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Wrote overview, dug up all of the known recordings I could find.
(Added YouTube. I will PayPal you $10 if you can convince me you know what the lyrics are.)
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| RC's next song  = ''"Buttafuoco"''<br>(RC# 726)
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'''Booby Trap''' is an [[Album 5 Demo]].
'''Booby Trap''' is an unreleased [[Weezer]] demo.
==Overview==
"Booby Trap" was written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] in March of [[2002]]. The song was worked on throughout the Spring during the [[Album 5 Demos|sessions for the band's planned fifth album]]. [[Karl Koch]] first mentioned the song on [[Karl's Corner - 04/06/2002|a Karl's Corner update]] on [[April 6]]. The song is known to have been recorded at least three times that month. The song is known to have been worked on further on [[June 23]] and again on [[July 2]]. The version from July 2 was released for free to fans online.
==Known recordings==
 
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em; font-size:.9em;
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|[[April 6]], [[2002]]
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA
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| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|[[April 11]], [[2002]]
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA
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| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|[[April 13]], [[2002]]
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA
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| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|[[June 23]], [[2002]]
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, CA
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| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[July 2]], [[2002]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|2:51
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, CA
|}
 
==Audio==
==Audio==
<youtube>5bJFx1pqMqA</youtube>
<youtube>5bJFx1pqMqA</youtube>
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Was it all just a deathtrap,
Was it all just a deathtrap?
Pulled me in and then shut-snapped, stupid
Pulled me in and then shut-snapped, stupid