This Is Such a Pity

"This Is Such a Pity" is the fourth single and third track from Make Believe.
===Appearances===
* Make Believe (2005)
* "This Is Such a Pity" promo CD (radio mix) (2005)
* Alone IX: The Make Believe Years (2020)
==Overview==
"This Is Such a Pity" shares an entry in the Catalog O' Riffs with the song "She Who Is Militant", originally demoed by Weezer in 2002 during early sessions for the band's planned fifth album, during which time the band shared in-progress studio demos on weezer.com. During preparation for the album that would eventually become Make Believe, "She Who Is Militant" was revised and rewritten, under multiple titles, from 2002 to 2004 before it became "This Is Such a Pity." As such, the latter bears little resemblance to its original form other than a similar chord progression. "This Is Such a Pity" was included on Rivers Cuomo's "A-List" of songs in consideration during pre-production in July of 2004.
:::—Band commentaryWeezer Recording History - Page 15. Original source archived by Wayback Machine
"This Is Such a Pity" was released as a single when "Perfect Situation" and even "Beverly Hills" (released a year earlier) were still regularly played on the radio and music television Karl's Corner - 03/22/2006. Original source archived by Wayback Machine. As a result, the song failed to reach the Top 10, which all three previous singles from Make Believe had achieved and ultimately peaked at #31 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart. The single never received a music video or a physical retail release.
There are several subtly different versions of "This Is Such a Pity" across various releases. The first mix, included on initial pressings of the album, contains less reverb than later versions, and includes a drum fill near the end of the song (around 3:03) that was removed from subsequent versions. When the song was chosen as Make Believe's fourth and final single in February 2006, a new single/radio remix was made and released on iTunes. It was soon discovered that the new mix contained an error - the last chorus notably lacked emphasis on the word "that" in the line "not this hate that destroys us" in the final chorus Karl's Corner - 02/27/2006. Original source archived by Wayback Machine. This erroneous mix can also be found on some pressings of Make Believe. The final, "Radio Mix" of the song reinstates the original final chorus and features more reverb on the vocals. The corrected radio remix replaced the original album mix (and incorrect radio mix) on all further releases of Make Believe, sometimes labeled as the "3/13/06 version".
A partial clip of Rivers Cuomo's demo of the song was appended to the end of part 5 of the video series Let's Write a Sawng,Rivers Cuomo. "Let's Write a Sawng (Step 5 & 6?)" YouTube. 7 April 2008. the collaborative project in which Cuomo and fans created the song "Turning Up the Radio". This demo was later released in full, in 2020, as part of the digital compilation Alone IX: The Make Believe Years.
Multiple songs of Nordic origin have been accused of plagiarizing "This Is Such a Pity," including the song "Du Kommer Aldrig Mer Vara Ensam" by Swedish musician Lasse Lindh, as well as "Turhaa" by Finnish Anna Eriksson.
==Personnel==
*Rivers Cuomo – lead guitar, lead vocals
*Patrick Wilson – percussion
*Brian Bell – rhythm guitar, synth, backing vocals
*Scott Shriner – bass guitar, backing vocals
*Rick Rubin - producer
*Josh Abraham - mixing
*Chad Bamford - additional production
==Audio==
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==Lyrics==
How is your heart, little darling?
I didn't mean to get so mad
Let me just hold you closely
How did things get so bad?
I know how to pick on you
You pushed me over the edge
We caused so much agony
We can't seem to move ahead
This is such a pity
We should give all our love to each other
Not this hate that destroys us
This is such a pity
(This is a pity)
What kind of future will we have?
Will we ever find peace?
Everybody thinks we're crazy
They're about to call the police
I don't wanna be a chump
You think I'm a fascist pig
Right now everything is black
I don't think we'll ever give
This is such a pity
We should give all our love to each other
Not this hate that destroys us
This is such a pity
(This is a pity)
This is such a pity
We should give all our love to each other
Not this hate that destroys us
This is such a pity
(This is a pity)
This is such a pity
We should give
We should give all our love (Destroys us)
All our love (Destroys us)
All our love (Destroys us)
All our love (Destroys us)
All our love (Destroys us)
All our love (Destroys us)
==Known recordings==
==See also==
*369 (disambiguation)
*"She Who Is Militant"
*List of Weezer songs
*List of Rivers Cuomo songs
==References==
Category:Weezer songs
Category:Rivers Cuomo songs
Category:Weezer singles
Category:Songs on Make Believe
Category:Songs on Alone IX: The Make Believe Years
Category:Featured song
Category:Self-produced Weezer songs
Category:Weezer songs produced by Rick Rubin
Category:Weezer songs produced by Chad Bamford