I'm a Cult Hero
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| Single by Cult Hero | ||
| B-side | "I Dig You" | |
| Released | December, 1979 (UK), 1980 (Can), 1981 (NZ) |
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| Format | 7" vinyl | |
| Recorded | 1979 | |
| Genre | Post-Punk | |
| Length | 6:24 | |
| Label | Fiction Records (UK), Modulation (Canada), Stunn Records (NZ) |
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| Writer(s) | Robert Smith | |
| Producer | Chris Parry | |
| The Cure singles chronology | ||
| "Jumping Someone Else's Train" (1979) |
Cult Hero - "I'm a Cult Hero" (1979) |
"A Forest" (1980) |
"I'm a Cult Hero" is a single released by an extended lineup of The Cure under the name Cult Hero.
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[edit] History
The single was conceived by Robert Smith (singer/guitarist of The Cure) and Simon Gallup (then bassist of The Magspies) as a way to test their musical compatibility. Smith was considering Gallup as a prospective replacement for Michael Dempsey (The Cure's bassist at the time) "whose personality and ambitions for the band were seriously at odds" with Smith's.[1]
The songs were written for, and feature on vocals, local Horley postman Frank Bell, who is also featured on the single's artwork. They also feature ex-Cure guitarist Porl Thompson and Magspies keyboardist Matthieu Hartley amongst an extended lineup of friends and family, including Robert's sisters Janet and Margaret and local band The Obtainers.
[edit] After Cult Hero
Following the recording of the single in 1979, Simon Gallup left The Magspies and joined The Cure, replacing Dempsey. At the same time, Matthieu Hartley also left The Magspies and joined The Cure as their first keyboardist.
Hartley would ultimately leave The Cure in 1980, after only one album (Seventeen Seconds) and its subsequent tour. Gallup would also leave The Cure in 1982, but would then rejoin the band in 1985 and remain a member to the present day. Porl Thompson would also rejoin The Cure between 1985 and 1995, and then again from 2003 to the present day.
[edit] Releases
"I'm a Cult Hero" was originally released in December, 1979, in the UK with the song "I Dig You" on the b-side.
Upon release in 1980 in Canada, and in 1981 in New Zealand, the tracks were flipped, with "I Dig You" as the a-side. The track "I'm a Cult Hero" was also included on the Australian compilation album Britannia Waives the Rules in 1981.
Both tracks are included on the 2005 Deluxe Edition of the Seventeen Seconds album in their original order. Also included are previously unreleased live recordings of both tracks, but in the reverse order.
Most recently, "I Dig You" was featured in commercials for internet company Monster.com.
[edit] Track listing
(Both tracks written by Robert Smith)
- UK single
- "I'm a Cult Hero" - 2:59
- "I Dig You" - 3:25
- Canadian/New Zealand single
- "I Dig You" - 3:25
- "I'm a Cult Hero" - 2:59
[edit] Personnel
- Frank Bell - vocals
- Robert Smith - guitar
- Porl Thompson - guitar
- Simon Gallup - bass
- Lol Tolhurst - drums
- Michael Dempsey - keyboard
- Matthieu Hartley - keyboard
- Janet Smith - keyboard
- Margaret Smith - backing vocals
- The Obtainers - backing vocals
[edit] References
- ^ Seventeen Seconds Deluxe Edition liner notes.
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