Perfect Situation

"Perfect Situation" is the third single and second track from Make Believe.
===Appearances===
*Make Believe (original version replaced by remix on later pressings) (2005)
*"Perfect Situation" promo CD (remix - edit) (2005)
*AOL Sessions Best Buy Exclusive DVD (live session) (2005)
*Six Hits EP (remix - full length) (2008)
*Several Official Bootlegs (Live Version)
*Alone IX: The Make Believe Years (2020)
==Overview==
:::—Band commentaryWeezer Recording History - Page 15. Original source archived by Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20091229113823/http://www.weezer.com/info/recording/WeezRecHist15.htm
"Perfect Situation" was initially written around the summer of 2002.The Grand File. 2002. http://weezerpedia.com/catalogofriffs.html The song is first known to have been demoed as a band at S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios in Los Angeles on September 15, 2002, with Josh Freese sitting in on drums.Weezer Recording History - Page 14 The song continued to be demoed at S.I.R. throughout the year, and was also demoed at Swing House Rehearsal & Recording in late 2003. The song was included in Rivers Cuomo's "B-List" during pre-production on Make Believe, and did not appear on album's Amazon.com store page in the months prior to the album's release.:File:Amazon_screenshot_(1).jpg
Initial pressings of Make Believe featured a different chorus melody than later releases. In an interview with AOL Music in 2005, Rivers Cuomo explained why the band re-recorded a new version of the song:
The second version of the song also included a synth track added to the first chorus, as well as backup vocals of the words "perfect situation" over the outro. The recording session was held on September 7, 2005, in Atlanta, Georgia where the Foozer Tour kicked off one day later. The radio edit of the song, which also appeared in the music video, is eight seconds shorter than the album version, featuring a shortened intro guitar solo. 
In a 2005 BBC6 interview, Rivers claimed that he cried the first time he heard it being played back.
The song is also one of the band's most successful songs to date, topping the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks for four weeks, outlasting the first single from Make Believe, "Beverly Hills", although it didn't gain the massive pop success of "Beverly Hills", which hit #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 while "Perfect Situation" hit #51. A promo-only CD was produced, featuring the radio mix of the song, but no retail single was released.
The band usually incorporates a singalong into the song's final chorus when performing "Perfect Situation" live. This was a suggestion Scott Shriner made. Rivers Cuomo blog postsCuomo, Rivers. October 6, 2005. "The Man." MySpace.com.
==Music video==
The music video for "Perfect Situation" was directed by Marc Webb and premiered on November 11, 2005. It features actress Elisha Cuthbert as the lead singer of Weeze, a fictional predecessor to Weezer. Cuthbert's character is eventually replaced by that of Rivers Cuomo, a put-upon roadie serving the demanding Cuthbert character. The video also features a cameo by Karl Koch as a t-shirt vendor for Weeze. Actual Weezer fans participated in the music video.Montgomery, James. "Elisha Cuthbert Takes Over Weezer -- But Rivers Won't Have Any Of It" MTV. 18 October 2005 https://www.mtv.com/news/b9gpf1/elisha-cuthbert-takes-over-weezer-but-rivers-wont-have-any-of-it
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==Audio==
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==Personnel==
*Rivers Cuomo – lead guitar, lead vocals
*Patrick Wilson – percussion
*Brian Bell – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, piano
*Scott Shriner – bass guitar, backing vocals,
*Rick Rubin - producer
*Chad Bamford - additional production
*Neal Avron - mixing
==Lyrics==
<tabber>
|-|Album version=
What's the deal with my brain?
Why am I so obviously insane?
In a perfect situation,
I let love down the drain
There's the pitch, slow and straight
All I have to do is swing
And I'm a hero, but I'm a zero.
Hungry nights, once again
Now it's getting unbelievable
'Cause I could not have it better,
But I just can't get no play
From the girls, all around
As they search the night for someone to hold onto
I just pass through
Singing oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
Singing oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
Get your hands off the girl
Can't you see that she belongs to me?
And I don't appreciate this excess company
Though I can't satisfy all the needs she has
And so she starts to wonder
Can you blame her?
Singing oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
Singing oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
Tell me there's a logic out there
Leading me to better prepare
For the day that something really special might come
Tell me there's some hope for me
I don't wanna be lonely
For the rest of my days on the earth
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
Singing oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
Singing oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
(Perfect situation)
(Perfect situation)
(Perfect situation)
|-|2002 demo=
What's the deal with my brain?
Why am I so obviously insane?
In a perfect situation,
I let mine down the drain
Watch the pitch, slow and straight
All I have to do is swing
And I'm a hero, but I'm a zero
Hungry nights, once again
Now it's getting unbelievable
'Cause I could not have it better,
But I just can't get no play
From the girls, beautiful
As they crowd around me begging for some action
And I'm passin'
Singing oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
Tell me there's a logic somewhere
Leading me to better prepare
For the day that [...] might come
Tell me there's a logic somewhere
Leading me to better prepare
For the day that something really special might come
Hungry nights, once again
Now it's getting unbelievable
'Cause I could not have it better,
But I just can't get no play
From the girls, beautiful
As they crowd around me begging for some action
And I'm passin'
Singing oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
Singing oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
Singing oh oh, oh oh, oh oh</tabber>
==Known recordings==
==See also==
* List of Weezer songs
* AOL Sessions (2005)
==References==
Category:Weezer songs
Category:Weezer singles
Category:Songs that appeared on the 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo list
Category:Allmusic track picks
Category:Songs on Make Believe
Category:Music videos that feature Karl Koch
Category:Self-produced Weezer songs
Category:Weezer songs produced by Rick Rubin
Category:Weezer songs produced by Chad Bamford
Category:Songs on Six Hits