Song · The Cure
“Secrets” by The Cure
From the album Seventeen Seconds (1980)
“Secrets” by The Cure appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2003. It was first released in 1980 on the album Seventeen Seconds. Its best result is #533 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,636 alternative song of all time.
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"Secrets" is tucked into Seventeen Seconds, the Cure's second album, which Fiction Records put out in April 1980, and it belongs to the moment Robert Smith pulled the band away from the XTC-style pop their original bassist wanted and toward the shadowy pull of Siouxsie and the Banshees, whose guitarist he had just been for two months.
Michael Dempsey walked out over that change of direction, so the lineup here is new: Simon Gallup on bass and Matthieu Hartley on keyboards, alongside Lol Tolhurst on drums and Smith on guitar and vocals. All four share the music credit, Smith wrote the words, and he co-produced with Mike Hedges, the first time the two sat behind the desk together. Smith later called Seventeen Seconds the most personal record the band ever made.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 533 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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