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| Released = [[October 26]], [[2015]]
| Released = [[October 26]], [[2015]]
| Recorded = Summer/fall 2015
| Recorded = Summer/fall 2015
| Length  = 3:29<br>4:12 (extended radio edit)
| Length  = 3:29 <small>(album)</small><br>4:12 <small>(radio edit)</small>
| Label    = Crush Music/Atlantic Records
| Label    = Crush Music/Atlantic Records
| Writer  = [[Rivers Cuomo]]/Alex Goose
| Writer  = [[Rivers Cuomo]], [[Alex Goose]]
| Producer = Jake Sinclair<br>Alex Goose (additional production)
| Producer = [[Jake Sinclair]]<br>[[Alex Goose]] (additional production)
| Status  = Officially released
| Status  = Officially released
| Live debut    = [[October 20]], 2015  
| Live debut    = [[October 20]], [[2015]] in [[Weezer concert: 10/20/2015|Burbank, CA]]
| Spotify    = 5uywMR3hTeVPoWaFDSliJb
| Spotify    = 5uywMR3hTeVPoWaFDSliJb
| Apple Music = thank-god-for-girls/id1100739016?i=1100739078
| Apple Music = thank-god-for-girls/id1100739016?i=1100739078
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"'''Thank God for Girls'''" is a single released by [[Weezer]] on [[October 26]], [[2015]]. It is the lead single and third track from ''[[Weezer (The White Album)|The White Album]]'', although the album was still unannounced upon the song's release. The band would not confirm the existence of an album, and many media outlets referred to the song as a standalone single.
"'''Thank God for Girls'''" is the lead single and third track from ''[[Weezer (The White Album)|The White Album]]''. The song was released as a single on [[October 26]], [[2015]], before the existence of the ''White Album'' had yet been announced.
===Appearances===
*''[[Weezer (The White Album)]]'' (2016)
==Overview==
==Overview==
===Release===
===Background===
"Thank God for Girls" first became known to fans when the song title was posted in early October of [[2015]] with a release date of [[October 27]] on the website allaccess.com that listed upcoming music releases. [[Karl Koch]] quickly informed Weezer fanclub members that while new music was being worked on, this release date may not be correct.
[[Rivers Cuomo]] first tweeted the words "Thank God for girls" on [[January 6]], [[2010]].<ref>@RiversCuomo "Thank God for girls." ''Twitter''. 6 January 2010. https://twitter.com/RiversCuomo/status/7459667457 Archived by ''Wayback Machine'': https://web.archive.org/web/20210424020955/https://twitter.com/RiversCuomo/status/7459667457</ref> The title "Thank God for Girls" was the original title for Cuomo's song "[[Fun in the Sun]]" by [[Scott & Rivers]].{{Citation needed}}


Despite this, the song was debuted live on [[October 20]], with the single released on [[October 26]] (a day before the previously posted release date). A lyric video directed by Scantron Films was released on [[October 25]], which  prominently features cannolis (as mentioned in the song's first verse).
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| |<span style="font-family: Georgia; serif;">"alright kids, let’s play with some gender stereotypes."</span>
===Origin and Rivers' annotations===
:<span style="float:right; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 80%; padding:0 .5em 0 2em">—[[Rivers Cuomo]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20151230154337/https://genius.com/Weezer-thank-god-for-girls-lyrics Genius.com song description], [[2016]]</span>
Rivers first referred to the phrase "Thank God for girls" in a tweet from 2010. This may have inspired or been inspired by the original title for the song that became "[[Fun In The Sun]]" by [[Scott & Rivers]] {{Citation needed}}. The first two lines of the second verse were originally taken from the demo [[I'm So Glad I Got a Girl to Think Of]] as noted by Rivers in his lyric annotations for genius.com <ref>https://genius.com/8049068</ref>.
|}"Thank God for Girls" was co-written by songwriter/producer [[Alex Goose]]. Cuomo wrote the songs lyrics and melody around an instrumental demo recorded by Goose. Goose also received an additional production credit on the final song, as the organ from his demo was used for the final version.<ref>Wannabeezer "Re: Producer(s)?" ''All Things Weezer''. 15 January 2016. https://allthingsweezer.com/index.php?threads/producer-s.35633/#post-1129510 Screenshot: [[:File:Atw-wannabeezer-20160115.png]]</ref> The lyrics "I'm so glad I got a girl to think of / Even though she isn't mine / I think about her all the day and all the night / It's enough to know that she's alive" originated in a [[I'm So Glad I Got a Girl to Think Of|series of song sketches]] recorded by Cuomo in May of [[1998]]<ref name="genius">"Thank God for Girls" ''Genius''. https://genius.com/Weezer-thank-god-for-girls-lyrics</ref> (the melody for which later became the chorus to [[Wikipedia:The Monkees|the Monkees]] song "[[She Makes Me Laugh]]," also released in [[2016]]). Cuomo was inspired to write the "Tennessee to L.A." lyric after filming the music video for "[[Go Away]]" on Tennessee Ave. in West L.A.<ref name="genius" /> The lyric about "carv[ing] her name into all the trees" is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] play ''[[Wikipedia:As You Like It|As You Like It]]''.<ref name="genius" />
 
===Promotion===
Rivers posted annotations for the song [http://genius.com/Weezer-thank-god-for-girls-lyrics on the website genius.com]. Rivers states that the song title "Seemed like a big, mainstream-ish title but I knew I would be able to pull all kinds of weirdness out of it," sums up the song in general with "alright kids, let’s play with some gender stereotypes," notes that the was being worked on in late summer of 2015 ("I got the idea for the “Tennessee” lyric after we shot the “[[Go Away]]” video on Tennessee Ave. in West LA."), and explains the origin and inspiration of several other lines in the song.
The existence of "Thank God for Girls" first became known to fans when the title appeared on the 'Future Releases' section on allaccess.com with a release date of [[October 27]].<ref>u/MikeyMac88 "New Weezer Single "Thank God For Girls" 10/27/15" ''Reddit''. 24 September 2015. https://www.reddit.com/r/weezer/comments/3m9e0i/new_weezer_single_thank_god_for_girls_102715/</ref><ref>Screenshot: [[:File:Allaccess-tgfg.png]]</ref> An e-mail newsletter was sent to [[Weezer Fan Club]] members on [[September 27]], wherein [[Karl Koch]] confirmed that while new music was indeed being worked on, the aforementioned release date "was totally a guess by that site." Weezer debuted "Thank God for Girls" live in concert on [[October 20]] at [[Weezer concert: 10/20/2015|iHeartRadio Theater in Burbank, CA]]. The first music video, wherein actor [https://www.galenhoward.com/ Galen Howard] messily consumes a stack of cannolis, was released on [[October 25]], with the single itself releasing on [[October 26]].
 
Following the album announcement in January 2016, producer Jake Sinclair posted on the AllThingsWeezer forums and clarified the song's writing credits. He said that Rivers based the song on an instrumental demo that was sent to him by Alex Goose, and that the organ part from this demo was kept in the final version. He also said that the lyrics and melody were written solely by Rivers.
 
===Radio edit===
An extended 4:12 radio edit exists for the song, slightly modifying the ending of the bridge section which leads into a third chorus not featured on the standard version. Of interest is that this edit makes the song over forty seconds longer, a contrast to most radio edits which serve to shorten a song.


The radio edit of "Thank God for Girls" is slightly longer (4:12) and modifies the bridge to transition into a third chorus.
==Personnel==
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] — lead guitar, lead vocals
*[[Patrick Wilson]] — percussion
*[[Brian Bell]] — rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*[[Scott Shriner]] — bass guitar, backing vocals
*[[Jake Sinclair]] — producer
*[[Alex Goose]] — organ (add. production)
==Music videos==
==Music videos==
===Lyric video===
===Lyric video===
The lyric video for the song was directed by Scantron. It premiered on [[October 25]], 2015 on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4wjekuKn-4 YouTube].
The first music video for "Thank God for Girls," dubbed the "Lyric video," was directed by Scantron Films and stars actor [https://www.galenhoward.com/ Galen Howard]. It premiered on [[October 25]], [[2015]] on YouTube.


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===Official music video===
===Official music video===
The official music video, also directed by Scantron, premiered on [[November 16]], 2015 on [http://www.vevo.com/watch/USA2P1556746 Vevo].
The second music video, dubbed the "Official" version, was also directed by Scantron and features the members of Weezer (as well as a cameo role reprisal by Galen Howard, from the first video). It premiered on [[November 16]], [[2015]] on YouTube.


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==Personnel==
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – lead guitar, lead vocals
*[[Patrick Wilson]] – percussion
*[[Brian Bell]] – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*[[Scott Shriner]] - bass guitar, backing vocals
==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
<poem>
<poem>
The girl in the pastry shop with the net in her hair
The girl in the pastry shop
Is making a cannoli for you to take on your hiking trip
With the net in her hair
In the woods with your bros that you’ve known since second grade
Is making a cannoli for you
And you may encounter dragons or ruffians and be called upon
To take on your hiking trip
To employ your testosterone
In the woods with your bros
In a battle for supremacy and access to females glued to the TV
That you’ve known since second grade
And even if you are victorious you may receive many cuts, bruises, and scrapes
And you may encounter dragons or ruffians
And you will require band aids and antiseptic ointments
And be called upon to employ your testosterone
And tender loving kisses on your stab wounds and when you come home
In a battle for supremacy
She will be there waiting for you with a fire in her eyes
And access to females glued to the TV
And even if you are victorious
You may receive many cuts, bruises, and scrapes
And you will require Band-Aids
And antiseptic ointments
And tender-loving kisses on your stab wounds
And when you come home she will be there
Waiting for you with a fire in her eyes
And a big fat cannoli to shove in your mouth
And a big fat cannoli to shove in your mouth
And that's why you
And that's why I


Thank God for girls
Thank God for girls
Holla Jesu Christe
Holla ''Jesu Christe''
From Tennessee to LA
From Tennessee to L.A.
Thank God for girls
Thank God for girls
On your reckoning day
On your reckoning day
You better bow down and pray
You better bow down and pray
She’s so big
She’s so big
She’s so strong
She’s so strong
She’s so energetic in her sweaty overalls
She’s so energetic
In her sweaty overalls
Thank God for girls
Thank God for girls
Thank God for girls
Thank God for girls


I'm so glad I got a girl to think of even though she isn't mine
I'm so glad I got a girl to think of
I think about her all the day and all the night it's enough to know that she's alive
Even though she isn't mine
She says I give her sweaty palms she almost had a heart attack
I think about her all the day and all the night
The truth is that I’m just as scared I don’t know how to act
It's enough to know that she's alive
She says I give her sweaty palms
She almost had a heart attack
The truth is that I’m just as scared
I don’t know how to act
I wish that I could get to know her better
I wish that I could get to know her better
But meeting up in real life would cause the illusion to shatter
But meeting up in real life
Would cause the illusion to shatter
I carved her name into all the trees
I carved her name into all the trees
Sang a song down on one knee
Sang a song down on one knee
Looking at the underwear page of the Sears catalog like when I was 14
Looking at the underwear page of the Sears catalog
Like when I was fourteen
I’m levitating like a magnet turned the wrong way around
I’m levitating like a magnet turned the wrong way around
I’m like an Indian Fakir tryna’ meditate on a bed of nails with my pants pulled down
I’m like an Indian ''fakir'' tryin' to meditate
On a bed of nails with my pants pulled down


Thank God for girls
Thank God for girls
Holla Jesu Christe
Holla ''Jesu Christe''
From Tennessee to LA
From Tennessee to L.A.
Thank God for girls
Thank God for girls
On your reckoning day
On your reckoning day
You better bow down and pray
You better bow down and pray
She’s so big
She’s so big
She’s so strong
She’s so strong
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Thank God for girls
Thank God for girls


God took a rib from Adam, ground it up in a centrifuge machine
God took a rib from Adam
Mixed it with cardamom and cloves, microwaved it on the popcorn setting
Ground it up in a centrifuge machine
While Adam was like “that really hurts”
Mixed it with cardamom and cloves
Going off into the tundra, so pissed at God
Microwaved it on the popcorn setting
And he started lighting minor forest fires, stealing osprey eggs
While Adam was like "that really hurts!"
Messing with the bees who were trying to pollinate the echinacea
(Going off into the tundra)
Until God said, “Ima smite you with loneliness
So pissed at God
And break your heart in two”
And he started lighting minor forest fires
And Adam wept and wailed, tearing out his hair, falling on his knees
Stealing osprey eggs
Messing with the bees
Who were trying to pollinate the echinacea
Until God said, "I'm-a smite you with loneliness
And break your heart in two"
And Adam wept and wailed
Tearing out his hair
Falling on his knees
Looked to the sky and said
Looked to the sky and said
“Thank God”</poem>
"Thank God"</poem>


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://genius.com/Weezer-thank-god-for-girls-lyrics Weezer – Thank God for Girls Lyrics | Genius]
* [http://genius.com/Weezer-thank-god-for-girls-lyrics Weezer – "Thank God for Girls" lyrics on ''Genius'']


==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of Weezer songs]]
*[[List of Weezer songs]]
 
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]
{{References list}}
{{References list}}


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