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 | Status   = Officially released
 | LastFM link = [http://play.last.fm/preview/121469193.mp3 Album version]
-| Live debut       = [[May 20]], [[2002]]
+| Live debut       = [[May 20]], [[2002]] in [[Weezer concert: 05/20/2002|Hiroshima, Japan]]
+| Last played      = [[June 14]], [[2023]] in [[Weezer concert: 06/14/2023|Madison, WI]]
 | RC's last song  = "[[Christmas Celebration]]"<br>(RC# 552)
 | This RC song    = "Oh Girlfriend"<br>(RC# 553)
-| RC's next song  = "A-G-D"<br>(RC# 554)
+| RC's next song  = "[[246|&#124;A G&#124; D &#124;]]"<br>(RC# 554)
 | Album           = Weezer (The Green Album)
 | Album type      = studio
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 }}
 :''Not to be confused with "[[O Girl]]" or "[[Girlfriend]]".
-"'''O Girlfriend'''" (sometimes spelled "'''Oh Girlfriend'''") is the tenth and final song from ''[[The Green Album]]''.
+"'''O Girlfriend'''" (sometimes rendered as "'''Oh Girlfriend'''") is the tenth and final song from ''[[The Green Album]]''.
 ===Appearances===
-* ''[[Weezer (The Green Album)]]''
+*''[[Weezer (The Green Album)]]''
 ==Overview==
-"O Girlfriend" was among the unmastered ''Green'' tracks that leaked in the spring of 2001, with no appreciable differences from the album version. Around January of 2007, [[Rivers Cuomo]] wrote a blog post on his Myspace.com profile, wherein he rebutted a claim on his Wikipedia article that he had "an affinity for Asian women." [https://web.archive.org/web/20211121165923/https://gloriousnoise.com/2007/weezer_riviers_cuomo_on_asian] Cuomo then proceeded to list a number of Weezer songs categorized by race of the girls that inspired them, with "O Girlfriend" listed under "Half-Caucasian/half-Asian". In 2015, Cuomo provided his own annotation for the [[2016]] track "[[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 song's subject is the same as "O Girlfriend" (as well as "[[O Girl]]"). Note the references to pills in both "O Girlfriend" and "Do You Wanna Get High?." The lyric "[...] Every night / When I dreamed to be alright" also appears in the Green B-Side "[[Starlight]]."
+{{Rivers Cuomo quote|When I lived [[6145 Rodgerton Dr.|in the top of Beachwood Canyon]]—it's this big hill in Hollywood, up by the Hollywood sign—my girlfriend lived at the bottom of the hill. It was so convenient; every time I went out or came back home I'd go by her house and stop in for a bit. But then when we broke up it really sucked, 'cause every time I went out or came back I had to go by her house. So this song was about that feeling, going by her house.|[[Weezer concert: 06/14/2023|Madison, WI]], June [[2023]]<ref>Midwest Music Media "Weezer: O Girlfriend [Live - 1st time since 2002] - (Madison - June 14, 2023) - Indie Rock Road Trip" ''YouTube''. 15 June 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ7fhy_S0_s</ref>}}
+"O Girlfriend" was written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] in [[2000]] about a "half-Asian"<ref>Brown, Jake. "Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo on Asian Women" ''Glorious Noise''. 16 January 2007. Archived by Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20211121165923/https://gloriousnoise.com/2007/weezer_riviers_cuomo_on_asian</ref> ex-girlfriend (the same girlfriend who inspired the [[2000]] song "[[O Girl]]" and the [[2016]] song "[[Do You Wanna Get High?]]"<ref>"Do You Wanna Get High?" on Genius.com https://genius.com/Weezer-do-you-wanna-get-high-lyrics</ref>) Weezer began rehearsing "O Girlfriend" at Cuomo's [[6145 Rodgerton Dr.|garage rehearsal space]] in November of 2000, the month before the band entered [[Cello Studios|the studio]] to record ''[[Weezer (The Green Album)|The Green Album]]''. The song was among fourteen un-mastered ''Green Album'' tracks that leaked in the spring of [[2001]].
+"O Girlfriend" was only performed live as a band four times. On [[August 27]], [[2011]], [[Rivers Cuomo]] played the song acoustically to viewers on the streaming website [[Ustream]]. Cuomo also performed a solo, acoustic rendition of the song at [[Weezer concert: 06/14/2023|a Weezer concert in Madison, Wisconsin]] on [[June 14]], [[2023]].
+===Reception===
+The song received [[O Girlfriend Teenage Victory Songs track review|a positive review]] from [[Teenage Victory Songs]], representing the positive reception that the band's more diehard fan base has shown the song. TVS included the song in "[[:Category:Teenage Victory Songs The Grand Playlist|The Grand Playlist]]."
+==Known recordings==
+{{Known recordings header}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|O Girlfriend||[[November 11]], [[2000]]<ref name="rechist12">[[Recording_History_-_Page_12|Weezer Recording History - Page 12]]</ref>|[[6145 Rodgerton Dr.]], Los Angeles, CA|||}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|O Girlfriend||[[December 14]], [[2000]]<ref name="rechist12" />|Swing House Studios, West Hollywood, CA|||Rehearsal, version 1}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|O Girlfriend||[[December 14]], [[2000]]<ref name="rechist12" />|Swing House Studios, West Hollywood, CA|||Rehearsal, version 2}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|O Girlfriend||[[December 14]], [[2000]]<ref name="rechist12" />|Swing House Studios, West Hollywood, CA|||Rehearsal, version 3}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|O Girlfriend||[[December 22]], [[2000]]<ref name="rechist12" />|S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA|||}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|O Girlfriend||[[December 23]], [[2000]]<ref name="rechist12" />|S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA|||}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|O Girlfriend||[[December 23]], [[2000]]<ref name="rechist12" />|S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA|||}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|O Girlfriend||[[December 26]], [[2000]]<ref name="rechist12" />|S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA|||}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|O Girlfriend||[[December 29]], [[2000]]<ref name="rechist13">[[Recording_History_-_Page_13|Weezer Recording History - Page 13]]</ref>|[[Cello Studios]], Los Angeles, CA|||}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|O Girlfriend||[[January 1]], [[2001]]<ref name="rechist13" />|[[Cello Studios]], Los Angeles, CA|||}}
+{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|O Girlfriend||[[January 2]]—[[February 1]], [[2001]]<ref name="rechist13" />|[[Cello Studios]], Los Angeles, CA|4:06|[[The Green Album (leak)|Leaked online]]|}}
+{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|O Girlfriend||[[January 2]]—[[February 1]], [[2001]]<ref name="rechist13" />|[[Cello Studios]], Los Angeles, CA|3:50|''[[Weezer (The Green Album)]]''|}}
+{{Known recordings footer}}
 ==Live performances==
-O Girlfriend was only performed live a total of four times. The most notable circulating bootleg being the final performance of the song on [[July 14]], [[2002]]. It's regarded by fans as a particularly strong performance with its unique guitar solo. On [[August 27]], [[2011]], [[Rivers Cuomo]] played the song acoustically to viewers on the streaming website [[USTREAM]]. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4fOzIfb2tc]
+*[[Weezer concert: 05/20/2002]]
+*[[Weezer concert: 07/06/2002]]
-*[[Weezer concert: 05/20/2002 - Hiroshima, Japan]]
+*[[Weezer concert: 07/07/2002]]
-*[[Weezer concert: 07/06/2002 - Salt Lake City, UT]]
+*[[Weezer concert: 07/14/2002]]
-*[[Weezer concert: 07/07/2002 - Denver, CO]]
+*[[Weezer concert: 06/14/2023]]
-*[[Weezer concert: 07/14/2002 - Toronto, ON, Canada]]
-==Reception==
-The song received [[O Girlfriend Teenage Victory Songs track review|a positive review]] from [[Teenage Victory Songs]], representing the positive reception that the band's more diehard fan base has shown the song. TVS included the song in "[[:Category:Teenage Victory Songs The Grand Playlist|The Grand Playlist]]."
 ==Audio==
-===Unmastered leak===
-<youtube>JCdo1hKwOFo</youtube>
-===Album version===
 <youtube>ezPvIPFTXMA</youtube>
 ===Live, [[July 14]], [[2002]]===
 <youtube>pHiWSoylmH8</youtube>
 ==Personnel==
 *[[Rivers Cuomo]] – lead guitar, lead vocals
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 *[[Mikey Welsh]] – bass guitar, backing vocals
 *[[Ric Ocasek]] - producer
 ==Lyrics==
-<poem>I miss you
+<poem>I miss you, and I wonder
-And I wonder how you feel about me too
+How you feel about me too
 Do you miss the way we would play
 And waste our time away?
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 Now I can't feel your touch
-O girlfriend
+Oh, girlfriend
 That's the end
 And I'm lost without your love
 Oh, love
-In your arms
+In your arms, I was happy
-I was happy as a little boy could be
+As a little boy could be
 Taking pills and mellowing out
 Now I just want to shout
-For your love
+For your love, 'cause I'm drifting
-'Cause I'm drifting further from you everyday
+Further from you everyday
 Driving by your place every night
 I used to feel alright
-O girlfriend
+Oh, girlfriend
 That's the end
 And I'm lost without your love
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 Oh, love
-O girlfriend
+Oh, girlfriend
 That's the end
 And I'm lost without your love
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 I was happy as a little boy could be
 Taking pills and mellowing out
-Now I just want to shout (Do-do-do-do-do-do-do)
+Now I just want to shout
-Now I just want to shout (Do-do-do-do-do-do-do)
+Do-do-do-do-do-do-do
+Now I just want to shout
+Do-do-do-do-do-do-do
 Now I just want to shout</poem>
 ==See also==
-* [[List of Weezer songs]]
+*[[List of Weezer songs]]
+*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]
-[[Category: Weezer songs]]
+{{References list}}
+[[Category: Weezer songs]][[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]]
 [[Category:Songs on Weezer (The Green Album)]]
 [[Category:Weezer songs produced by Ric Ocasek]]
 [[Category:Teenage Victory Songs The Grand Playlist]]