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 ===Appearances===
 * ''[[Pinkerton]]'' (Deluxe Edition) (2010)
+*''[[Weezer concert: 01/20/2012|Live on the Weezer Cruise - Palladium Lounge]]'' (''The Blue Album'')
+*''[[Weezer concert: 01/21/2012|Live on the Weezer Cruise - Palladium Lounge]]'' (''Pinkerton'')
 ==Overview==
 ===''Songs from the Black Hole''===
 "Tragic Girl" as a song title existed as early as [[1995]]. The song underwent numerous lyrical revisions,<ref>Cuomo, Rivers. ''[[The Pinkerton Diaries]]''. Self-published. 2011</ref> though it's not known how much the song evolved melodically. The song title is first known to have been written in Cuomo's notes in early drafts for the aborted [[Weezer]] concept album ''[[Songs from the Black Hole]]''. An early, handwritten, potential track list lists the song at the end of Act I, between the songs "[[I Thought You Should Know]]" and "[[Good News!]]", with the accompanying lyric notes "I beg you don't tell a soul, she'll never know / Stay away from me 'n I'll stay away from her". Cuomo's draft of the lyrics from this period don't indicate which character ([[Maria]] or [[Laurel]]) is the eponymous "tragic girl", but the song is presumably sung from the point of view of the character [[Jonas]]. It is not known if this iteration shares any attributes with the final song aside from the title.
 ===''Pinkerton''===
-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.
+An early iteration of "Tragic Girl" is documented 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. "Tragic Girl" was recorded during a last-minute recording session at Rumbo Recorders in Canoga Park, Los Angeles during the ''[[Pinkerton]]'' sessions:<ref name="deluxeliner" />
+{{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.|''Pinkerton'' (Deluxe Edition) liner notes<ref name="deluxeliner">''Pinkerton'' (Deluxe Edition) liner notes</ref><ref>[[Recording_History_-_Page_8#Overview_:_.22Pinkerton.22_recording|Weezer Recording History - Page 8]]</ref>}}
-The song was recorded after the ''[[Pinkerton]]'' sessions for potential use as a b-side.
+"Tragic Girl" received additional recording work in [[2010]],<ref>Gormely, Ian. "Weezer's Rivers Cuomo Talks Pinkterton Reissue: "I Think It's a Brilliant Album"" ''Exclaim!'' 15 September 2010. https://exclaim.ca/music/article/weezers_rivers_cuomo_talks_pinkterton_reissue_i_think_its_brilliant_album</ref> including adding missing guitar work and re-recording unintelligible lyrics.<ref>[[Weezerpedia Discord Q&A with Karl Koch - August 2022]]</ref> Prior to release, 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]]. Recordings of both of these performances appeared on live albums released as part of Weezer's [[Official Bootleg series]].
-{{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]].
 ==Known recordings==
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