Song · The Cure
“Want” by The Cure
From the album Wild Mood Swings (1996)
“Want” by The Cure appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2003. It was first released in 1996 on the album Wild Mood Swings. Its best result is #1381 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,988 alternative song of all time.
"Want" turns up on Wild Mood Swings, the Cure's tenth studio album, which Fiction Records released on 6 May 1996. Robert Smith wrote the words and sings them, and the music carries the names of Smith, Perry Bamonte, Jason Cooper, Simon Gallup and Roger O'Donnell. Cooper handles the drums, and the credits bring in a string quartet's worth of players: Leo Payne and Chris Tombling on violin, Susan Dench on viola and Audrey Riley on cello. Alan Moulder mixed the track and Steve Lyon engineered it.
It lives on a record that sprawls across styles the way the 1987 double album Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me did, from jangle pop to jazz to mariachi, and that parks light, poppy songs right up against darker, inward-looking ones, so the mood can lurch from one track to the next.
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 | 1381 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
Comments
Log in or create a free account to join the conversation about "Want" by The Cure.
No comments yet. Be the first to share your thoughts.