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“Lullaby” by The Cure

From the album Disintegration (1989)

“Lullaby” by The Cure appears on 37 radio countdowns from 16 stations between 1989 and 2026. It was first released in 1989 on the album Disintegration. Its best result is #3 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1989. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #14 alternative song of 1989, #691 alternative song of all time and #58 of the '80s.

37countdowns
16stations
#3best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1989–2026years charted

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"Lullaby" crept out in the spring of 1989 on Fiction as the lead single from Disintegration, the Cure's eighth album, and it's Robert Smith at his most deliciously creepy, his voice hushed and conspiratorial over a tiptoeing arrangement that sounds like something crawling up the bedpost.

Smith wrote the words and the whole band shares the music credit, with Smith on lead vocals, guitar, bass and keyboards, Porl Thompson on guitar, Simon Gallup on bass, Roger O'Donnell on keyboards, Boris Williams on drums and Lol Tolhurst also in the credits. Smith produced it with David M. Allen, and the sound is thick with shadows, guitars and keyboards drifting over a slinky, stalking groove.

It gave the Cure their highest-charting single at home, reaching number five in the UK, and went to number three in Ireland and West Germany, with top-ten placings elsewhere in Europe and in New Zealand. Tim Pope's video took British Video of the Year at the 1990 Brit Awards.

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

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1989 49 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1989 107
1989 3 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1989 90
1989 34 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1989 105
1989 20 Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1989 30

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1989 61 91X 91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989) 191
1989 61 WFNX WFNX Top 101 Songs of the Decade (December 1989) 101
1989 235 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1990 63 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) 299
1990 43 Triple J Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1990) 100
1991 293 (tie) Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) 302
1991 228 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1991 44 Triple J Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1991) 100
1992 379 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1994 276 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1996 366 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1998 326 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 235 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 435 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 497 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 367 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 880 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2002 242 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 300 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 474 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2005 564 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2005 52 96.5 The Buzz 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the 70s & 80s 96
2006 53 107.7 The End The End Top 107 Resurrection Songs (December 2006) 107
2007 806 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 760 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 783 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 799 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 825 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 824 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 822 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 582 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s 909
2022 471 X96 X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time 500
2026 486 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '80s 498

Also listed as: Lullabye.

Charting alongside it in 1989

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  5. 5Love ShackThe B-52's
  6. 6Personal JesusDepeche Mode

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