Pictures of You

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"Pictures of You"
"Pictures of You" cover
Single by The Cure
from the album Disintegration
Released January 8, 1990
Format 7", 12"
Genre Rock
Length 4:48
Label Fiction Records
Producer(s) Robert Smith
Dave Allen
Chart positions
  • #24 (UK)
  • #8 (USA)
The Cure singles chronology
"Lovesong"
(1989)		 "Pictures of You"
(1990)		 "Never Enough"
(1990)

"Pictures of You" is a song by The Cure included in the album Disintegration (1989, written by Robert Smith).

[edit] History

The single version is much shorter than the album version, which is 7:24 minutes long rather than 4:48 minutes. There are also 2 different extended versions on the 2 UK 12" singles, one of which is the 'Strange Mix' that later appeared on Mixed Up. The other is similar to the album version.

According to interviews, the inspiration of the song came when a fire broke loose in Robert Smith's home. After that day, Robert was going though the remains and came across his wallet which had pictures of his wife, Mary. The cover of the single is one of the pictures. The same picture is featured on the "Charlotte Sometimes" cover, but this one is the full image while the 1981 single's cover was distorted.

In 2004 Rolling Stone magazine ranked it #278 on the list of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Pictures of You was used as theme of a HP commercial called 'You' in 2003.

[edit] Track listing

7" Single

  1. "Pictures of You" (Single Edit)
  2. "Last Dance" (Live)

12" Single (1)

  1. "Pictures of You" (Extended Version)
  2. "Last Dance" (Live)
  3. "Fascination Street" (Live)

12" Single (2)

  1. "Pictures Of You" (Strange Mix)
  2. "Prayers For Rain" (Live)
  3. "Disintegration" (Live)

CD Single

  1. "Pictures of You" (Single Edit)
  2. "Last Dance" (Live)
  3. "Fascination Street" (Live)
  4. "Prayers for Rain" (Live)
  5. "Disintegration" (Live)

[edit] Personnel


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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 | Festival 2005
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 (Closest Mix)" | "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"
Cult Hero: "I'm a Cult Hero"
Related bands: Malice | Easy Cure | The Glove | Fools Dance | Presence | Babacar
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