A Single

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"A Single"
Single by The Cure
from the album Pornography
Released	July 6, 1982
Format	Double 7"
Recorded	April 27, 1982 (part)
Genre	Post-punk
Length	4:22
Label	Fiction Records
Producer(s)	Chris Parry Phil Thornalley The Cure
Chart positions
#34 (UK)
The Cure singles chronology
"Charlotte Sometimes" (1981)	"A Single" (1982)	"Let's Go to Bed" (1982)

A Single was the first limited edition release by The Cure. It was released as a gatefold double pack of 7" singles with a total of four tracks.

Whilst the official name is "A Single", this release is often referred to as "The Hanging Garden" as a way of avoiding confusion.

[edit] Track listing

Part one

1. "The Hanging Garden"
2. "One Hundred Years"

Part two - recorded April 27, 1982 at the Manchester Apollo

1. "A Forest" (Live)
2. "Killing an Arab" (Live)

[edit] Personnel

• Simon Gallup - bass, keyboard
• Robert Smith - guitar, keyboard, vocals
• Laurence Tolhurst - drums, keyboard

The Cure

Robert Smith | Porl Thompson | Simon Gallup | Jason Cooper

The Cure personnel

Discography

Studio albums: Three Imaginary Boys | Seventeen Seconds | Faith | Pornography | The Top | The Head on the Door | Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me | Disintegration | Wish | Wild Mood Swings | Bloodflowers | The Cure

Live albums: Concert | Entreat | Paris | Show | Trilogy

Compilations: Boys Don't Cry | Japanese Whispers | Standing on a Beach / Staring at the Sea | Mixed Up | Galore | Greatest Hits | Join the Dots

EPs: Half an Octopuss & Quadpus | Lost Wishes | Five Swing Live

Singles: "Killing an Arab" | "Boys Don't Cry" | "Jumping Someone Else's Train" | "A Forest" | "Primary" | "Charlotte Sometimes" | "A Single" | "Let's Go to Bed" | "The Walk" | "The Lovecats" | "The Caterpillar" | "In Between Days" | "Close to Me" | "Why Can't I Be You?" | "Catch" | "Just Like Heaven" | "Hot Hot Hot!!!" | "Fascination Street" | "Lullaby" | "Lovesong" | "Pictures of You" | "Never Enough" | "Close to Me (remix)" | "High" | "Friday I'm in Love" | "A Letter to Elise" | "The 13th" | "Mint Car" | "Gone!" | "Strange Attraction" | "Wrong Number" | "Cut Here" | "End of the World" | "Taking Off" & "alt.end"

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