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 | Artist   = Weezer
 | A-side   = Buddy Holly
-| Released = May 10, 1994
+| Released =
-| Recorded = N/A
+| Recorded = Demo recorded 3/93, master recorded Spring '93
 | Length   = 4:20
 | Label    = Geffen
 | Writer   = [[Rivers Cuomo|Cuomo]]
-| RC#      = N/A
+| RC#      = 153
-| COR#     = 47
+| COR#     = N/A
-| Producer = Ric Ocasek
+| Producer = Dale Johnson
 | Status   = Officially released
 | Misc        = {{Extra album cover 2
    | Upper caption  = Alternate cover
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    | Lower caption  = Cover of 2004 double-CD deluxe edition
    }}
+| RC's last song  = "[[When You're Near Me]]"<br>(RC# 152)
-| RC's last song  = "[[?]]"<br>(RC# ?)
+| This RC song    = "Jamie"<br>(RC# 153)
-| This RC song    = "Jamie"<br>(RC# ?)
+| RC's next song  = "[[Lemonade]]"<br>(RC# 154)
-| RC's next song  = "[[?]]"<br>(RC# ?)
 | Album = Buddy Holly (UK Retail CD)
 | Album Type = single
 | Previous track = "[[Surf Wax America]] (Live)"<br>(3)
 | This track = "Jamie"<br>(4)
-| Next track =
 {{Extra track listing
 | Album           = Buddy Holly (UK Retail Cassette/UK Retail 7" Single (Black Vinyl))
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 "'''Jamie'''" is the fourth track from the deluxe edition of Weezer's self-titled debut album and is a b-side to [[Buddy Holly]].
+==Overview==
+Jamie was written by Rivers Cuomo for [[Jamie Young]], who was the band's lawyer at the time of their signing to [[Geffen]].  The band was extremely grateful for Jamie Young because she cared about the band and made certain that they were treated fairly.  The song was written as a thank you.  Matt Sharp has also written a song for Jamie, which Rivers helped him record called "[[Mrs. Young]]".
+==Recording==
+The song was recorded by Dale Johnson.  Dale Johnson wrote:
+"I was the LMU student that brought Weezer into the studio and engineered the version of "Jamie" that appears on DGC Rarities Vol 1. I saw Weezer for the first time in the early spring of 1993 when i did the sound for them at an in-store at Rhino Records in Santa Monica. I had worked there for a bit and had become familiar with them thru my friends Rachel Haden and Kerry Murphy, who had booked the show there that night.
+So, I asked them to do the recording assignment which was a live to 2 track version of "Jamie". I still have the shitty copy of the original 8-track demo that was dubbed on the back of a Grant Lee Buffalo sampler cassette somewhere in my closet (this would be the Rivers-only demo mentioned earlier in the History -karl). I hooked them up with another classmate of mine named Sharon when she didn't have a band lined up at the last minute. I tried to get her That Dog (who was the other band I really wanted to record) but they couldn't get it together in time so I figured the Weezer guys would be down with coming back for a second time.
+Anyways, I guess the guys were happy with the LMU version of "Jamie", but i never entirely was completely satisfied. I mean, only so much you can do with a live take and only a few hours! Rivers seemed to be really completely amazed when i told him I only got a B+ on the project. "But it's gonna be on a CD, man....!" I remember Matt being really adamant that they would do the recording project with me, but that they had to own the master. Smart boys they were, and I agreed to it, I just really wanted to be credited with the recording."
+Six takes were recorded, with the final one being the master.
 ===Appearances===
 * [[Buddy Holly]] (UK Retail CD)
+* ''DGC Rarities'' Compilation
 * [[Buddy Holly]] (UK Retail Cassette/UK Retail 7" Single (Black Vinyl))
 * [[Weezer (Deluxe Edition) (Disc 2)]]