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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
{{ | <blockquote>{{Interviewee4|Pat|It sounds like it could have been on the Green Album. I think of it as, like, classic Weezer.}} | ||
{{Interviewee3|Scott|To me it’s just an epic drama, and I felt really strong about it being on the album. The lyrics of the first verse always just really killed me, so I really pushed hard for that song to make the record.}} | |||
{{Interviewee2|Brian|Yeah, I like it lyrically a lot: “Here’s the pitch, slow and straight”, bla bla bla bla bla bla bla, and yeah, like Pat said, it’s classic Weezer Green Album style, a lot of downstrokes, the big intro, it could have gone on that album. But I think it’s more than that now—it’s uh, you know, Green Plus!}} | |||
{{Rivers|I sincerely hope that it’s the last song I write about being frustrated and angry with myself for being shy…because I’ve written way too many of those songs already.}} | |||
:::—''Band commentary<ref name="rechist15">[[Recording History - Page 15|Weezer Recording History - Page 15]]. Original source archived by ''Wayback Machine'': https://web.archive.org/web/20091229113823/http://www.weezer.com/info/recording/WeezRecHist15.htm</ref>''</blockquote> | |||
"Perfect Situation" was initially written around the summer of [[2002]].<ref name="cor">[[Catalog O' Riffs|The Grand File]]. 2002. http://weezerpedia.com/catalogofriffs.html</ref> The song is first known to have been demoed as a band at S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios in Los Angeles on [[September 15]], [[2002]], with [[Josh Freese]] sitting in on drums.<ref name="rechist14">[[Recording_History_-_Page_14|Weezer Recording History - Page 14]]</ref> The song continued to be demoed at S.I.R. throughout the year, and was also demoed at Swing House Rehearsal & Recording in late [[2003]]. The song was included in [[Rivers Cuomo]]'s "B-List" during pre-production on ''Make Believe'', and did not appear on album's Amazon.com store page in the months prior to the album's release.<ref>[[:File:Amazon_screenshot_(1).jpg]]</ref> | |||
Initial pressings of ''Make Believe'' featured a different chorus melody than later releases. In an interview with ''AOL Music'' in [[2005]], [[Rivers Cuomo]] explained why the band re-recorded a new version of the song: | Initial pressings of ''Make Believe'' featured a different chorus melody than later releases. In an interview with ''AOL Music'' in [[2005]], [[Rivers Cuomo]] explained why the band re-recorded a new version of the song: | ||
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The song is also one of the band's most successful songs to date, topping the ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks for four weeks, outlasting the first single from ''Make Believe'', "[[Beverly Hills]]", although it didn't gain the massive pop success of "Beverly Hills", which hit #10 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 while "Perfect Situation" hit #51. A promo-only CD was produced, featuring the radio mix of the song, but no retail single was released. | The song is also one of the band's most successful songs to date, topping the ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks for four weeks, outlasting the first single from ''Make Believe'', "[[Beverly Hills]]", although it didn't gain the massive pop success of "Beverly Hills", which hit #10 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 while "Perfect Situation" hit #51. A promo-only CD was produced, featuring the radio mix of the song, but no retail single was released. | ||
==Known recordings== | |||
{{Known recordings header}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]||384.mp3|[[2002]]<ref name="cor" />||0:56|''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Perfect Situation|384 Perfect Situation.mp3|[[2002]]<ref name="cor" />||4:25|''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|Perfect Situation||[[September 15]], [[2002]]<ref name="rechist14" />|S.I.R. Rehearsals, Los Angeles, CA|||No [[Pat Wilson|Pat]], [[Josh Freese]] on drums}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|Perfect Situation||[[September 23]], [[2002]]<ref name="rechist14" />|S.I.R. Rehearsals, Los Angeles, CA|||No [[Brian Bell|Brian]] or Pat. [[Josh Freese]] on drums}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Perfect Situation||[[September 27]], [[2002]]<ref name="rechist14" />|S.I.R. Rehearsals, Los Angeles, CA|||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|Perfect Situation||[[October 21]], [[2002]]<ref name="rechist14" />|S.I.R. Rehearsals, Los Angeles, CA|||Acoustic rehearsal}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|Perfect Situation||[[November 7]], [[2003]]<ref name="rechist14" />|Swing House Studios, West Hollywood, CA|||Selected as best take}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|Perfect Situation||[[November 7]], [[2003]]<ref name="rechist14" />|Swing House Studios, West Hollywood, CA|||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|Perfect Situation||[[November 7]], [[2003]]<ref name="rechist14" />|Swing House Studios, West Hollywood, CA|||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|Perfect Situation||[[November 7]], [[2003]]<ref name="rechist14" />|Swing House Studios, West Hollywood, CA|||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|Perfect Situation||[[November 7]], [[2003]]<ref name="rechist14" />|Swing House Studios, West Hollywood, CA|||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|Perfect Situation||[[November 7]], [[2003]]<ref name="rechist14" />|Swing House Studios, West Hollywood, CA|||}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|Perfect Situation||[[November 13]], [[2003]]<ref name="rechist14" />|Swing House Studios, West Hollywood, CA|||Version 1}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|Perfect Situation||[[November 13]], [[2003]]<ref name="rechist14" />|Swing House Studios, West Hollywood, CA|||Version 2}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|Perfect Situation||[[December 3]], [[2003]]—Spring 2005<ref name="rechist15" />| | |||
*[[Cello Studios]], Los Angeles, CA | |||
*Grandmaster Recorders, Los Angeles, CA | |||
*Henson Studios, Los Angeles, CA|4:15|''[[Make Believe]]'' (initial pressings)|Original chorus melody}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|Perfect Situation||[[December 3]], [[2003]]—Spring 2005<ref name="rechist15" />| | |||
*[[Cello Studios]], Los Angeles, CA | |||
*Grandmaster Recorders, Los Angeles, CA | |||
*Henson Studios, Los Angeles, CA|4:15|''[[Make Believe]]'' (initial pressings)|Remixed chorus melody}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|Perfect Situation||[[December 3]], [[2003]]—Spring 2005<ref name="rechist15" />| | |||
*[[Cello Studios]], Los Angeles, CA | |||
*Grandmaster Recorders, Los Angeles, CA | |||
*Henson Studios, Los Angeles, CA|4:00|"Perfect Situation" promotional CD|"Vocal Up mix"}} | |||
{{Known recordings footer}} | |||
==Music video== | ==Music video== | ||
The music video for "Perfect Situation" was directed by [[Marc Webb]] and premiered on [[November 11]], [[2005]]. It features actress [[Elisha Cuthbert]] as the lead singer of [[Weeze]], a fictional predecessor to Weezer. Cuthbert's character is eventually replaced by that of [[Rivers Cuomo]], a put-upon roadie serving the demanding Cuthbert character. The video also features a cameo by [[Karl Koch]] as a t-shirt vendor for Weeze. Actual Weezer fans participated in the music video.<ref>Montgomery, James. "Elisha Cuthbert Takes Over Weezer -- But Rivers Won't Have Any Of It" ''MTV''. 18 October 2005 https://www.mtv.com/news/b9gpf1/elisha-cuthbert-takes-over-weezer-but-rivers-wont-have-any-of-it</ref> | The music video for "Perfect Situation" was directed by [[Marc Webb]] and premiered on [[November 11]], [[2005]]. It features actress [[Elisha Cuthbert]] as the lead singer of [[Weeze]], a fictional predecessor to Weezer. Cuthbert's character is eventually replaced by that of [[Rivers Cuomo]], a put-upon roadie serving the demanding Cuthbert character. The video also features a cameo by [[Karl Koch]] as a t-shirt vendor for Weeze. Actual Weezer fans participated in the music video.<ref>Montgomery, James. "Elisha Cuthbert Takes Over Weezer -- But Rivers Won't Have Any Of It" ''MTV''. 18 October 2005 https://www.mtv.com/news/b9gpf1/elisha-cuthbert-takes-over-weezer-but-rivers-wont-have-any-of-it</ref> | ||