The Walk (The Cure song)

"The Walk"
Single by The Cure
B-side
  • "The Dream"
  • "The Upstairs Room"
  • "Lament"
ReleasedJune 1983[1]
Genre
Length3:33
LabelFiction
Songwriter(s)Robert Smith, Lol Tolhurst
Producer(s)Steve Nye
The Cure singles chronology
"Let's Go to Bed"
(1982) 		"The Walk"
(1983) 		"The Love Cats"
(1983)

"The Walk" is a song by English rock band The Cure, released as a stand-alone single in June 1983. It later appeared on the compilation album Japanese Whispers. It was recorded when the band was briefly reduced to the two founder members Robert Smith and Lol Tolhurst upon the departure of bassist Simon Gallup in mid-1982, following the end of the band's tour in support of the album Pornography. According to Tolhurst, they chose Steve Nye as producer at the time due to his work on the album Tin Drum by Japan.[5] Tolhurst later commented: "It was the first time we had worked with a 'proper' producer, as opposed to doing production with an engineer that we really liked. […] He was able to make electronic instruments sound more natural, and that's what we wanted."[5]

  1. ^ "News". NME. 25 June 1983.
  2. ^ Ramirez, A J (13 December 2011). "Why the Cure Deserves to Be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame". PopMatters. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  3. ^ Treble Staff (May 11, 2020). "A History of Synth-Pop in 50 Essential Songs". Treble. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
  4. ^ Blender Staff (May 2003). "500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die!". Blender. New York: Dennis Publishing. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  5. ^ a b Tolhurst, Laurence (2016). Cured – The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys. Da Capo Press (p. 311)