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1989 unmarried by the Cure

"Lovesong"
LovesongCure.jpg
Single by the Cure
from the album Disintegration
B-side
  • "two Tardily"
  • "Fright of Ghosts"
Released 21 August 1989 (1989-08-21) [ane]
Genre
  • Gothic rock
  • alternative rock
  • postal service-punk[2]
Length iii:28
Characterization
  • Fiction
  • Elektra
Songwriter(due south)
  • Robert Smith
  • Simon Gallup
  • Porl Thompson
  • Roger O'Donnell
  • Boris Williams
  • Lol Tolhurst
Producer(s)
  • Robert Smith
  • Dave Allen
The Cure singles chronology
"Fascination Street"
(1989) 		"Lovesong"
(1989) 		"Pictures of You"
(1990)
Music video
"Lovesong" on YouTube

"Lovesong" (sometimes written as "Love Song") is a vocal past English alternative rock band the Cure, released as the tertiary single from their eighth studio album, Disintegration (1989), on 21 August 1989. The song saw considerable success in the United States, where it reached the number-ii position in October 1989 and became the band'due south only top-10 entry on the Billboard Hot 100. In the United Kingdom, the unmarried charted at number 18, and information technology peaked inside the top 20 in Canada and Ireland.

The vocal has been covered by several artists, with notable embrace versions by American rock ring 311, recorded for the soundtrack for the film 50 First Dates and besides released equally a single. This song was also performed by Adele on her 2011 album 21.

Content [edit]

The song is performed in A minor and is built around a distinctive bass riff. The verses follow an Am/G/F/Em chord progression, which changes to F/G/Am/C in the choruses. The lyrics are simple, with each verse having the same structure ("Whenever I'k alone with you lot / y'all make me feel like I am ... over again"). Speaking of its simplicity and unusually upbeat nature compared to the other tracks on Disintegration, Robert Smith stated, "It'due south an open prove of emotion. Information technology's not trying to exist clever. It's taken me ten years to reach the betoken where I feel comfy singing a very straightforward dear song".[iii]

The single version of the vocal is almost exactly the same as the album version, only the mix is slightly different, with extra reverb and harmonies added to Smith's vocals. In improver, in the instrumental section between the outset two verses, the guitar does not bring together the keyboards as it does on the album.[ citation needed ]

Championship [edit]

Similar to the championship variations of the Cure song "In Between Days", there is not a universally agreed-upon spacing method of the title of "Lovesong", as information technology varies betwixt "Lovesong" and "Love Song" on many official Cure releases. The original 1989 artwork for the anthology Disintegration uses "Dear Song" on the track listing and "Lovesong" on the lyrics sheet; the revised fine art for the 2010 remaster of the anthology consistently uses "Lovesong". When released as a single in 1989, the embrace artwork displayed the title as "Lovesong", while the printing on the disc itself read "Beloved Vocal" all three times. Subsequent releases of Paris and Galore both use "Lovesong" exclusively, while 2001's Greatest Hits compilation uses "Lovesong" on the runway listing and "Love Vocal" within the liner notes. 2004's Join the Dots as well uses "Lovesong" within the booklet presentation.

Release [edit]

Upon release as a single, the song received worldwide success, and peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, making it the grouping'southward most successful single in the United States. The song besides charted at number two on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks nautical chart, number 30 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks nautical chart and number 18 on the UK Singles Chart. Smith originally wrote the song for his long-time girlfriend and so fiancée, Mary, as a wedding ceremony present.

The extended mix version of the song was included on the bands 1990 remix album Mixed Up. An instrumental demo version recorded past the band was featured on the second disk of the 2010 re-release of Disintegration. A music video featuring the band performing inside a cave was too released with the unmarried.

Track listings [edit]

7-inch single – Fiction (FISC thirty – United kingdom)

  1. "Lovesong" – three:24
  2. "two Late" – 2:40

12-inch single

  1. "Lovesong" (Extended Mix)
  2. "2 Belatedly"
  3. "Fear of Ghosts"

CD unmarried

  1. "Lovesong" (Remix) (3:24)
  2. "Lovesong" (Extended Remix) (6:18)
  3. "ii Late"
  4. "Fear of Ghosts"

Personnel [edit]

  • Robert Smith – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Simon Gallup – bass guitar
  • Porl Thompson – guitar
  • Boris Williams – drums, percussion
  • Roger O'Donnell – keyboards
  • Lol Tolhurst – (officially, in album credits) "other instrument"
  • Mark Saunders – remix

Charts [edit]

311 version [edit]

"Love Vocal"
311 Love Song.jpg
Single by 311
from the album fifty First Dates Soundtrack and Greatest Hits '93–'03
Released 13 February 2004 (2004-02-13)
Genre Reggae rock
Length 3:28
Label Volcano
Songwriter(south)
  • Robert Smith
  • Simon Gallup
  • Porl Thompson
  • Roger O'Donnell
  • Boris Williams
  • Lol Tolhurst
311 singles chronology
"Beyond the Grey Sky"
(2003) 		"Love Song"
(2004) 		"Beginning Straw"
(2004)
Music video
"Love Song" on YouTube

"Dear Song" was released as a single by the band 311 and is featured on the soundtrack of the 2004 film 50 First Dates. It is as well featured on 311's greatest hits album, Greatest Hits '93–'03. While The Cure's original version uses gothic rock elements, 311'southward cover is a honey song with many reggae stone roots similar to their 2002 hit "Amber".

While The Cure's original version hit number 2 on the Alternative Songs chart, 311's cover was more than successful on the chart, hitting number 1. 311's cover also reached number 59 on the Billboard Hot 100, making information technology the ring's first single to make the chart. 311's cover was also very successful in the adult contemporary radio market, hitting the summit 10 on the Adult Elevation 40 chart at number vii.

Music video [edit]

The music video features 311 playing the vocal in a bar. While not featured in the version on YouTube, the version initially released for the song in conjunction with, and featuring footage from, 50 First Dates, features a cameo from old Cure fellow member Lol Tolhurst[19] as a bartender. His advent is at 2:22 in the video.[twenty]

Charts [edit]

Weekly charts [edit]

Year-end charts [edit]

Other versions [edit]

The track has been covered by Jes in various trance and audio-visual styles, likewise as The Brunettes for the 2008 American Laundromat Records tribute album Just Like Heaven – a tribute to The Cure. The song has also been covered by the bands A Perfect Circumvolve (as a mashup with "Diary of a Madman"), Good Charlotte, The Deluxtone Rockets, Jack Off Jill, Snake River Conspiracy, Azam Ali/Niyaz, Death Cab for Cutie, Anberlin, Seafood (who released their cover of the song every bit a single in June 2007) and Fordirelifesake. Canadian musical duo Dala recorded their cover of the vocal on the 2005 album Angels & Thieves. Canadian psychobilly band The Brains recorded their version of the song in 2014 on their The Embrace Up EP. Dutch Indieband This Beautiful Mess recorded a version for a compilation of 80's encompass hits.

Solo artists have performed covers likewise, such as Tori Amos during several live performances, most famously on the radio station KROQ-FM. Naimee Coleman included an interpretation of the song on her 2001 album Bring Downwards The Moon. Voltaire released an acoustic cover on his album Then and Once again. It was as well covered by Maltese singer Ira Losco, found on her 2007 unplugged album Unmasked. Japanese singer Immi included a cover of the song on her debut anthology Switch. American folk singer Mariee Sioux covered the song for the tribute album Perfect every bit Cats: A Tribute to The Cure in 2008. British singer Adele included a bossa nova cover of the song on her 2d anthology, 21, which peaked at #eighteen on Billboard's Smooth Jazz Songs nautical chart.[25] [26] [27] Nina Sky covered this song on their 2010 EP The Other Side.

The song was covered past Captain during a BBC Radio 2 live session with Dermot O'Leary. The American Indie-pop band Koufax covered information technology in several live apparitions.[28] [29] [30]

The Big Pinkish provided a cover of "Lovesong" for The Cure tribute album Pictures of You: A Tribute to Godlike Geniuses The Cure, which was made bachelor with the 25 February 2009 issue of NME.[31]

References [edit]

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