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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| Name    = Booby Trap
| Name    = Booby Trap
| Cover    =
| Cover    = Riverscuomo aloneviii.jpg
| Type    = Demo
| Type    = Demo
| Artist  = Weezer
| Artist  = Weezer
| Album    =
| Album    = Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years
| Released = Via [[weezer.com]]
| Released = 2002 (Weezer demo)<br>2020 (Rivers Cuomo demo)
| Recorded = [[July 2]], [[2002]]
| Recorded = [[2002]]
| Length  = 2:51
| Length  =  
| Format  = mp3
| Format  = MP3
| Label    =
| Label    =
| Writer  = [[Rivers Cuomo]]
| Writer  = [[Rivers Cuomo]]
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| Producer =
| Producer =
| Status  = Demo circulating
| Status  = Demo circulating
| RC's last song  = ''"[[Mo' Beats]]"''<br>(RC# 724)  
| RC's last song  = "[[Mo' Beats]]"<br>(RC# 724)  
| This RC song    = ''"Booby Trap"''<br>(RC# 725)
| This RC song    = "Booby Trap"<br>(RC# 725)
| RC's next song  = ''"Buttafuoco"''<br>(RC# 726)
| RC's next song  = "[[Buttafuoco]]"<br>(RC# 726)
}}
}}
'''Booby Trap''' is an unreleased [[Weezer]] demo.
"'''Booby Trap'''" is a song demoed by [[Weezer]].
===Appearances===
===Appearances===
*''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]''
*''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]'' (2020)
==Overview==
==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. A demo of the song appeared on the digital compilation ''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]'' in November of [[2020]].
"Booby Trap" was written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] in March of [[2002]]. The song was worked on by [[Weezer]] throughout the spring and summer of 2002 during [[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 was worked on further on [[June 23]] and again on [[July 2]]. The version from July 2 was released for free to fans online on [[weezer.com]]. Cuomo's solo demo appeared on the digital compilation ''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]'' in November of [[2020]].
==Known recordings==
==Known recordings==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em; font-size:.9em;
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em; font-size:.8em;
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[March 18]], [[2002]]
!Performer(s)
!Title
!Filename
!Date of recording
!Recording location
!Length
!Appeared on
!Notes
|-
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[Rivers Cuomo]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|Booby Trap
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|<samp>373 Booby Trap.mp3</samp>
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[2002]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|2:43
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|2:43
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|Rivers Cuomo demo (''[[Alone VIII]]'')
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|''[[Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]''
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|
|-
|-
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|[[April 5]], [[2002]] [https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Karl%27s_Corner_-_04/06/2002]
 
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|[[Weezer]]
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|Booby Trap
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|[[April 5]], [[2002]]<ref>[[Karl's Corner - 04/06/2002]]</ref>
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
|-
|-
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|[[April 10]], [[2002]] [https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Karl%27s_Corner_-_04/11/2002]
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|[[Weezer]]
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|Booby Trap
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|[[April 10]], [[2002]]<ref>[[Karl's Corner - 04/11/2002]]</ref>
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
|-
|-
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|[[April 13]], [[2002]] [https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Karl%27s_Corner_-_04/13/2002]
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|[[Weezer]]
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|Booby Trap
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|[[April 13]], [[2002]]<ref>[[Karl's Corner - 04/13/2002]]</ref>
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
|-
|-
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|[[June 23]], [[2002]] [https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Karl%27s_Corner_-_06/25/2002]
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|[[Weezer]]
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|Booby Trap
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|[[June 25]], [[2002]]<ref>[[Karl's Corner - 06/25/2002]]</ref>
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|
| bgcolor="ffaaaa"|Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, CA
|-
|-
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[Weezer]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|Booby Trap
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|<samp>weezer-2002-07-02_booby_trap_373.mp3</samp>
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[July 2]], [[2002]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[July 2]], [[2002]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|Sunset Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, CA
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|2:51
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|2:51
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, CA
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|Released on [[weezer.com]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|
|-
|}
|}


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{{Lyrics}}
{{Lyrics}}
<poem>Perfect beauty from Toronto
<poem>Perfect beauty from Toronto
New attraction
New attraction, poison heart, though
Poison heart, though
 
Was it all just a death trap?
Was it all just a death trap?
Pulled me in and then shut snaps, stupid
Pulled me in and then shut-snapped stupid


Did it make you come to get me?
Did it make you come to get me?
Or am I just going mental?
Or am I just going mental?
I am not a pushover
I am not a pushover
How did I get won over, stupid?
How did I get one over stupid?


Played like a ???
Played like a ???
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I am not a pushover
I am not a pushover
How did I get won over, stupid?
How did I get one over stupid?


Played like a ???
Played like a ???
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'Til the day I’m gonna get mine
'Til the day I’m gonna get mine


Did it make you
Did it make you come to get me?
Come to get me?
Or am I just going mental? (Going mental)
Or am I just
Going mental? (Going mental)
Or am I just (Or am I just)
Going mental? (Going mental)
Or am I just (Or am I just)
Or am I just (Or am I just)
Going mental? (Going mental)
Going mental? (Going mental)
(or am I just)
(going mental)
(or am I just)
(going mental)


I am not a pushover
I am not a pushover
How did I get won over, stupid?</poem>
How did I get one over stupid?</poem>


==See Also==
==See Also==
*[[Album 5 Demos]]
*[[Album 5 Demos]]
*[[List of Weezer songs]]
*[[List of Weezer songs]]
{{Reference list}}
[[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]]
[[Category:Weezer songs]]
[[Category:Weezer songs]]
[[Category:Songs on Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]]
[[Category:Catalog O' Riffs]]
[[Category:Songs on Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years]][[Category:Known recordings table]]
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