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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| Name    = Charlie Brown
| Name    = Charlie Brown
| Cover    =  
| Cover    = Rivers Cuomo Alone XI.jpg
| Type    = demo
| Type    = demo
| Artist  = Rivers Cuomo
| Artist  = Rivers Cuomo
| Album    = Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
| Album    = Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
| Writer  = [[Rivers Cuomo]]
| Writer  = [[Rivers Cuomo]]
| Released = [[2020]]
| Released = [[November 23]], [[2020]]
| Recorded =  
| Recorded = [[2011]]-[[2014]]
| Label    =  
| Label    =  
| Producer =  
| Producer =  
| Status  = Released
| Status  = Released
}}
}}
"'''Charlie Brown'''" is a demo by [[Rivers Cuomo]]. The demo was released as part of the digital compilation ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''. [[Suzy Shinn]] has said that she wanted this song to be on [[Van Weezer]] but the band wasn't on board with it.[https://youtu.be/J2ijAwqhOmE?t=1960]
"'''Charlie Brown'''" is a song by [[Rivers Cuomo]]. Demos of the song were released as part of the digital compilation ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' on [[November 23]], [[2020]].
 
===Appearences===
*''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' (2020)
==Overview==
[[Suzy Shinn]], producer of {{PN|Weezer}} [[2021]] album ''[[Van Weezer]]'', mentioned in an interview that she wanted "Charlie Brown" to appear as a track on ''Van Weezer'', but that the band "wasn't on board."<ref>Daniel Przybysz. "Van Weezer Zoom Event w/ Suzy Shinn and Charlie Brand — 5/14/2021" 15 May 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2ijAwqhOmE?t=1960</ref>
==Known recordings==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em; font-size:.9em;
!Performer(s)
!Title
!Filename
!Date of recording
!Recording location
!Length
!Appeared on
!Notes
|-
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[Rivers Cuomo]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|Charlie Brown
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|<samp>Charlie Brown.mp3</samp>
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[2011]]-[[2014]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|3:13
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|Added to bundle [[November 23]], [[2020]]
|-
| bgcolor="cccccc"|[[Rivers Cuomo]]
| bgcolor="cccccc"|Charlie Brown
| bgcolor="cccccc"|<samp>Charlie Brown 1.mp3</samp>
| bgcolor="cccccc"|[[2011]]-[[2014]]
| bgcolor="cccccc"|
| bgcolor="cccccc"|3:13
| bgcolor="cccccc"|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''
| bgcolor="cccccc"|Duplicate of <samp>Charlie Brown.mp3</samp>
|-
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[Rivers Cuomo]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|Charlie Brown
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|<samp>Charlie Brown    3.mp3</samp>
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[2011]]-[[2014]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|3:33
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|Added to bundle [[November 23]], [[2020]]
|-
|}
==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
===Version 1===
===Version 1===
{{Lyrics}}
{{Lyrics}}
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I don't wanna deal with tasteless food
I don't wanna deal with tasteless food
It's the '90s so we oughta get some attitude
It's the '90s so we oughta' get some attitude
I was in Japan when the earthquake struck
I was in Japan when the earthquake struck
It felt like Jehovah was mad as fuck
It felt like Jehovah was mad as fuck
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That's why they call me Charlie Brown
That's why they call me Charlie Brown


Don't wanna deal with 3-piece suiters
Don't wanna deal with 3-piece-suiters
Telling me that I should get a job at Hooters
Telling me that I should get a job at Hooters
What do these people know about expression?
What do these people know about expression?
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I'm buying records at the shopping mall
I'm buying records at the shopping mall
Picking my shirt with the (?)
Picking my shirt with the ???
That's what I love about the modern world
That's what I love about the modern world
Everybody gets a chance to be absurd
Everybody gets a chance to be absurd
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Charlie Brown
Charlie Brown


Don't wanna deal with 3-piece suiters
Don't wanna deal with three-piece-suiters
Telling me that I should get a job at Hooters
Telling me that I should get a job at Hooters
What do these people know about expression?
What do these people know about expression?
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That is why they call me Charlie Brown
That is why they call me Charlie Brown


Charlie Brown (x4)
Charlie Brown
</poem>
</poem>
==See also==
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]
*''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''
{{Reference list}}
[[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]][[Category:Songs on Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]