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1989 unmarried past the Cure

"Lovesong"
Single past the Cure
from the album Disintegration
B-side	"2 Late" "Fear of Ghosts"
Released	21 Baronial 1989 (1989-08-21) [1]
Genre	Gothic stone culling rock mail-punk[ii]
Length	3:28
Label	Fiction Elektra
Songwriter(s)	Robert Smith Simon Gallup Porl Thompson Roger O'Donnell Boris Williams Lol Tolhurst
Producer(southward)	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 every bit "Dear Song") is a vocal by English culling rock band the Cure, released as the 3rd unmarried from their eighth studio anthology, Disintegration (1989), on 21 August 1989. The song saw considerable success in the United States, where information technology reached the number-two position in Oct 1989 and became the ring'southward only height-10 entry on the Billboard Hot 100. In the Britain, the unmarried charted at number 18, and it peaked within the peak twenty in Canada and Ireland.

The song has been covered by several artists, with notable cover versions past American rock band 311, recorded for the soundtrack for the film 50 First Dates and besides released as a unmarried. This song was as well performed by Adele on her 2011 album 21.

Content [edit]

The vocal is performed in A minor and is built effectually a distinctive bass riff. The verses follow an Am/1000/F/Em chord progression, which changes to F/Yard/Am/C in the choruses. The lyrics are unproblematic, with each poesy having the aforementioned structure ("Whenever I'chiliad alone with y'all / you make me feel like I am ... again"). Speaking of its simplicity and unusually upbeat nature compared to the other tracks on Disintegration, Robert Smith stated, "It'southward an open prove of emotion. Information technology's non trying to be clever. Information technology's taken me ten years to reach the point where I feel comfortable singing a very straightforward love vocal".^[3]

The single version of the song is almost exactly the same equally the album version, but the mix is slightly unlike, with actress reverb and harmonies added to Smith'south vocals. In add-on, in the instrumental section betwixt the offset ii verses, the guitar does not join the keyboards equally it does on the anthology.^{[ citation needed ]}

Championship [edit]

Like to the championship variations of the Cure song "In Between Days", there is non a universally agreed-upon spacing method of the title of "Lovesong", as it varies between "Lovesong" and "Dearest Song" on many official Cure releases. The original 1989 artwork for the album Disintegration uses "Love Song" on the rail listing and "Lovesong" on the lyrics sheet; the revised fine art for the 2010 remaster of the album consistently uses "Lovesong". When released as a unmarried in 1989, the cover artwork displayed the championship as "Lovesong", while the printing on the disc itself read "Love Vocal" all three times. Subsequent releases of Paris and Galore both utilize "Lovesong" exclusively, while 2001's Greatest Hits compilation uses "Lovesong" on the track listing and "Honey Song" within the liner notes. 2004's Join the Dots as well uses "Lovesong" within the booklet presentation.

Release [edit]

Upon release every bit a single, the song received worldwide success, and peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, making it the grouping'due south most successful single in the United States. The song as well charted at number 2 on the Billboard Modernistic Rock Tracks nautical chart, number 30 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and number 18 on the UK Singles Nautical chart. Smith originally wrote the song for his long-fourth dimension girlfriend and then fiancée, Mary, as a wedding present.

The extended mix version of the song was included on the bands 1990 remix album Mixed Upwardly. An instrumental demo version recorded past the ring was featured on the 2d deejay of the 2010 re-release of Disintegration. A music video featuring the band performing inside a cave was also released with the unmarried.

Track listings [edit]

7-inch unmarried – Fiction (FISC 30 – Britain)

1. "Lovesong" – 3:24
2. "ii Late" – 2:40

12-inch single

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

CD single

1. "Lovesong" (Remix) (3:24)
2. "Lovesong" (Extended Remix) (6:18)
3. "2 Tardily"
4. "Fright 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 Song"
Single by 311
from the album 50 Showtime Dates Soundtrack and Greatest Hits '93–'03
Released	13 Feb 2004 (2004-02-13)
Genre	Reggae stone
Length	3:28
Characterization	Volcano
Songwriter(due south)	Robert Smith Simon Gallup Porl Thompson Roger O'Donnell Boris Williams Lol Tolhurst
311 singles chronology
"Across the Gray Heaven" (2003) "Love Vocal" (2004) "First Straw" (2004)
Music video
"Love Vocal" on YouTube

"Honey Song" was released every bit a unmarried past the band 311 and is featured on the soundtrack of the 2004 film 50 Beginning Dates. It is also featured on 311'south greatest hits album, Greatest Hits '93–'03. While The Cure'southward original version uses gothic rock elements, 311's encompass is a love song with many reggae rock roots like to their 2002 hit "Bister".

While The Cure'due south original version hit number 2 on the Alternative Songs chart, 311's encompass was more successful on the chart, striking number ane. 311's cover likewise reached number 59 on the Billboard Hot 100, making information technology the ring's first single to make the chart. 311's comprehend was likewise very successful in the developed contemporary radio market, hitting the tiptop x on the Adult Top 40 chart at number 7.

Music video [edit]

The music video features 311 playing the song 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 onetime Cure member Lol Tolhurst^[nineteen] 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 past Jes in diverse trance and acoustic styles, every bit well as The Brunettes for the 2008 American Laundromat Records tribute album Just Like Sky – a tribute to The Cure. The vocal has also been covered past 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 encompass of the song as a unmarried in June 2007) and Fordirelifesake. Canadian musical duo Dala recorded their cover of the song on the 2005 album Angels & Thieves. Canadian psychobilly band The Brains recorded their version of the song in 2022 on their The Cover Upward EP. Dutch Indieband This Beautiful Mess recorded a version for a compilation of 80's cover hits.

Solo artists have performed covers too, 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 Down The Moon. Voltaire released an acoustic comprehend on his album Then and Again. Information technology was also covered by Maltese vocalist Ira Losco, found on her 2007 unplugged album Unmasked. Japanese vocalist Immi included a comprehend of the vocal on her debut album Switch. American folk singer Mariee Sioux covered the song for the tribute album Perfect as Cats: A Tribute to The Cure in 2008. British vocalist Adele included a bossa nova comprehend of the song on her second album, 21, which peaked at #xviii on Billboard's Smooth Jazz Songs nautical chart.^{[25] [26] [27]} Nina Sky covered this vocal on their 2010 EP The Other Side.

The song was covered by Helm during a BBC Radio 2 live session with Dermot O'Leary. The American Indie-pop band Koufax covered it in several live apparitions.^{[28] [29] [30]}

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

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