| "A Forest" | ||||
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| Single by the Cure | ||||
| from the album Seventeen Seconds | ||||
| B-side | "Another Journey by Train" | |||
| Released | 28 March 1980 | |||
| Recorded | 1979–1980 | |||
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| Length | 7" – 3:54 12" and album version – 5:55 Standing on a Beach version – 4:53 | |||
| Label | Fiction | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Simon Gallup, Robert Smith, Matthieu Hartley, Lol Tolhurst | |||
| Producer(s) | Mike Hedges, Robert Smith | |||
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| "A Forest" on YouTube | ||||
| "A Forest" (TopPop, 1980) on YouTube | ||||
"A Forest" is a song by the English rock band the Cure. Co-produced by Mike Hedges and the band's Robert Smith, it was released as a single from the band's second album Seventeen Seconds on 28 March 1980. It was their debut entry on the UK Singles Chart, reaching number 31. The accompanying music video was first shown on BBC's Top of the Pops programme on 24 April 1980.
Recorded and mixed over seven days, along with the rest of the songs from the album, "A Forest" is representative of The Cure's 1980s gothic rock phase. The song has featured on the band's set lists for many years. Several versions have appeared on concert albums, and it was re-recorded, then subsequently remixed and released as a single from Mixed Up in 1990.