Please Pick Up the Phone

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"Please Pick Up the Phone"
Please Pick Up the Phone cover
Alone IV cover art
Demo by Rivers Cuomo
Album Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years
Recorded February 1993
Length 3:23
Writer(s) Rivers Cuomo
RC# 144
Status Released
Rivers Cuomo song chronology
"Say It Ain't So"
(RC# 143)
"Please Pick Up the Phone"
(RC# 144)
"Ooh"
(RC# 145)

This song is part of the "Mykel and Carli" lineage of songs

"Please Pick Up the Phone" is a demo by Rivers Cuomo. The song was later reworked into the Weezer B-side "Mykel and Carli".

Appearances

Overview

"Please Pick Up the Phone" was recorded in February of 1993.[1] The song later formed the basis for the Weezer B-side "Mykel and Carli". A photo of Cuomo's handwritten lyrics were posted to riverscuomo.com in the early 2000s. The demo was first heard by fans on November 7, 2020, when it was leaked online through the demo storefront on riverscuomo.com. The song was sold to a single fan a few days later upon the storefront's launch on November 11, and was made available to all users on November 22, when it was included as part of the digital compilation Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years.

Lyrics

Handwritten lyrics for "Please Pick Up the Phone"

Please pick up the phone
Let me know you're home
Let me know you care
Let me know you're there
I heard something today
That blew my mind away
Please pick up the phone right now
And make me feel O.K.

Johnny heard from Marge
Marge, she heard from Kate
If you got something to say
Go ahead, make my day
I just hate to have to find out this way

Oh, oh, my darling
Take me as I am (Oh, darling)

Johnny heard from Marge
Marge, she heard from Kate
If you got something to say
Go ahead; make my day
I just hate to have to find out this way

Oh, oh, my darling
Take me as I am

Known recordings

Performer(s) Title Filename Date of recording Recording location Length Appeared on Notes
Rivers Cuomo Please Pick Up the Phone 13 Please Pick Up The Phone.MP3 February 1993[1] 3:23 Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years 8-track recording
For subsequent demos, see "Mykel and Carli"
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