use as a b-side. | |||
{{Karl Koch quote|By this time, [[Matt]] had gone overseas to work on [[Seven More Minutes|his own album]], under the impression that ''Pinkerton'' was in the can. But Rivers had written another song and needed to try it to see if it belonged on the record. [[Adam Orth]] was called in for the session, and "Tragic Girl" was worked on. And then it was promptly packed up, unlabeled and undocumented. Not even a rough mix was made that day, so no one could listen back or in many cases even remember they had worked on it. While it was a bit rough around the edges it was still 6 stunning minutes of Weezer glory, inexplicably unheard (by anyone) till now. I returned to Los Angeles shortly thereafter, totally unaware there had even been another session.|<ref>[[Recording_History_-_Page_8#Overview_:_.22Pinkerton.22_recording]]</ref>}} | |||
"Tragic Girl" was recorded very late during the ''Pinkerton'' sessions at Rumbo Recorders in Canoga Park, CA. The song was found unlabelled in [[Karl Koch|Karl Koch's]] collection while looking for masters to use for the deluxe reissue of ''Pinkerton''{{citation needed}}. Cuomo was the only one to remember the song when they played back the tape{{citation needed}}; and Koch had been unaware of its existence. | |||
Cuomo also tweeted that the song would be like [[Nirvana|Nirvana's]] "{{Wiki2|You_Know_You're_Right|You Know You're Right}}" for ''Pinkerton'' fans.<ref>@RiversCuomo ""Tragic Girl" is going to be like "You Know You're Right" for Pinkerton fans." ''Twitter''. 12 November 2009. https://twitter.com/RiversCuomo/status/5663540251 [[:File:Tragicgirlnirvana.png|Screenshot]]</ref> "Tragic Girl" has been performed live only twice, both times on the [[Weezer Cruise]] in [[2012]]. | |||
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