Boys Don't Cry (The Cure song)

"Boys Don't Cry"
Single by The Cure
from the album Boys Don't Cry
B-side"Plastic Passion"
Released12 June 1979 (1979-06-12)[1]
Recorded1979
Genre
Length2:35
LabelFiction
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Chris Parry
The Cure singles chronology
"Killing an Arab"
(1978)
"Boys Don't Cry"
(1979)
"Jumping Someone Else's Train"
(1979)
Official audio
"Boys Don't Cry" on YouTube
"Boys Don't Cry (New Voice - New Mix)"
1986 UK re-release
Single by The Cure
B-side
  • "Pillbox Tales"
  • "Do the Hansa"
Released21 April 1986 (1986-04-21)
Length2:38
LabelFiction
Songwriter(s)
  • Robert Smith
  • Lol Tolhurst
  • Michael Dempsey
Producer(s)
The Cure singles chronology
"Close to Me"
(1985)
"Boys Don't Cry (New Voice - New Mix)"
(1986)
"Why Can't I Be You?"
(1987)
Official video
"Boys Don't Cry" (1986) on YouTube

"Boys Don't Cry" is a song by English rock band The Cure. It was released in the UK as a stand-alone single in June 1979, and was included as the title track on Boys Don't Cry, the American equivalent to Three Imaginary Boys.

  1. ^ "The Cure Official Site".
  2. ^ Anthony DeCurtis; James Henke; Holly George-Warren (1992). The Rolling Stone Album Guide: Completely New Reviews : Every Essential Album, Every Essential Artist. Random House. p. 173. ISBN 978-0-679-73729-2.
  3. ^ Dominic Pedler (25 May 2010). The Songwriting Secrets Of The Beatles. Omnibus Press. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-85712-346-6.
  4. ^ SPIN Media LLC (June 1992). SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. p. 32. ISSN 0886-3032.