Today’s track Lovesong by The Cure is extremely complicated. First of all, it only exists because its creator Robert Smith saved its lyrics from a house fire. Then he gave the song to his wife as a wedding present. It’s also the song that drove his band kicking and screaming out of the underground of obscurity into the Mainstream. He called the record total shite, his label called it commercial suicide. Thematically, it was completely out of character for him… He said it took him 10 years to even feel comfortable singing a song like this. And it was an unexpected bright spot on a very dreary album, Disintegration... a classic 80s album that makes you feel like you might never see daylight again. A moody, melancholy masterpiece that has not only been hailed as the peak of this band’s career but also one of the greatest albums of the 80s. So what was this so-called ‘happy’ track even doing there? And could The Cure's reluctant rockstar make peace with the song that turned this indie band into stadium headliners? Well, I’ll give you a clue… Smith hated the popularity it was bringing him, but then got pissed when it missed out on #1. You gotta hear this one!
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So, it’s time for another edition of #1 in Our Hearts. This show honors songs that were so unbelievably great, they absolutely should've been #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. But for whatever reason, be it radio play, lack of marketing, label support, or just sheer stupidity, the song came up short. On previous episodes, we have covered Sowing the Seeds of Love by Tears for Fears and Under the Bridge by Red Hot Chili Peppers. Today we are getting into the story of a song that fell one spot short of #1 but definitely deserved that top spot. I remember trying to use the force to will it to #1.
Did any of you ever do that like that scene from Empire Strikes back where Luke is holding out his hand to pull the lightsaber from the ice… and then he finally did it. I must’ve tried that a dozen times growing up… Ha ha. I wanted this to go to #1 so bad, but I had to settle for #2… If you haven’t figured it out by now. It’s Lovesong from The Cure’s magnum opus, Disintegration. And it came in at #2 on the Hot 100. Between 1978 and 1988 The Cure released 20 singles around the world… 21 if you count the re-release of Boys Don’t Cry in 1986. But during that time, the band had received little fanfare in the US. And you know what? That was fine with lead singer Robert Smith who was happy living underground.
Only six of those singles would chart in the US… well, sort of. Let’s Go to Bed and The Lovecats were both bubbling under the Hot 100 at #109 and #107. But on average, these six singles turned in a #82 ranking. Like I said, nowhere near mainstream notoriety. Their first Hot 100 breakthrough was the #99 hit ‘In Between Days’ in 86. And the following year, The Cure had their first Top 40 hit with ‘Just Like Heaven’. That came in at #40 exactly. Pretty ridiculous for one of the catchiest songs…