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* ''[[Say It Ain't So]]'' (UK Retail CD/UK Retail 10" Single (Black Vinyl)) | * ''[[Say It Ain't So]]'' (UK Retail CD/UK Retail 10" Single (Black Vinyl)) | ||
* ''[[Blue Album]]'' Deluxe Edition (Disc 2) (2004) | * ''[[Blue Album]]'' Deluxe Edition (Disc 2) (2004) | ||
[[Image:JamieYoung2013.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Jamie Young, c. 2013]] | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Jamie was written by Rivers Cuomo early in March 1993 as a sincere reaction to the help the band was getting from their first attorney, [[Jamie Young]]. Although band lawyers are indeed paid very well, Rivers was experiencing a real feeling of gratitude and safety, which comes out in this track. It wasn't so much a "thank you" as it was an expression of the feelings of confidence and security produced by having a high-powered attorney (after long months of worry). | Jamie was written by Rivers Cuomo early in March 1993 as a sincere reaction to the help the band was getting from their first attorney, [[Jamie Young]]. Although band lawyers are indeed paid very well, Rivers was experiencing a real feeling of gratitude and safety, which comes out in this track. It wasn't so much a "thank you" as it was an expression of the feelings of confidence and security produced by having a high-powered attorney (after long months of worry). | ||
Though he had already left the band, [[Jason Cropper]] is featured on "Jamie," [[:Category:Book-end tracks|the first and only proper Weezer release]] he would be featured on, not counting the bonus tracks on the reissue of ''The Blue Album''. | Though he had already left the band, [[Jason Cropper]] is featured on "Jamie," [[:Category:Book-end tracks|the first and only proper Weezer release]] he would be featured on, not counting the bonus tracks on the reissue of ''The Blue Album''. | ||
==Recording== | ==Recording== | ||
From ''The Blue Album'''s Deluxe Edition liner notes: | From ''The Blue Album'''s Deluxe Edition liner notes: |