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“Friday I'm in Love” by The Cure

From the album Wish (1992)

“Friday I'm in Love” by The Cure appears on 77 radio countdowns from 30 stations between 1992 and 2026. It was first released in 1992 on the album Wish. Its best result is #1 on the CFNY Top 102 Songs of 1992. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #1 alternative song of 1992, #145 alternative song of all time and #140 of the '90s.

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30stations
#1best position
1#1 finishes
4top 10 finishes
1992–2026years charted

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The Cure - Friday I'm In Love

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The Cure put out "Friday I'm in Love" on Fiction Records in May 1992, the second single pulled from Wish, the band's ninth studio album, and it's the sound of Robert Smith throwing the curtains wide open. Smith, the song's main writer and its lyricist, described it at the time as a let's-get-happy, hands-in-the-air record and a naive, happy pop song, and he wasn't kidding: it bounces along on a jangle so bright it practically squints.

Smith sings lead and plays guitar and keyboards, Porl Thompson adds more guitar, Simon Gallup and Perry Bamonte handle bass, Bamonte chips in keyboards, and Boris Williams keeps the drums and percussion light on their feet. David M. Allen produced it with the band and engineered alongside Steve Whitfield, and Mark Saunders mixed.

The whole world bit: it hit number six in the UK and 18 in the US, where it topped Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks. Tim Pope directed the video, which shows the band playing on a soundstage, and it won European Viewer's Choice at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1992 13 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1992 107
1992 4 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1992 91
1992 2 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1992 105
1992 13 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1992 101
1992 2 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1992 100
1992 1 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 1992 102
1993 39 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1993 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 40 CRNC 90.1 CRNC Top 90.1 Songs of the '90s 91
1992 377 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1994 114 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 416 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1994 132 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1995 142 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1995 78 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1996 232 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1996 123 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1999 170 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 272 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 48 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 220 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 49 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 252 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 389 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 23 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 215 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 85 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of the '90s (September 2000) 100
2000 70 DC101 DC101 Top 101 Rock Songs of the 90s 101
2000 23 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 24 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 750 WFPK WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time 2000
2001 120 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 24 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 303 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 24 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 84 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 24 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2004 131 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 418 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 500
2005 57 Live 105 Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of the '90s (August 2005) 106
2005 25 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 22 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2005 325 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 500
2005 20 The Edge KEDJ Top 103 on Independent Radio 103
2006 242 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 194 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 71 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) 500
2007 213 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 174 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 275 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 157 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 226 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 160 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 153 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 157 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 161 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 165 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2018 658 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs 892
2019 647 WYEP WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 1099
2019 647 WYEP WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 1017
2020 264 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2020 300 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2021 845 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2022 609 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2022 833 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 603
2022 344 KEXP KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022) 491
2022 102 X96 X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time 500
2022 354 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2023 38 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893
2023 73 91X 91X Top 91 Songs of The Last 40 Years 91
2023 892 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2023 465 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time 909
2024 115 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049
2025 126 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s 500
2025 49 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs 800
2026 252 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500
2026 466 WYEP WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time 1180
2026 788 KXT KXT 917 Song Countdown 917

Also listed as: Friday, I'm In Love; Friday, I'm in Love; Friday I'm In Love; Friday I'm in Lovfe.

Charting alongside it in 1992

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  2. 3DriveR.E.M.
  3. 4OneU2
  4. 5JeremyPearl Jam
  5. 6TomorrowMorrissey
  6. 7HitThe Sugarcubes

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