Song · The Cure
“Meat Hook” by The Cure
From the album Three Imaginary Boys (1979)
“Meat Hook” by The Cure appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2003. It was first released in 1979 on the album Three Imaginary Boys. Its best result is #1421 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,071 alternative song of all time.
"Meat Hook" is one of the songs on Three Imaginary Boys, the debut album the Cure put out on Fiction Records on 8 May 1979. Robert Smith wrote the words, sings and plays guitar, and the music is credited to him, bassist Michael Dempsey and drummer Lol Tolhurst. Chris Parry produced, with Mike Hedges engineering and Michael J. Dutton assisting.
Smith didn't get the final say over the record it landed on. The label chose the songs, the running order and the cover art without his consent, and he made sure that never happened again, keeping complete creative control over every Cure album since. By 1987 he was saying he'd never been happy with it, that he'd been angst-ridden and dislocated while making it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1421 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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