Just Like Heaven (song)
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| "Just Like Heaven" | ||
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| Single by The Cure | ||
| from the album Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me | ||
| Released | October, 1987 | |
| Format | 7", 12" | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 3:14 | |
| Label | Fiction Records | |
| Producer(s) | Robert Smith Dave Allen |
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| The Cure singles chronology | ||
| "Catch" (1987) |
"Just Like Heaven" (1987) |
"Hot Hot Hot!!!" (1987) |
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"Just Like Heaven" is the name of a 1987 single by The Cure from their album Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me.
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[edit] History
Robert Smith has said this song is one of The Cure's best, and that it was "the perfect pop song"[citation needed]. It was the band's 11th top 40 hit in the UK and their first top 40 hit in the US, where it charted for one week at #40 on the Billboard Hot 100 during January, 1988.
In 2004 Rolling Stone magazine ranked it #483 on the list of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time[citation needed].
On July 16, 2006, this song was played as a wake-up call for the crew of Space Shuttle Discovery on their flight STS-121 at the request of astronaut Piers Sellers' family[1].
This song was also used in the 2005 film "Just Like Heaven" and in the 2001 film "Gypsy 83".
[edit] Track listing
[edit] 7": Fiction / Fics 27 (UK)
- "Just Like Heaven [Edited Remix]" (3:17)
- "Snow in Summer" (3:26)
[edit] 7": Elektra / 7 69443 (US)
- "Just Like Heaven [Edited Remix]" (3:17)
- "Breathe" (4:47)
[edit] 12": Fiction / Ficsx 27 (UK)
- "Just Like Heaven [Remix]" (3:29)
- "Snow in Summer" (3:26)
- "Sugar Girl" (3:14)
- also released on CD Fixcd 27
[edit] 12": Elektra / 0 66793 (US)
- "Just Like Heaven [Remix]" (3:29)
- "Breathe" (4:47)
- "A Chain of Flowers" (4:55)
[edit] Personnel
- Robert Smith - vocals, guitars, keyboards
- Laurence Tolhurst - keyboards
- Porl Thompson - guitars, keyboards
- Simon Gallup - basses
- Boris Williams - drums, percussion
- Roger O'Donnell - appears in the official music video as a keyboardist, but did not contribute to the song
[edit] Sample
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[edit] Covers
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"Just Like Heaven" has been covered by numerous bands and artists.
[edit] Studio
- Beatsteakes - album WohnzimmerEP
- Dinosaur Jr - an uptempo cover was featured on the CD reissue of the 1987 Dinosaur Jr album You're Living All Over Me.
- Katie Melua - 2005 album Piece by Piece. Her cover appeared at the beginning of the film Just Like Heaven.
- Gatsbys American Dream - Punk Goes 80's compilation
- 30footFALL
- Goldfinger
- Deadsy
- Pato Fu
- Racer
- Charlotte Martin
- Tufts Amalgamates
- The Scooterz - 2004 - Strange as angels: A Tribute to the Cure - FTC Records - Recording Produced By: Thomas Lester (Ramones: Adios Amigos) and George McRad
- Taking Back Sunday
- CodeName: Rocky
- Feiled
[edit] Live
The following artists have played "Just Like Heaven" at live shows.
- Beatsteakes - live: 10 Jahre Fritz(live)
- AFI
- The Ataris
- Blame
- Goldfinger
- Luna
- Tristan Prettyman
