Love Explosion

"Love Explosion"
Album track by Weezer
Album	Maladroit
Released	May 14, 2002
Recorded	N/A
Length	2:35
Label	Geffen
Writer(s)	Rivers Cuomo
RC#	612
COR#	293
Producer(s)	Weezer, Rod Cervera, Chad Bamford
Status	Released
Live debut	September 12, 2001
Maladroit track listing
"Possibilities" (11) "Love Explosion" (12) "December" (13)
Rivers Cuomo song chronology
"Through Other's Eyes" (RC# 611) "Love Explosion" (RC# 612) "The Port of Ecstacy" (RC# 613)

"Love Explosion" (previously titled "Do You Want Me to Stay?") is the twelfth track on Weezer's 2002 album, Maladroit.

Appearances

• MP3s released on weezer.com
• Maladroit (2002)
• Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years (2020)

Overview

"Love Explosion", under its original title, "Do You Want Me to Stay?", is first known to have been demoed by the band during sessions at Sage & Sound Studios in Hollywood from August 29 to September 8, 2001. The song was thereafter performed live at Weezer concerts beginning on September 12 and remaining in live set lists through November. Rough mixes of the song were recorded at Steakhouse Studios throughout late October of that year. The band (under the name "Goat Punishment") also performed the song at a concert at The Knitting Factory in Los Angeles, which was filmed for the HBO television series Reverb (though the song was broadcast). The song continued to be demoed during sessions at Cello Studios in early November, and was included on a set of demos from this period jokingly referred to by the band as "The Black Album". The song is not known to have been attempted again until the following January, during the Maladroit sessions at Cello Studios, where it was re-titled "Love Explosion". The song, during these sessions, initially featured wholly rewritten lyrics and was among over 100 in-progress Maladroit demos released to fans on weezer.com, with the final demo released having been recorded January 12th. The song was not heard by fans again until its appearance on the final album, where it featured again-revised lyrics more similar to that of the initial "Sage & Sound" demo.

In a fan-interview with Karl Koch in 2009, Koch stated that Weezer drummer Pat Wilson considered "Love Explosion" to be the worst Weezer song, to which Koch added, "I think [I'm] with him on that."

Known recordings

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo	Do You Want Me to Stay	293 Do You Want Me To Stay.mp3	2001		4:21	Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years
Weezer	Do You Want Me to Stay?	WEEZER-2001-9-6-SnSDemos-Do_You_Want_Me_To_Stay_293.mp3	September 6, 2001	Sage and Sound Recording, Los Angeles, CA	2:35	Released on weezer.com
Weezer	Love Explosion	WEEZER-2002-01-08_02Love_Explosion_293.mp3	January 8, 2002	Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA	2:35	Released on weezer.com
Weezer	Love Explosion	WEEZER-2002-01-09_06Love_Explosion_293.mp3	January 9, 2002	Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA	2:29	Released on weezer.com
Weezer	Love Explosion	WEEZER-2002-01-10_Love_Explosion_293.mp3	January 10, 2002	Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA	2:42	Released on weezer.com
Weezer	Love Explosion	WEEZER-2002-01-12_12Love_Explosion_293.mp3	January 12, 2002	Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA	2:42	Released on weezer.com
Weezer	Love Explosion		December 2001—February 2002	Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA	2:35	Maladroit

Live performances

Midget Tour: Weezer concert: 09/12/2001 - Oakland, CA Weezer concert: 09/15/2001 - Las Vegas, NV Weezer concert: 09/17/2001 - Salt Lake City, UT Weezer concert: 09/18/2001 - Denver, CO Weezer concert: 09/20/2001 - St. Paul, MN Weezer concert: 09/21/2001 - Chicago, IL Weezer concert: 09/22/2001 - Detroit, MI Weezer concert: 09/24/2001 - Toronto, ON, Canada Weezer concert: 09/25/2001 - Mansfield, MA Weezer concert: 09/26/2001 - Philadelphia, PA Weezer concert: 09/28/2001 - Fairfax, VA Weezer concert: 09/29/2001 - Wantagh, NY Weezer concert: 10/24/2001 - Los Angeles, CA Weezer concert: 11/06/2001 - West Hollywood, CA Weezer concert: 11/07/2001 - West Hollywood, CA Weezer concert: 11/08/2001 - West Hollywood, CA Weezer concert: 11/17/2001 - Boise, ID Weezer concert: 11/19/2001 - San Jose, CA Weezer concert: 11/20/2001 - San Diego, CA

Dusty West Tour: Weezer concert: 05/11/2002 - Tucson, AZ Japan World Cup Tour: Weezer concert: 05/18/2002 - Tokyo, Japan Weezer concert: 05/23/2002 - Osaka, Japan Enlightenment Tour: Weezer concert: 07/07/2002 - Denver, CO Weezer concert: 07/15/2002 - Cleveland, OH Weezer concert: 07/18/2002 - Columbus, OH Weezer concert: 07/23/2002 - Holmdel, NJ Weezer concert: 07/24/2002 - Wantagh, NY Weezer concert: 08/04/2002 - San Antonio, TX

Personnel

• Rivers Cuomo – lead guitar, lead vocals
• Brian Bell – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Scott Shriner – bass guitar
• Patrick Wilson – percussion

Lyrics

Album version Take a listen around you All the people that crowd around in your house They've been wanting to kill you in your sleep Take a load off and bow down To the others; they love to call you their names They've been wanting to kill you in your sleep And all the bull that people sling (Love is an ocean) It doesn't matter what they sing (Love explosion) So jump out, jump out Get your groove on This one is for you So come on Get out your house, girl And give me a kiss And all the bull that people sling (Love is an ocean) It doesn't matter what they sing (Love explosion) So jump out, jump out Get your groove on This one is for you So come on Get out your house, girl And give me a kiss Take a load off and bow down To the others they love to call you their names They love to call you their names They love to call you their names

"Do You Want Me To Stay?" Take a listen around you All the people that crowd around in your house They've been wanting to kill you in your sleep Take a listen around you All the people that love to call you their names They've been wanting to kill you in your sleep And all the games that people play It does not matter what they say So jump back, jump back Do you want me? I don't believe That you need me Come out, come on Do you want me to stay? Hey And all the games that people play It does not matter what they say So jump back, jump back Do you want me? I don't believe That you need me Come on, come on Do you want me to stay? Yeah Take a listen around you All the people that crowd around in your house That crowd around in your house That crowd around in your house That crowd around in your house

"Love Explosion" (demo) Little girlie, I'm happy 'Cause you came out and saw the things that I see Now we'll get on to pleasure each other, yeah Perpetrator of good vibes In a world where nobody's kind to themselves Now I've found you, we'll both give up the love And all the bull that people sling, yeah Falls beneath the songs we sing So jump out, jump out Get your groove on This song is for you So come on Get out the house, girl And give me a kiss Yes And all the bull that people sling, yeah Falls beneath the songs we sing So jump out, jump out Get your groove on This song is for you So come on Get out the house, girl And give me a kiss Yes Perpetrator of good vibes In a world where Nobody's kind to themselves Nobody's kind to themselves Nobody's kind to themselves Yeah

See also

• List of Weezer songs

External Links

• Teenage Victory Songs entry for "Love Explosion"