Love Cats
The Cure
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We move like cagey tigers We couldn't get closer than this The way we walk The way we talk The way we stalk The way we kiss We slip through the streets While everyone sleeps Getting bigger and sleeker And wider and brighter We bite and scratch and scream all night Let's go and throw All the songs we know Into the sea You and me All these years and no one heard I'll show you in spring It's a treacherous thing We missed you hissed the lovecats We're so wonderfully wonderfully wonderfully Wonderfully pretty! Oh you know that I'd do anything for you We should have each other to tea huh? We should have each other with cream Then curl up by the fire And sleep for awhile It's the grooviest thing It's the perfect dream Into the sea You and me All these years and no one heard I'll show you in spring It's a treacherous thing We missed you hissed the lovecats We're so wonderfully wonderfully wonderfully Wonderfully pretty! You know that I'd do anything for you We should have each other to dinner We should have each other with cream Then curl up in the fire Get up for awhile It's the grooviest thing It's the perfect dream Hand in hand Is the only way to land And always the right way round Not broken in pieces Like hated little meeces How could we miss Someone as dumb as this? I love you, let's go Oh, solid gone How could we miss Someone as dumb as this?
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Written by: Robert James Smith
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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10 facts about this song
Release and Recognition"The Love Cats", sung by The Cure, was released on October 18, 1983. The song peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart, making it the band's first Top 10 hit in the UK.
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Musical StyleThe song is well-known for its distinct jazz-infused style, which is not common with other Cure songs. The genre is classified as New Wave, Post-Punk.
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Album PlacementUnusually, "The Love Cats" doesn't appear on any original The Cure studio album. It made its first appearance on a record in the compilation album "Japanese Whispers" which collated the band's 1982-83 singles.
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Video ProductionThe music video of "The Love Cats" was shot in the home of the band's producer, Chris Parry. The video is as quirky as the song, filled with various shenanigans involving a multitude of domestic house cats.
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Initial ReceptionDespite its success, "The Love Cats" was initially disliked by some members of The Cure. Bassist Phil Thornalley and drummer Andy Anderson didn’t love the song, thinking it too pop-oriented.
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Band InfluenceThe Cure's frontman, Robert Smith, intimated that "The Love Cats" was influenced by the Australian author Patrick White's novel "The Vivisector".
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Instruments UsedThe song is notable for its double bass line, played by Phil Thornalley, and for its quirky tea-tray percussion (Robert Smith scrapes a tray for sound).
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Cover VersionsOver the years "The Love Cats" has been covered by various artists, including Tricky and a duo comprising ex-Suede guitarist, Bernard Butler and McAlmont.
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Video InfluencesOne of the scenes in the music video of "The Love Cats" where Robert Smith throws a piano is reported to be inspired from the classic Laurel and Hardy film "The Music Box".
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Negative AssociationsDue to its title, the song is among those implicated by misinterpretation as promoting cruelty to animals, although the band strongly denies any such intention.
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