| "The Caterpillar" | ||||
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| Single by The Cure | ||||
| from the album The Top | ||||
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| Released | 26 March 1984[1] | |||
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| Length | 3:40 | |||
| Label | Fiction | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Robert Smith, Lol Tolhurst | |||
| Producer(s) | Robert Smith, Chris Parry, Dave Allen | |||
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"The Caterpillar" is a song by English rock band The Cure, released as the sole single from their fifth studio album The Top (1984), on 30 March 1984. It was written by Robert Smith and Lol Tolhurst. It spent seven weeks in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 14 on 7 April of that year.[2] It spent five weeks on the Dutch charts in June 1984, reaching number 35 there on 2 June.[3] It reached number 51 on the Australian Kent Music Report chart.[4]
- ^ Crossing, Gary (24 March 1984). "News". Record Mirror. p. 4. ISSN 0144-5804.
- ^ "Cure | Full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
- ^ "The Cure - The Caterpillar (Nummer)". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 January 2013.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.