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Composition

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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." Dan Reilly from ''

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'' characterizes the song as more straightforward than "The British Are Coming", and more similar to "Back to the Shack". The song also contains "rowdy hooks and fast-paced gallop".

Reception

Carolyn Menyes at ''Music Times'' states "'Lonely Girl' seems to blend together some of the best moments from Weezer's most beloved albums." Tom Breihan from

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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". ''

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'' writer Blue Sullivan notes that the song "finds the band finally casting off its slacker straitjacket". Mattison Keesey of AltWire noted that the song is "without a doubt classic Weezer" and compared it to the albums ''

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was more critical of the song, noting the "painfully easy rhyming sections".

References

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