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“The End of the World” by The Cure

From the album The Cure (2004)

“The End of the World” by The Cure appears on 28 radio countdowns from 20 stations between 2004 and 2014. It was first released in 2004 on the album The Cure. Its best result is #17 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 2004. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #47 alternative song of 2004, #2,102 alternative song of all time and #383 of the '00s.

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#17best position
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The Cure - The End Of The World (Music Video)

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"The End of the World" was the first single from the Cure's 12th studio album, the self-titled The Cure from 2004, and it finds Robert Smith sounding bright-eyed and a little frantic. Smith wrote the words and the whole band wrote the music: Perry Bamonte on guitar alongside Smith, Simon Gallup on bass, Roger O'Donnell on keyboards and Jason Cooper on drums. Ross Robinson co-produced with Smith, and the sound is raw and immediate, guitars chiming over a hurried pulse.

Floria Sigismondi's video traps Smith in a house that tears itself apart and then rebuilds around him. It was their most successful single since "Mint Car" in 1996, reaching 25 in the UK, 19 in Italy and 19 on Billboard's Modern Rock chart.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2004 76 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2004 107
2004 17 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2004 91
2004 76 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2004 106
2004 97 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2004 101
2004 79 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2004 100
2004 92 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2004 93
2004 53 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2004 100
2004 36 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 77 Songs of 2004 77
2004 41 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2004 89
2004 24 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2004 101
2004 57 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2004 99
2004 61 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2004 102
2004 91 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2004 99
2004 21 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2004 88
2004 94 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2004 103
2004 33 WHTG Monmouth-Ocean, NJ G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2004 106
2004 31 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2004 50
2004 67 99X Atlanta, GA 99X Essential 99 of 2004 99
2004 87 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2004 227
2004 89 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2004 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2004 1989 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2007 583 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 769 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 793 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 811 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 838 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 878 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 924 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Also listed as: End of the World; End of The World; The End Of The World; End Of The World.

Charting alongside it in 2004

Best songs of 2004 →
  1. 1Somebody Told MeThe Killers
  2. 2American IdiotGreen Day
  3. 3Float OnModest Mouse
  4. 4Take Me OutFranz Ferdinand
  5. 5VertigoU2
  6. 6MegalomaniacIncubus

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