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| Album    = Meet the Deedles Soundtrack
| Album    = Meet the Deedles Soundtrack
| Released = [[March 24]], [[1998]]
| Released = [[March 24]], [[1998]]
| Recorded = January 1998 in Boston, MA
| Recorded = [[January 30]]–early February 1998 in Hollywood, CA
| Length  = 4:15
| Length  = 4:15
| Label    = [[Geffen]]  
| Label    = [[Geffen]]  
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Cuomo recorded additional demos of "American Girls" the following winter, including a demo at his home in Cambridge, as well as a "pro" demo engineered by Ross Humphrey.<ref>[[Recording History - Page 10|Weezer Recording History - Page 10]]</ref> Cuomo subsequently recorded a full Homie album with [[Fred Eltringham]] (of Gigolo Aunts) and Drew Parsons (of Tracy Bonham's band) at a studio (most likely Fort Apache), but the album was never released, and it's not known if "American Girls" was among the songs recorded.
Cuomo recorded additional demos of "American Girls" the following winter, including a demo at his home in Cambridge, as well as a "pro" demo engineered by Ross Humphrey.<ref>[[Recording History - Page 10|Weezer Recording History - Page 10]]</ref> Cuomo subsequently recorded a full Homie album with [[Fred Eltringham]] (of Gigolo Aunts) and Drew Parsons (of Tracy Bonham's band) at a studio (most likely Fort Apache), but the album was never released, and it's not known if "American Girls" was among the songs recorded.


A new version of "American Girls" was recorded in Boston for the [[Meet The Deedles: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|soundtrack to the film ''Meet the Deedles'']], released [[March 24]], [[1998]]. Though it is technically attributed to Homie, "American Girls" was the [[:Category:Book-end tracks|final recording]], to date, to feature the Weezer line up of [[Rivers Cuomo]], [[Matt Sharp]], [[Brian Bell]], and [[Pat Wilson]]. The recording also features instrumentation from [[Yuval Gabay]] and [[Sebastian Steinburg]] of Soul Coughing, guitar by [[Greg Brown]] of the band Cake, and additional vocals from Cuomo's childhood friends [[Justin Fisher]] and [[Adam Orth]] as well as Geffen A&R representative [[Todd Sullivan]].
A new version of "American Girls" was recorded in Hollywood, CA<ref>https://groups.google.com/g/alt.music.weezer/c/TDmoibQyy8s/m/jizZPA5f6IQJ</ref> for the [[Meet The Deedles: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|soundtrack to the film ''Meet the Deedles'']], released [[March 24]], [[1998]]. Though it is technically attributed to Homie, "American Girls" was the [[:Category:Book-end tracks|final recording]], to date, to feature the Weezer line up of [[Rivers Cuomo]], [[Matt Sharp]], [[Brian Bell]], and [[Pat Wilson]]. The recording also features instrumentation from [[Yuval Gabay]] and [[Sebastian Steinburg]] of Soul Coughing, guitar by [[Greg Brown]] of the band Cake, and additional vocals from Cuomo's childhood friends [[Justin Fisher]] and [[Adam Orth]] as well as Geffen A&R representative [[Todd Sullivan]].
==Personnel==
==Personnel==
===''Meet the Deedles''===
===''Meet the Deedles''===
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] - vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, lyrics, and melody
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] vocals, acoustic guitar, piano
*[[Yuval Gabay]] (of Soul Coughing) -- drum loops
*[[Matt Sharp]] – producer, background vocals
*[[Matt Sharp]] - co-producer and background vocals
*[[Pat Wilson]] – miscellaneous, drums (what got looped)
*[[Sebastian Steinburg]] (of Soul Coughing) -- upright bass
*[[Yuval Gabay]] (of Soul Coughing) drum loops
*[[Pat Wilson]] - miscellaneous, drum playing (what got looped)
*[[Sebastian Steinburg]] (of Soul Coughing) upright bass
*[[Greg Brown]] (of Cake) -- electric guitar (lead and solos)
*[[Greg Brown]] (of Cake) electric guitar
*[[Brian Bell]] - backing vocals
*[[Brian Bell]] backing vocals
*[[Justin Fisher]] (formerly of [[Avant Garde]] and [[Shufflepuck]]) - backing vocals
*[[Justin Fisher]] (formerly of [[Avant Garde]] and [[Shufflepuck]]) backing vocals
*[[Adam Orth]] (formerly of [[Shufflepuck]])- backing vocals
*[[Adam Orth]] (formerly of [[Shufflepuck]]) backing vocals
*[[Todd Sullivan]] - backing vocals
*[[Todd Sullivan]] backing vocals


==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
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{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|American Girls|03 American Girls.mp3|Winter [[1997]]|Cambridge, MA|4:13|''[[Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|American Girls|03 American Girls.mp3|Winter [[1997]]|Cambridge, MA|4:13|''[[Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Homie]]|American Girls||Winter [[1997]]||||"pro" Demo engineered by Ross Humphrey.}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Homie]]|American Girls||Winter [[1997]]||||"pro" Demo engineered by Ross Humphrey.}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Homie]]|American Girls||January [[1998]]||4:15|''[[Meet the Deedles: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Homie]]|American Girls||January 30–early February [[1998]]|Cole Rehearsal Studios(?), West Hollywood, CA|4:15|''[[Meet the Deedles: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''|}}
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{{Known recordings footer}}


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