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 <noinclude>   '''See [[Help:Featured Song]] for instructions on editing this page.'''   </noinclude>
-{{Featured song MP3 headline|http://play.last.fm/preview/112588925.mp3|Ooh}}
+{{Featured song MP3 headline|http://play.last.fm/preview/1007532.mp3|The Christmas Song}}
-{{Featured song artwork|Rivers cuomo alone.jpg}}
+{{Featured song artwork|Weezer Christmas CD.jpg}}
-'''"[[Ooh]]"''' is the first track from "''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]''". It was previously unheard before the album's release.
+"'''[[The Christmas Song]]'''" is the first track on ''[[The Christmas CD]]''.
-The inspiration for "Ooh" came when [[Rivers Cuomo]] went to the Philharmonic’s performance of Mahler's third symphony sometime in [[1992]]. Cuomo reported that his "mind was blown." After seeing the performance, he "resolved to incorporate the more complex arrangements and countermelodies of classical music in [his] rock songs." Said Cuomo, "So I wrote this little vocal piece as an exercise. It's a rip-off of Smetan's ''Moldau'' but what can you do."
+The song was recorded during [[Weezer's]] self-produced pre-production demo sessions for ''[[The Green Album]]''.  It was first released on the Los Angeles-area radio station [[KROQ]]'s 2000 edition of their annual christmas compilation, that year entitled ''Kevin and Bean: The Real Slim Santa''.  It was then remixed and partially re-recorded at producer [[Ric Ocasek|Ric Ocasek's]] urging, with slightly different lyrics.  This recording is considered the "standard" version, and is the lead track on ''The Christmas CD'', aka ''Winter Weezerland''. The song, along with its companion "[[Christmas Celebration]]," was performed live a handful of times at shows in late 2000, including [[Goat Punishment]] shows, the December KROQ ''Almost Acoustic Xmas'', and New Year's Eve [[Blink 182]] opening-slot gigs.
-On the recording, Cuomo's fingers can faintly be heard snapping. This was done to serve as a metronome and keep his vocal takes "somewhat in line."
+{{Featured song links|The Christmas Song}}
-{{Featured song links|Ooh}}
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