Charlotte Sometimes (song)

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"Charlotte Sometimes"

Single by The Cure
Released	October 13, 1981
Format	7", 12"
Genre	Post-punk
Length	4:13
Label	Fiction Records
Producer(s)	Mike Hedges The Cure
Chart positions
#44 (UK)
The Cure singles chronology
"Primary" (1981)	"Charlotte Sometimes" (1981)	"A Single" (1982)

Charlotte Sometimes is the name of a 1981 single by The Cure, which was based on the book Charlotte Sometimes.

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Lyrics include "she was crying and crying for a girl who died so many years before" and "sometimes I'm dreaming where all the other people dance". It has dream-like rhythmic and melodic structures. Originally a non-album single released in between Faith and Pornography, the song later appears on the 2005 reissue of Faith.

The B-Side of "Charlotte Sometimes" is "Splintered in Her Head", which is also based on the novel. The mood of "Splintered in Her Head" is overall more disquieting, with metallic, distorted vocals and heavy percussion, foreshadowing the next year's Pornography. The Cure released a third song based on the novel, called "The Empty World" on The Top. Both feature the famous phrase "stiff as toys and tall as men".

The ten minute live version of "Faith" on the B-side of the 12" version was recorded at the Sydney Capitol Theatre in August of 1981. This also appears on the deluxe reissue of Faith.

7" Single