Boys Don't Cry (The Cure song)

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"Boys Don't Cry"
Single by The Cure
from the album Boys Don't Cry
B-side	"Plastic Passion"
Released	12 June 1979 (1979-06-12)[1]
Recorded	1979
Genre	Post-punk[2] new wave[3] jangle pop[4]
Length	2:35
Label	Fiction
Songwriter(s)	Robert Smith Lol Tolhurst Michael Dempsey
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"
Released	21 April 1986 (1986-04-21)
Length	2:38
Label	Fiction
Songwriter(s)	Robert Smith Lol Tolhurst Michael Dempsey
Producer(s)	Chris Parry Robert Smith Dave Allen
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.