"Cut Here" is a song by English rock band The Cure, released as a single on 29 October 2001 from their best-of compilation Greatest Hits released the same year.[1]

Content

Cure frontman Robert Smith wrote the song in memory of his friend Billy Mackenzie, the lead singer of the new wave band Associates, who committed suicide in 1997.[2] The title of the song does not relate directly to the lyrical content; it is an anagram of "The Cure".

Regarding its musical style, AllMusic wrote that the song "rises with early sounds of Madchester".[3]

Release

The track was released as a single from the band's 2001 Greatest Hits compilation, reaching number 54 on the UK Singles Chart.[4] It is the band's last release for record label Fiction.

The song was re-recorded later in 2001 for the band's Acoustic Hits release, which contains eighteen re-recordings of previous songs by the band using acoustic guitars and was only released as a limited edition bonus disc to said greatest hits album.

Track listing

  1. "Cut Here"
  2. "Signal to Noise"
  3. "Cut Here (Missing Remix)"

Versions & Remixes

  1. Cut Here 4:10
  2. Cut Here (Missing Mix) 5:37
  3. Cut Here (Acoustic Re-Recording) 4:14
  4. Cut Here (Instrumental Demo 1997) 4:32

Note: The demo was originally called B46 V.3.

Personnel

References

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