The Lovecats

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"The Lovecats"
"The Lovecats" cover
Single by The Cure
Released October 18, 1983
Format 7", 12"
Genre Rock
Length 3:33
Label Fiction Records
Producer(s) Phil Thornalley
Chris Parry
The Cure
Chart positions
  • #7 (UK)
The Cure singles chronology
"The Walk"
(1983)
"The Lovecats"
(1983)
"The Caterpillar"
(1984)

"The Lovecats" is the name of a 1983 single by The Cure. It later appeared on their compilation album Japanese Whispers. It was recently covered by Canadian singer Paul Anka on his 2005 album, Rock Swings, and by OK Go on their EP "Do What You Want".

Unlike most of The Cure's famous singles, "The Lovecats" is rarely performed live.

[edit] Track listing

7" Single

  1. "The Lovecats"
  2. "Speak My Language"

12" single

  1. "The Lovecats" (extended version)
  2. "Speak My Language"
  3. "Mr. Pink Eyes"

[edit] Personnel


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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