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-{{Featured song MP3 headline Youtube|https://youtu.be/yeabZ9C1U24|Softies}}
+{{Featured song MP3 headline|https://open.spotify.com/track/4dV49dm1XBRvsm2EUZQad4|American Gigolo}}
-{{Featured song artwork|Karlscorner-20080418.jpg|Softies}}"'''Softies'''" is a song written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] in [[2007]] as a song in contention for {{Possessive name|Weezer}} planned sixth album, which would eventually become ''[[The Red Album]]'' in [[2008]]. It eventually saw release via the [[riverscuomo.com demos|Riverscuomo.com demo storefront]].
+{{Featured song artwork|Weezer Maladroit.jpg|American Gigolo}} "'''American Gigolo'''" is the opening track from ''[[Maladroit]]''.
-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]]".
+The song was first written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] around February of [[2001]], and recorded by Weezer at [[DC Demos|Monster Island Studios]] on [[May 27]], 2001. These original recordings portrayed the song in more of a funky vibe. Many fans were later surprised to hear the song evolve into more of a heavy metal riffer as the ''Maladroit'' sessions unfolded. Early versions of the song contain lyrics that greatly resemble that of "[[Photograph]]" ("If you want it / You can have it..."), though it is unknown if this is a deliberate allusion. According to the [[Recording_History_-_Page_13#5.2F27.2F01:_DC_Demos|Recording History]], the song shares its chorus with the unreleased song "[[I Can't Tell You]]", written around the same time and also demoed at Monster Island Studios.
-In early [[2009]], a Wikipedia page for the song was created by a user named "Gefred7112", which included information suggesting "Softies" would be the lead single for "[[Raditude|Album Seven]]". An [[Albumsix]] user Facebook messaged [[Scott Shriner]] about the page, and the response was "uhhhhh....wait and see?". After heated debates among the fans whether the information on Wikipedia was real or not, Albumsix user PKMN Trainer Red revealed that he was "Gefred7112" and that the wiki page was a prank.
+"American Gigolo" was performed live for the first time on [[June 8]], [[2001]] in Toronto, Ontario, as well as several additional shows that month on the [[Euro Freak Out Tour]]. The song was performed sporadically in [[2002]] and has, to date, been played only three times following its official release on ''[[Maladroit]]''.
-{{Featured song links|Softies}}
+{{Featured song links|American Gigolo}}
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