“The Kiss” by The Cure

"The Kiss" comes from Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, the Cure's 1987 album, and it's a full-band affair from the ground up: the music is credited to all five of them, Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst and Boris Williams, with Smith alone writing the words. Smith sings lead and plays guitar alongside Thompson, the keyboards are split between Smith, Thompson and Tolhurst, Gallup holds down the bass and Williams handles drums and percussion.

Smith co-produced it with David M. Allen, with Sean Burrows, Michel Dierickx and Jacques Hermet assisting, which puts the band's leader at the controls as well as at the microphone. Rock radio's countdowns were still making room for it well into the 2020s.

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