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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
"Perfect Situation" has proved to be one of Weezer's biggest hits. In a 2005 BBC6 interview, Rivers claimed that he cried the first time he heard it being played back. | "Perfect Situation" has proved to be one of Weezer's biggest hits. However, a retail single was not released. | ||
In a 2005 BBC6 interview, Rivers claimed that he cried the first time he heard it being played back. | |||
===Band Commentary=== | ===Band Commentary=== | ||
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==Remix== | ==Remix== | ||
When ''Make Believe'' was first | When ''Make Believe'' was first released, the version of "Perfect Situation" on the album featured one of two different melodies Cuomo originally wrote for the chorus. During the summer 2005 tour, when the band prompted the crowd to sing along, the fans, oddly enough, invariably sang the other original melody Cuomo had written. Cuomo stated in an interview during the band's 2005 performance at the [[AOL Sessions]], "Well, if these ten thousand people think it should go this way, maybe we should go back and re-record it." | ||
The remix includes re-recorded chorus vocals with the other melody, a synth track added the first chorus (the | The remix includes re-recorded chorus vocals with the other melody, a synth track added the first chorus (the original version only has it on the second chorus), and added backup vocals of "perfect situation" over the outro. The radio edit of this remix, served to radio and featured in the video, is eight seconds shorter than the album version, due to a shortening of the intro guitar solo. | ||
The full-length (no edited guitar solo) remix summarily replaced the original version of the song on later pressings of ''Make Believe''. This full-length remix is also available on the ''[[Six Hits]]'' EP. | The full-length (no edited guitar solo) remix summarily replaced the original version of the song on later pressings of ''Make Believe''. This full-length remix is also available on the ''[[Six Hits]]'' EP. | ||