Smart Girls
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| Album track by Weezer | |||||
| Album | Hurley | ||||
| Released | September 14, 2010 | ||||
| Length | 3:11 | ||||
| Label | Epitaph Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo, Tony Kanal & Jimmy Harry | ||||
| Producer(s) | Rivers Cuomo & Shawn Everett | ||||
| Status | Officially Released | ||||
| Stream |  Spotify |
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"Smart Girls" is the eighth track on Hurley. It was originally titled "Hot Girls."
Appearances
Overview
"Smart Girls" was co-written by Rivers Cuomo with musician Tony Kanal (of No Doubt) and musician Jimmy Harry (who contributed additional guitar work to the song). Cuomo stated in multiple interviews that the song was originally called ”Hot Girls." [1]
“Smart Girls” — the song was originally “Hot Girls,” about how frustrating it is to have all these amazingly hot girls tweeting at me and it just felt so frustrating because I’m not in that life stage anymore where I can do anything about it. So I wrote this song “Hot Girls.” It ultimately ended up feeling — I don’t know, too macho or something? So we just changed it to “Smart Girls” and every other lyric stayed the same, like a really cheesy song about girls. But just changing that one word makes it really different and interesting.
In an interview with Huck Magazine, when asked about his Twitter account, Cuomo was quoted as saying:
"Every day, a really weird thought comes to my mind and I just put it out there - and now I have this long list of weird thoughts. I must have been thinking them all along, but there was never any reason to write them down. I actually go back through my tweets to look for lyric ideas. A fair amount of songs in the last couple years started on Twitter. 'Smart Girls' on Hurley was originally called 'Where Did All These Hot Girls Come From'. That was a tweet. I didn't give any context for it, but I was talking about girls tweeting at me - where were they when I was single?"
The original demo, under the name "Hot Girls", was released as part of the digital compilation Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years.
Personnel
- Rivers Cuomo - Lead vocals, Guitar
- Brian Bell - Guitar, Synth, Backing vocals
- Scott Shriner - Bass, Backing vocals
- Patrick Wilson - Drums
- Jimmy Harry - Additional guitar
Audio
Lyrics
Where did all these smart girls come from?
I don't think that I could choose just one
Where did all these smart girls come from?
Someone tell me how to get me some
On the floor, in the car
On the seat at the bar
Wherever I go
That's where they are
Smart girls
Never get enough, of those
Smart girls
Smart girls
I want to be a bad boy right now
Real me is dying to hang out
I know you know what I'm talking about
I've got a feeling you could show me how
On a bus, on a train
On a boat, on a plane
I'm falling in love
What was your name?
Smart girls
Never get enough, of those
Smart girls
Sleeping in the buff
Yumi, Sherie, Alison, Mary
Which one do I want to marry?
They’re all smart girls
They’re all smart girls
Sheena, Lola, Fabiola,
Don’t you know you make me lose my mind?
Where did all these smart girls come from?
I don't think that I could choose just one
Where did all these smart girls come from?
Someone tell me how to get me some
Lisa, Brittany, Paula, Whitney
Which one do I want here with me?
They're all smart girls
They're all smart girls
Debbie, Donna, Tatiana
Don't you know you make me lose my mind?
