The Prettiest Girl in the Whole Wide World
"The Prettiest Girl in the Whole Wide World" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Album track by Weezer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Albums | Alone II Raditude |
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Released | Alone II - November 25, 2008 Raditude - November 3, 2009 |
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Recorded | Alone II - March 1998 Raditude - 2009 |
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Length | Alone II - 2:44 Raditude - 4:00 |
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Label | Geffen | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo | ||||||||||||||||||||||
RC# | 226 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Producer(s) | Alone II - Rivers Cuomo Raditude - Jacknife Lee |
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Status | Officially released | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Live debut | September 26, 1997 in Cambridge, MA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Last played | January 14, 1998 in Cambridge, MA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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"The Prettiest Girl in the Whole Wide World" is the thirteenth track on the deluxe edition of Raditude and the twelfth track on Alone II.
Appearances
- Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo (Demo) (2008)
- Raditude (Deluxe Edition) (2009)
Overview
"The Prettiest Girl in the Whole Wide World" was written by Rivers Cuomo in 1997, and was performed by Cuomo at solo shows in and around Boston in 1997 and 1998. The song was not officially released until Cuomo's demo was released on Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo in 2008. A studio version of the song was recorded by Weezer and released the following year on the band's 2009 album, Raditude. Sam Bell, who helped engineer Raditude, provides the voiceover intro on the officially released Weezer version. The initial live version features a bass line absent from the demo and later Raditude version. The two are also very different structurally, and the way the chord progressions are played differ as well. It's unknown if this is Pat Wilson's bass line mentioned in the Recording History or just something Cuomo wrote after recording a demo that appeared on Alone II. On December 18, 2020 it was revealed to have been written for the side project Lovely.
A remix of the Raditude version by Karl Koch (listed as the "Karlophone Remix") was released alongside Raditude as part of the Weezer Raditude Club: iTunes pass.
Alone II liner notes
Live performances
Personnel
Raditude version
- Rivers Cuomo - vocals
- Patrick Wilson - guitar, drums
- Brian Bell - guitar, backing vocals
- Scott Shriner - bass, backing vocals
- Sam Bell - intro (uncredited)
Alone II version
- Rivers Cuomo – vocals, guitar, bass, drums
Audio
1998 demo
Raditude sessions
- This stream is viewable only in North America.
Lyrics
Sunshine is falling
Over my head
Turtle doves are calling
"Good morning, friends"
And I got the prettiest girl in the whole wide world
And nobody can take her from me
And in the evening when she goes out walking alone
I wait at home patiently
I've never been so happy
I've never been so sure
Red roses blooming
All unaware
Of seasons turning
Of coming care
I've got the prettiest girl in the whole wide world
And nobody can take her from me
And in the evening when she goes out walking alone
I wait at home patiently
I've never been so happy
I've never been so sure
I got the prettiest girl in the world
and I'm in love with her
I've got the prettiest girl in the whole wide world
And nobody can take her from me
And in the evening when she goes out walking alone
I wait at home patiently
I've never been so happy
I've never been so sure
I got the prettiest girl in the world
and I'm in love with her
Known recordings
Performer(s) | Title | Filename | Date of recording | Recording location | Length | Appeared on | Notes |
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Rivers Cuomo, Pat Wilson | The Prettiest Girl in the Whole Wide World | 04 The Prettiest Girl In The Whole W.mp3 | December 1997 | Cambridge, MA | 4:20 | Patrick & Rivers | |
Weezer | The Prettiest Girl in the Whole Wide World | February 1998 | Fox Force Five Recorders, Los Angeles, CA | Regular bassline | |||
Weezer | The Prettiest Girl in the Whole Wide World | February 1998 | Fox Force Five Recorders, Los Angeles, CA | Pat Wilson bassline | |||
Rivers Cuomo | The Prettiest Girl in the Whole Wide World | March 1998(?) | 2:44 | Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo | |||
Rivers Cuomo | The Prettiest Girl in the Whole Wide World | 01 The Prettiest Girl In The Whole W.mp3 | March 1998(?) | 2:53 | Alone VI: The Black Room | Alternate rip of above recording | |
Rivers Cuomo | The Prettiest Girl in the Whole Wide World | - Prettiest Girl (2008 edit drum intro (11936).mp3 | Possibly same as above recordings | ||||
Weezer | The Prettiest Girl | 2008/2009 |
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4:04 | Leaked online | Early mix with shorter intro | |
Weezer | The Prettiest Girl in the Whole Wide World | 2008/2009 |
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4:00 | Raditude (Deluxe) | ||
Weezer | The Prettiest Girl in the Whole Wide World | 2008/2009 |
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4:20 | iTunes Pass: The Weezer Raditude Club | Karlophone remix |
See also
- Apple Music-link page
- Known recordings table
- Weezer songs
- Lovely songs
- Bonus tracks
- Songs that appeared on the 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo list
- Songs on Raditude
- Songs on Alone II
- Demos turned album tracks
- Songs on HOMiE - Volume 1
- Rivers Cuomo Band songs
- Revisited songs
- Self-produced Rivers Cuomo songs
- Alone series
- 1998 demos