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The Cure

Just Like Heaven

1987 · via Robert Smith and 1 more

The Cure’s 1987 recording of “Just Like Heaven” is the earliest release on file. Simon Gallup, Robert Smith, Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst and Boris Williams of The Cure are credited as its writers. Also recorded by Dinosaur Jr. (released 1989), Katie Melua (released 2005) and Goldfinger (released 1999), among 282 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

The Cure – Just Like Heaven
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Put on the home demo next to the finished single and you can hear a band's song taking shape, not one man's. Lol Tolhurst's name sits on that credit beside Smith's, and his thread runs back to the very start of The Cure.

Dinosaur Jr. had their take on "Just Like Heaven" out by 1989, which means somebody heard The Cure's and couldn't leave it alone. Play the two back to back and see how much of the song survives the handoff.

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Credited writers: Simon Gallup, Robert Smith, Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst and Boris Williams.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1987.

Other recordings on file · first release year

282 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Robert Smith didn't write "Just Like Heaven" alone. The writing credit is shared with his Cure bandmates. Which of these names is on it?Lol Tolhurst
a knot from Robert Smith · next: Lol Tolhurst
The Cure wrote "Just Like Heaven" themselves. Which of these bands later made its own recording of that song?Dinosaur Jr.
a knot from The Cure · next: Dinosaur Jr.
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