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"Pig" was the first new song of the ''Red Album'' era to be heard by fans. The song was leaked as an acoustic home demo on various music blogs in April of [[2007]], featuring only lead singer [[Rivers Cuomo]] performing on the track. The metadata from the song showed that it belonged on an eighteen-track demo album entitled ''[[Deliverance at Hand!]]'' as the twelfth track. Fans would later discover that ''Deliverance at Hand!'' was a collection of Cuomo's demos from the period between the release of ''[[Make Believe]]'' and ''The Red Album''. A full-band recording of "Pig" was later released as a bonus track on the deluxe edition of [[The Red Album|Weezer (The Red Album)]]. | "Pig" was the first new song of the ''Red Album'' era to be heard by fans. The song was leaked as an acoustic home demo on various music blogs in April of [[2007]], featuring only lead singer [[Rivers Cuomo]] performing on the track. The metadata from the song showed that it belonged on an eighteen-track demo album entitled ''[[Deliverance at Hand!]]'' as the twelfth track. Fans would later discover that ''Deliverance at Hand!'' was a collection of Cuomo's demos from the period between the release of ''[[Make Believe]]'' and ''The Red Album''. A full-band recording of "Pig" was later released as a bonus track on the deluxe edition of [[The Red Album|Weezer (The Red Album)]]. | ||
"Pig" is one of the | "Pig" is one of the four post-''[[Pinkerton]]'' Weezer songs to feature a harmonica, the others being "[[Freak Me Out]]", "[[Cleopatra]]" and "[[Dark Enough to See the Stars]]." Cuomo sings his own backing vocals for this song. The production of the percussion in "Pig" is also notably unique. The song features a structure atypical for the band, building to an emotional peak without a distinct chorus or set of verses. The vocal melody remains constant for most of the song. The song features synthesizer strings. | ||
In the album version of the song, the band opted to add background noises into several sections of the song, to a mixed reception from fans. Likely sung by guitarist [[Brian Bell]] or bassist [[Scott Shriner]], a background noise of a whiplash sound was added after the lyric "''my friends all made the whip-lash sound''." Additionally, hand-claps were added after the lyric "''and everyone clapped when I asked her to marry me''." | In the album version of the song, the band opted to add background noises into several sections of the song, to a mixed reception from fans. Likely sung by guitarist [[Brian Bell]] or bassist [[Scott Shriner]], a background noise of a whiplash sound was added after the lyric "''my friends all made the whip-lash sound''." Additionally, hand-claps were added after the lyric "''and everyone clapped when I asked her to marry me''." | ||