Sugar Booger

"Sugar Booger"
B-side by Weezer
Album	Island in the Sun (UK Retail CD #2)
Released	May 15, 2001
Format	CD
Recorded	December 2000, Cello Studios, Los Angeles, California
Length	4:04
Label	Geffen
Writer(s)	Rivers Cuomo
RC#	535
COR#	227
Producer(s)	Ric Ocasek
Status	Officially released
Rivers Cuomo song chronology
"After the Love Has Gone Away" (RC# 534) "Sugar Booger" (RC# 535) "Don't Let Go" (RC# 536)
Island in the Sun (UK Retail CD #2) track listing
"Island in the Sun" (1) "Sugar Booger" (2) "Brightening Day" (3)

"Sugar Booger" (aka "That's the Way" and "Hammer Time") is a B-side recorded during the sessions for the Green Album and released on the UK retail CD release of "Island in the Sun."

Appearances

• "Island in the Sun" (UK retail "CD2", 2001)

Overview

"Sugar Booger" was in early contention for the Green Album. The song was featured on a 2000 demo tape submitted by the band to Interscope/Geffen in hopes of receiving approval for a third album. The song was one of fourteen Green sessions tracks leaked online prior to the album's release. This unmastered version of the song is, notably, shorter than the official B-side edit by 24 seconds.

Another entry in the Catalog O' Riffs (#239) is labeled simply "Sugar Booger in A@118" (presumably, the same riff in a different key and tempo). This variation remains unheard by fans.

Personnel

• Rivers Cuomo – lead guitar, lead vocals
• Patrick Wilson – percussion
• Brian Bell – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Mikey Welsh – bass guitar
• Ric Ocasek - producer

Lyrics

Break my spine, sugar booger
Break down and lose your sweet mind now
'Cause that's the way that you wanna be
'Cause that's the way, that's the way that you wanna be
Yeah that's the way, that's the way that you wanna be

Waste my time, sweetie, beauty
Bust out the hammer-time moves y'all
'Cause that's the way that you wanna be
'Cause that's the way, that's the way that you wanna be
Yeah that's the way, that's the way that you wanna be

Every time you turn around
I just want to hit the ground
Locked up in your little world
Makes me feel so insecure
And now

Draw that line
Maybe, baby, we could get up and get get down
'Cause that's the way that you wanna be
'Cause that's the way, that's the way that you wanna be
Yeah that's the way, that's the way that you wanna be

Spank my frank, funky monkey
You chilled and now you must bust out
'Cause that's the way that you wanna be
'Cause that's the way, that's the way that you wanna be
Yeah that's the way, that's the way that you wanna be

Every time you turn around
I just want to hit the ground
Locked up in your little world
Makes me feel so insecure
And now

Show me now

Draw that line
Maybe, baby, we could get up and get get down
'Cause that's the way that you wanna be
'Cause that's the way, that's the way that you wanna be
Yeah that's the way, that's the way that you wanna be
Yeah that's the way

Known recordings

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Weezer	That's the Way		October 25, 2000	6145 Rodgerton Dr., Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	That's the Way		October 27, 2000	6145 Rodgerton Dr., Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	That's the Way		October 28, 2000	6145 Rodgerton Dr., Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	That's the Way		October 29, 2000	6145 Rodgerton Dr., Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	That's the Way		October 30, 2000	6145 Rodgerton Dr., Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	Sugar Booger		December 22, 2000	S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	Sugar Booger		December 30, 2000—February 1, 2001	Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA	4:04	"Island in the Sun" (UK retail "CD2")
Weezer	Sugar Booger		December 30, 2000—February 1, 2001	Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA	3:40	Leaked online	Unmastered

See also

• List of Weezer songs
• List of Rivers Cuomo songs