Charlotte Sometimes (song)
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| Single by The Cure | |||||
| Released | October 13, 1981 | ||||
| Format | 7", 12" | ||||
| Genre | Gothic rock | ||||
| Length | 4:13 | ||||
| Label | Fiction Records | ||||
| Producer | Mike Hedges The Cure |
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Charlotte Sometimes is the name of a 1981 single by The Cure, which was based on the book Charlotte Sometimes.
[edit] History
The song Charlotte Sometimes is based on Charlotte Sometimes, a children's novel by Penelope Farmer, published in 1969.
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 album The Top.
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.
The cover of the single is a distorted picture of Mary Poole, Robert's then-girlfriend and now-wife. The same picture was used again as the cover of The Cure's 1989 single Pictures of You, but in that case the picture was clear and undistorted.
The single peaked at #44 in the UK Singles Charts.
[edit] Track listing
7" Single
- "Charlotte Sometimes"
- "Splintered in Her Head"
12" single
- "Charlotte Sometimes"
- "Splintered in Her Head"
- "Faith" (live)
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