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Posted By scott4261 1 month ago in Arts & Entertainment"Boys Don't Cry" was the second single to be released by The Cure, released in June 1979. It was released in the UK as a stand-alone single but was included as the title track on Boys Don't Cry, the American equivalent to Three Imaginary Boys.
Written by Michael Dempsey, Robert Smith, and Lol Tolhurst, the lyrics tell the story of a man who has given up trying to regain the love of a girl that he has lost, and tries to disguise his true emotional state by "laughing, hiding the tears in [his] eyes, 'cause boys don't cry".
In April 1986 it was re-released under the title "New Voice · New Mix", in which the original track was remixed and the vocals re-recorded. The new version was not received well, and unlike the original, has not appeared on any subsequent release by The Cure. The updated version can however be heard in the music video.
The band Reel Big Fish often perform a cover of this song in a live setting, and The Smashing Pumpkins have performed teases of the song live on multiple occasions. Oleander released a studio cover of the song on their major label debut, February Son, and as a single, complete with a video. Hell Is for Heroes recorded the song as a b-side for their single "Retreat," and Lostprophets did the same for their single "Last Summer." Razorlight chose to perform the song at The Cure's MTV Icon ceremony in 2004.
The song was more recently covered by Grant Lee Phillips on his newest record "Nineteeneighties". This version of the song was also featured in the second season premiere of CBS show How I Met Your Mother.
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The Cure classic "Boys Don't Cry."
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Don't forget, I reveal the cut that I believe to be the ultimate Cure Halloween classic tomorrow!
Then I'll give Robert Smith a rest for a while.....
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