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“Three Imaginary Boys” by The Cure
From the album Three Imaginary Boys (1979)
“Three Imaginary Boys” 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 #933 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,179 alternative song of all time.
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"Three Imaginary Boys" hands its name to the Cure's debut album, released by Fiction Records on 8 May 1979. Robert Smith sings lead and plays guitar, Michael Dempsey is on bass and Lol Tolhurst on drums, and the three share the music credit while Smith wrote the words. Chris Parry produced, with Mike Hedges engineering and Michael J. Dutton assisting.
The album around it wasn't quite the band's own. The label chose the songs, the running order and even the cover art without Smith's say-so, and ever since he has made sure of complete creative control over every Cure record. Talking to Spin in 1987, he said he'd been angst-ridden and dislocated while making it and couldn't find any emotion in it at all. America got a reshuffled version under a different name, Boys Don't Cry.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 933 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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