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| Length  = 3:13
| Length  = 3:13
| Label    = Crush Music/Atlantic Records
| Label    = Crush Music/Atlantic Records
| Writer  = [[Rivers Cuomo]]/Josh Alexander/Jonny Coffer/Johnny McDaid
| Writer  = [[Rivers Cuomo]], [[Josh Alexander]], [[Jonny Coffer]], [[Johnny McDaid]]
| Producer = [[Butch Walker]]
| Producer = [[Butch Walker]]
| Status  = Officially released
| Status  = Officially released
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| Next track      = "[[La Mancha Screwjob]]"<br> (9)
| Next track      = "[[La Mancha Screwjob]]"<br> (9)
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"'''Get Right'''"  is the eighth track from ''[[Pacific Daydream]]'', released on October 27th, 2017.
"'''Get Right'''"  is the eighth track from ''[[Pacific Daydream]]''.
==Overview==
==Overview==
On August 21, 2016, when someone posted the [[Jimmy Eat World]] song "Get Right" on the weezer fan club page, [[Rivers Cuomo]] commented "damn, one of my new songs is called 'get right.'"
On [[August 21]], [[2016]], when someone posted the [[Jimmy Eat World]] song "Get Right" on the [[Weezer Fan Club]] Facebook group, [[Rivers Cuomo]] commented "damn, one of my new songs is called 'get right.'"{{Citation needed}} In [[2017]], Rivers Cuomo commented that he had been dissatisfied with the verse melody while writing "Get Right" until co-writer [[Josh Alexander]] came over to his house and helped him "whip it into shape."<ref>Hilton, Robin. "How Weezer Traded Power Chords For Pop: A Conversation With Rivers Cuomo" ''NPR''. 27 October 2017. https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2017/10/27/560044425/how-weezer-traded-power-chords-for-pop</ref>
 
==Known recordings==
In an October 2017 NPR interview Rivers commented on Josh Alexander's contribution to the song, noting that he came over to his house and helped "whip the verse melody into shape."
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{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Get Right|Get Right&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3 chorus develop&nbsp;&nbsp;JC JMD Random Vox Inst Sketch1 @ 124.mp3|[[2016]]—[[2017]]||||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Get Right|Get Right&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4 verses @ 124.mp3|[[2016]]—[[2017]]||||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Get Right|Get Right&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6 acoustic&nbsp;&nbsp;@ 124.mp3|[[2016]]—[[2017]]||||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Get Right|Get Right&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;16 verse @ 127.mp3 |[[2016]]—[[2017]]||||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Get Right|Get Right&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;17 alt post @ 127.mp3|[[2016]]—[[2017]]||||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Get Right|Get Right&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;19 og post in d @ 127.mp3|[[2016]]—[[2017]]||||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|Get Right|Get Right&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;21 weezer pre-pro @ 130.mp3|[[2016]]—[[2017]]||||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|Get Right|Get Right&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;23 pac sun @ 125.mp3|[[2016]]—[[2017]]||||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|Get Right|Get Right&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;24 og melody @ 126 (R C's conflicted copy 2017-05-25).mp3|[[May 25]], [[2017]]||||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|Get Right|Get Right&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;26 half verses @128.mp3|[[2016]]—[[2017]]||||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|Get Right|Get Right&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;29 verse lyrics and why won't you bridge @124.mp3|[[2016]]—[[2017]]||||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]](?)|Get Right|GET RIGHT 7.13.17.mp3|[[July 13]], [[2017]]||||}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|Get Right||[[2017]]|Ruby Red Productions, Santa Monica, CA|3:13|''[[Pacific Daydream]]''|}}


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==Personnel==
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – guitar, lead vocals
*[[Patrick Wilson]] – percussion
*[[Brian Bell]] – guitar, backing vocals
*[[Scott Shriner]] - bass guitar, backing vocals
==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
<poem>
<poem>
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Waiting for me there
Waiting for me there
But I don't know if I can get right
But I don't know if I can get right
Singing to my dog
Singing to my dog
Keep your fingers crossed
Keep your fingers crossed
Don't evaporate like a beautiful mirage
Don't evaporate like a beautiful mirage
I know you're out there
I know you're out there
Waiting for me there
Waiting for me there
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Waiting for me there
Waiting for me there
But I don't know if I can get right
But I don't know if I can get right
Singing to my dog
Singing to my dog
Keep your fingers crossed
Keep your fingers crossed
Don't evaporate like a beautiful mirage
Don't evaporate like a beautiful mirage
I know you're out there
I know you're out there
Waiting for me there
Waiting for me there
But I don't know if I can get right
But I don't know if I can get right
</poem>
</poem>
==Personnel==
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – guitar, lead vocals
*[[Patrick Wilson]] – percussion
*[[Brian Bell]] – guitar, backing vocals
*[[Scott Shriner]] - bass guitar, backing vocals
==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of Weezer songs]]
*[[List of Weezer songs]]
[[Category: Weezer songs]]
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]
{{References list}}
[[Category:Weezer songs]][[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]]
[[Category:Weezer songs produced by Butch Walker]]
[[Category:Weezer songs produced by Butch Walker]]
[[Category:Songs on Pacific Daydream]]
[[Category:Songs on Pacific Daydream]]
[[Category:Co-writing credit]]
[[Category:Co-writing credit]]