Perfect Situation

"Perfect Situation" is a song by American alternative rock band Weezer. It was released to radio on October 11, 2005 as the third single from the band's fifth album Make Believe, following "Beverly Hills" and "We Are All on Drugs".

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 one-week run atop the chart of "Beverly Hills", although it didn't gain the former's massive pop success, reaching #51 on the Billboard Hot 100.

## Background

According to the Catalog O' Riffs, "Perfect Situation" was initially written around July of 2002. 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. 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.

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.

## 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 is eventually replaced by Rivers Cuomo's character, a put-upon roadie serving the demanding Cuthbert. The video also features a cameo by Karl Koch as a merch staffer for the fictional Weeze, as well as actual Weezer fans playing fans at Weeze's concert. Weezer also had actual fans participate in the "Beverly Hills" music video. A new cover for Make Believe was created for the video of "Perfect Situation" showing the fictional name Weeze.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

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, how 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 and I just pass through

[Chorus]

Singing, oohh-ho, oohh-ho, oohh-ho-whoa

Singing, oohh-ho, oohh-ho, oohh-ho-whoa

[Verse 2]

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 wander, can you blame her?

[Chorus]

Singing, oohh-ho, oohh-ho, oohh-ho-whoa

Singing, oohh-ho, oohh-ho, oohh-ho-whoa

[Bridge]

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!

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]

Oohh-ho, oohh-ho, oohh-ho-whoa

Singing, oohh-ho, oohh-ho, oohh-ho-whoa

Singing, oohhh-hoohh, oh, whoa, whoa

Oh, whoaaaa

[Outro]

(Perfect situation) Oh-woah, oh-woah, oh-woah, oh-woah

(Perfect situation) Oh-woah, oh-woah, oh-woah, oh-woah

(Perfect situation...)

## See Also

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