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“A Strange Day” by The Cure
From the album Pornography (1982)
“A Strange Day” by The Cure appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1982 and 2003. It was first released in 1982 on the album Pornography. Its best result is #33 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1982. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #98 alternative song of 1982 and #6,300 alternative song of all time.
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"A Strange Day" sits on Pornography, the Cure's fourth studio album, which Fiction released on 3 May 1982. Robert Smith, Simon Gallup and Lol Tolhurst share the music credit and Smith wrote the words; he plays guitar and keyboards, Gallup plays bass and Tolhurst handles drums and keyboards. Phil Thornalley, on his first album with the band, co-produced with them and engineered alongside Smith and Mike Nocito.
The RAK Studios sessions, which ran from January into April 1982, nearly broke the band, with drugs, in-fighting and Smith's depression all bleeding into the music and the lyrics. The album closed the gloomy run that began with Seventeen Seconds; Gallup left after it came out, and the Cure swung toward brighter, radio-friendly new wave.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 33 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1982 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1539 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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