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==Known recordings==
==Known recordings==
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!Performer(s)
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|The Greatest Man That Ever Lived|The Greatest Man that ever Lived.mp3|[[June 21]], [[2007]]||6:04|''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]''|}}
!Title
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|The Greatest Man That Ever Lived||April-October [[2007]]|Malibu Performing Arts Center, Malibu, CA|5:52|''[[Weezer (The Red Album)]]''|}}
!Filename
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|The Greatest Man That Ever Lived||[[November 25]], [[2008]]|Fingerprints, Long Beach CA|8:02|''[[Not Alone: Rivers Cuomo & Friends Live at Fingerprints]]''|}}
!Date of recording
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!Recording location
 
!Length
!Appeared on
!Notes
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| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[Rivers Cuomo]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|The Greatest Man That Ever Lived
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|<samp>The Greatest Man that ever Lived.mp3</samp>
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[June 21]], [[2007]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|6:04
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]''
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|
|-
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[Weezer]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|The Greatest Man That Ever Lived
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|April-October [[2007]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|Malibu Performing Arts Center, Malibu, CA
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|5:52
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|''[[Weezer (The Red Album)]]''
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|
|-
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[Rivers Cuomo]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|The Greatest Man That Ever Lived
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[November 25]], [[2008]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|Fingerprints, Long Beach CA
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|8:02
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|''[[Not Alone: Rivers Cuomo & Friends Live at Fingerprints]]''
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|
|-
|}
==Music video==
==Music video==
In late [[2008]], it was reported that a music video for "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived" was planned with director [[Spike Jonze]]<ref>Freedman, Pete. "How To Piss Off A Member Of Weezer: Brian Bell isn't so hot on comparisons between past Weezer records and the latest" ''Dallas Observer''. 15 October 2008. Archived by ''Wayback Machine''. 12 November 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081112083152/http://www.dallasobserver.com/2008-10-16/music/how-to-piss-off-a-member-of-weezer/</ref> (who previously directed music videos for "[[Undone - The Sweater Song]]," "[[Buddy Holly]]," and "[[Island in the Sun]]"). Ultimately, an official video never materialized. The song was used in the [[Wikipedia:Warren Miller (director)|Warren Miller]] documentary ''[[Children of Winter]]'', from which a segment was released as a music video on Weezer's official YouTube channel in late 2008:<ref>Weezer. "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived - Weezer & Warren Miller" ''YouTube''. 29 November 2008. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLvR5NiCPb0</ref>  
In late [[2008]], it was reported that a music video for "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived" was planned with director [[Spike Jonze]]<ref>Freedman, Pete. "How To Piss Off A Member Of Weezer: Brian Bell isn't so hot on comparisons between past Weezer records and the latest" ''Dallas Observer''. 15 October 2008. Archived by ''Wayback Machine''. 12 November 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081112083152/http://www.dallasobserver.com/2008-10-16/music/how-to-piss-off-a-member-of-weezer/</ref> (who previously directed music videos for "[[Undone - The Sweater Song]]," "[[Buddy Holly]]," and "[[Island in the Sun]]"). Ultimately, an official video never materialized. The song was used in the [[Wikipedia:Warren Miller (director)|Warren Miller]] documentary ''[[Children of Winter]]'', from which a segment was released as a music video on Weezer's official YouTube channel in late 2008:<ref>Weezer. "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived - Weezer & Warren Miller" ''YouTube''. 29 November 2008. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLvR5NiCPb0</ref>  
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