Song · Weezer
“Perfect Situation” by Weezer
From the album Make Believe (2005)
“Perfect Situation” by Weezer appears on 36 radio countdowns from 21 stations between 2005 and 2020. It was first released in 2005 on the album Make Believe. Its best result is #7 on The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2006. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #53 alternative song of 2005, #1,413 alternative song of all time and #137 of the '00s.
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"Perfect Situation" is the Rivers Cuomo song that gave Weezer's 2005 album Make Believe its sweetest moment, and it went out to radio on October 11 that year as the record's third single, after "Beverly Hills" and "We Are All on Drugs".
Rick Rubin produced, with Chad Bamford and the band adding production of their own, Bamford and Jim Scott recording and Neal Avron mixing, and the polish shows. Where "Beverly Hills" strutted, this one mopes in the best Weezer tradition: a chiming, heart-on-sleeve power-pop lament that builds to a big crunchy chorus and lets Cuomo sound wounded and wry at the same time. Rubin's gloss makes it gleam without sanding off the goofy charm.
Alternative radio couldn't get enough of it. It sat on top of Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart for four weeks, three longer than "Beverly Hills" had managed, even though it never crossed over to pop the same way, stalling at number 51 on the Hot 100.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 290 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 340 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 400 | Live 105 | Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) | 500 |
| 2009 | 318 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2009 | 153 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of All-Time (2009) | 200 |
| 2010 | 176 | 94.1 The Zone | 94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade | 210 |
| 2010 | 297 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 269 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 268 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 266 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2020 | 401 | DC101 | The DC101 Top 500 | 500 |
Also listed as: Perfect Situtation.
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