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"Lonely Girl"
Song by Weezer
from the album Everything Will Be Alright in the End
ReleasedOctober 7, 2014
Recorded2014
GenreAlternative rock, power pop
Length2:49
LabelRepublic
Songwriter(s)Rivers Cuomo, Joshua Berman Alexander
Producer(s)Ric Ocasek

"Lonely Girl" is a song by the American rock band Weezer from their ninth studio album Everything Will Be Alright in the End. While the song has not been released as a single, it was the fourth song from the album to be publicly available on stream prior to release, after "Back to the Shack", "Cleopatra" and "The British Are Coming".[1]

Composition

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A mid-tempo love song, Carolyn Menyes from Music Times described "Lonely Girl" as having "a "Buddy Holly"-like swing to the beat and the blend of heavy guitars mixed with a soft-singing Rivers Cuomo recalls distinctively The Green Album era".[2] Ian Cohen at Pitchfork Media notes that the song "isolates the second verse of "Only in Dreams" and reworks Cuomo's Japanese curio "Homely Girl" into a legitimate buzzy throwback."[3] Dan Reilly from Spin characterizes the song as more straightforward than "The British Are Coming", and more similar to "Back to the Shack".[4] The song also contains "rowdy hooks and fast-paced gallop".[5]

Reception

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Carolyn Menyes at Music Times states "'Lonely Girl' seems to blend together some of the best moments from Weezer's most beloved albums."[2] Tom Breihan from Stereogum described it as "a fine example of the sort of supercharged power-pop that this band does so well when Rivers Cuomo is feeling motivated".[1] Slant Magazine writer Blue Sullivan notes that the song "finds the band finally casting off its slacker straitjacket".[6] Mattison Keesey of AltWire noted that the song is "without a doubt classic Weezer" and compared it to the albums Weezer (1994) and Pinkerton.[7] Allan Raible from ABC News was more critical of the song, noting the "painfully easy rhyming sections".[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Weezer – "Lonely Girl" - Stereogum". Stereogum. 26 September 2014. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  2. ^ a b "REVIEW: Weezer's "Lonely Girl" Recalls the 'Green Album' Era with a Plea to Dance [LISTEN]". Music Times. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  3. ^ "Weezer". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  4. ^ "Weezer Are Here to Cure a 'Lonely' Girl's Woes". SPIN. September 26, 2014. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  5. ^ "Album review: Weezer, Everything Will Be Alright in the End". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  6. ^ "Weezer: Everything Will Be Alright in the End - Album Review - Slant Magazine". Slant Magazine. October 4, 2014. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  7. ^ "Weezer Share New Song 'Lonely Girl' - AltWire". AltWire. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  8. ^ "Record Release Rundown: The Latest From Weezer, Macy Gray, Johnny Marr and More". ABC News. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
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