"Pictures of You" | ||||
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Single by the Cure | ||||
from the album Disintegration | ||||
Released | 19 March 1990 | |||
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Label | Fiction | |||
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Producer(s) | Robert Smith, Dave Allen | |||
The Cure singles chronology | ||||
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"Pictures Of You" on YouTube |
"Pictures of You" is a song by English rock band the Cure. It was released on 19 March 1990 by Fiction Records as the fourth and final single from the band's eighth studio album, Disintegration (1989). The song has a single version which is a shorter edit of the album version. The single reached No. 24 on the UK Singles Charts.[5]
There are also two different remixes on two UK 12-inch singles, and other singles released around the world, one of which later appeared on Mixed Up as the Extended Dub Mix and differs significantly from the album version in arrangement in that incorporates wholly original drum and bass arrangements. The other is an extended remix of the original album version which, at 7:59, runs slightly longer than the album version. There is also an edit which was released on 12-inch in the US, titled "extended remix" as in the European and Australasian releases, but which runs for 6:40 rather than 7:59.
In 2011, the song was voted number 283 on Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list.[6] In 2019, Billboard ranked the song number nine on their list of the 40 greatest Cure songs,[7] and in 2023, Mojo ranked the song number 11 on their list of the 30 greatest Cure songs.[8]