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| Length = 3:11 | | Length = 3:11 | ||
| Label = Epitaph Records | | Label = Epitaph Records | ||
| Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]], Tony Kanal | | Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]], [[Tony Kanal]], [[Jimmy Harry]] | ||
| Producer = [[Rivers Cuomo]] | | Producer = [[Rivers Cuomo]], [[Shawn Everett]] | ||
| Status = Officially Released | | Status = Officially Released | ||
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| Next track = "[[Brave New World]]"<br>(09) | | Next track = "[[Brave New World]]"<br>(09) | ||
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"'''Smart Girls'''" is the eighth track on ''[[Hurley]]''. | "'''Smart Girls'''" (formerly titled "'''Hot Girls'''") is the eighth track on ''[[Hurley]]''. | ||
===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
*''[[Hurley]]'' (2010) | *''[[Hurley]]'' (2010) | ||
*''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]'' (2020) | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
{{Rivers Cuomo quote|'“Smart Girls” — the song was originally “Hot Girls,” about how frustrating it is to have all these amazingly hot girls tweeting at me and it just felt so frustrating because I’m not in that life stage anymore where I can do anything about it. So I wrote this song “Hot Girls.” It ultimately ended up feeling — I don’t know, too macho or something? So we just changed it to “Smart Girls” and every other lyric stayed the same, like a really cheesy song about girls. But just changing that one word makes it really different and interesting.|''Spin'', [[2010]]<ref>Gaston, Peter. "Q&A: Rivers Cuomo of Weezer" ''Spin''. 10 August 2010. https://www.spin.com/2010/08/qa-rivers-cuomo-weezer/</ref>}} | |||
Songwriter [[Rivers Cuomo]], for a period, used Twitter to compile random thoughts that would come to mind. One such thought, "Where did all these hot girls come from," was later utilized as a song lyric. "That was a tweet," Cuomo told [[Huck_Magazine_interview_with_Rivers_Cuomo_-_May/June_2011|''Huck Magazine'']] in a [[2011]] interview, "I didn't give any context for it, but I was talking about girls tweeting at me - where were they when I was single?" "Smart Girls" was co-written by Cuomo with musicians [[Tony Kanal]] (of [[No Doubt]]) and [[Jimmy Harry]] (who also contributed additional guitar work to the song). | |||
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The original | The original "Hot Girls" demo was released as part of the digital compilation ''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]'' in [[2020]]. | ||
Though "Smart Girls" was never released as a single and has never been performed live, it has been covered on multiple television programs. In [[2019]], the band [[Wikipedia:The Roots|The Roots]] performed a brief rendition on [[Wikipedia:The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon|''The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon'']] to introduce guest [[Wikipedia:Beanie Feldstein|Beanie Feldstein]].<ref>''The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon''. 21 May 2019. Archived by archive.org: https://archive.org/details/WRC_20190522_033400_The_Tonight_Show_Starring_Jimmy_Fallon/start/3000/end/3060</ref> The eighth episode of the second season of the TV series ''[[Wikipedia:Evil (TV series)|Evil]]'' features children singing the song. | |||
==Known recordings== | |||
{{Known recordings header}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Hot Girls|Moshikashitara_ Hot Girls 2.0.mp3|||3:36|''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|Smart Girls|| | |||
*Zeitgeist Studios, Los Angeles, CA | |||
*Red Bull Studios, Santa Monica, CA | |||
*The Village, Los Angeles, CA | |||
*Threshold Sound & Vision, Santa Monica, CA | |||
*Hurley Studios, Costa Mesa, CA||3:11|''[[Hurley]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings footer}} | |||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] - Lead vocals, Guitar | *[[Rivers Cuomo]] - Lead vocals, Guitar | ||
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Someone tell me how to get me some | Someone tell me how to get me some | ||
On the floor, in | On the floor, in a car | ||
On the seat at the bar | On the seat at the bar | ||
Wherever I go | Wherever I go | ||
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Smart girls | Smart girls | ||
Never get enough | Never get enough of those | ||
Smart girls | Smart girls | ||
Smart girls | Smart girls | ||
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I've got a feeling you could show me how | I've got a feeling you could show me how | ||
On a bus, on | On a bus, on the train | ||
On a boat, on | On a boat, on the plane | ||
I'm falling in love | I'm falling in love | ||
What was your name? | What was your name? | ||
Smart girls | Smart girls | ||
Never get enough | Never get enough of those | ||
Smart girls | Smart girls | ||
Sleeping in the buff | Sleeping in the buff | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[List of Weezer songs]] | *[[List of Weezer songs]] | ||
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | |||
{{References list}} | |||
[[Category:Weezer songs]] | [[Category:Weezer songs]] | ||
[[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]] | |||
[[Category:Songs on Hurley]] | [[Category:Songs on Hurley]] | ||
[[Category:Songs on Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]] | |||
[[Category:Weezer songs produced by Shawn Everett]] | [[Category:Weezer songs produced by Shawn Everett]] | ||
[[Category:Weezer songs produced by Rivers Cuomo]] | [[Category:Weezer songs produced by Rivers Cuomo]] | ||
[[Category:Co-writing credit]] | [[Category:Co-writing credit]] | ||