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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The song was featured on [[The 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo]] spreadsheet and was designated for ''[[Alone II]]'' four months before its release. It did not make the final track list of ''The Red Album'' or ''Alone II''. It is speculated that "Softies" and all of the 2008 spreadsheet entries were conceived or retooled after [[Geffen]] wanted more commercial material on ''The Red Album''. "Softies" is listed on several of the hand-written song lists featured in the booklet for the deluxe edition of ''The Red Album'' along with "[[I Don't Want to Let You Go]]" and "[[This Is the Way]]". In early [[2009]], a Wikipedia page was made for the song which included information suggesting Sofites would be the lead single for [[Album Seven]]. An [[Albumsix]] boardie emailed [[Scott Shriner]] about the page, and the response was "uhhhhh....wait and see?" | The song was featured on [[The 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo]] spreadsheet and was designated for ''[[Alone II]]'' four months before its release. It did not make the final track list of ''The Red Album'' or ''Alone II''. It is speculated that "Softies" and all of the 2008 spreadsheet entries were conceived or retooled after [[Geffen]] wanted more commercial material on ''The Red Album''. "Softies" is listed on several of the hand-written song lists featured in the booklet for the deluxe edition of ''The Red Album'' along with "[[I Don't Want to Let You Go]]" and "[[This Is the Way]]". In early [[2009]], a Wikipedia page was made for the song which included information suggesting Sofites would be the lead single for [[Album Seven]]. An [[Albumsix]] boardie emailed [[Scott Shriner]] about the page, and the response was "uhhhhh....wait and see?" | ||
As of August 2009, two months before the release of the band's seventh Album, Raditude, Softies has not been mentioned by Rivers or the band as being on the new record at all. The lead of single from Album Seven was chosen to be "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To". | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||