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“Mint Car” by The Cure
From the album Wild Mood Swings (1996)
“Mint Car” by The Cure appears on 15 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1996 and 2005. It was first released in 1996 on the album Wild Mood Swings. Its best result is #24 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1996. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #67 alternative song of 1996 and #3,454 alternative song of all time.
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"Mint Car" was the second single from Wild Mood Swings, the Cure's tenth album, out in June 1996, and it's Robert Smith in full sunshine mode: chiming guitars from Smith and Perry Bamonte, Simon Gallup's bass bouncing underneath, Roger O'Donnell's keyboards glinting at the edges and Mark Price keeping the beat light on its feet. Smith produced it with Steve Lyon.
Smith has always reckoned it was a better song than "Friday I'm in Love", and he put its modest showing down to timing: by then, as he tells it, the Cure simply weren't the band of the moment, and no tune could change that. It still got to 31 in Britain and 14 on the American modern rock chart, and the single carried two alternate takes, an acoustic Busker's Mix and an all-electric one.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 62 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1996 | 107 |
| 1996 | 24 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1996 | 91 |
| 1996 | 69 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996 | 101 |
| 1996 | 45 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1996 | 99 |
| 1996 | 95 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 1996 | 100 |
| 1996 | 81 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 96 Songs of 1996 | 96 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1712 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1712 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1712 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1704 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2002 | 1800 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1689 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2003 | 1147 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2004 | 1689 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1689 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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