Mint Car
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| Single by The Cure | ||||||||||
| from the album Wild Mood Swings | ||||||||||
| Released | June 17, 1996 | |||||||||
| Format | CD | |||||||||
| Recorded | 1995 | |||||||||
| Genre | Jangle pop[1] | |||||||||
| Length | 3:29 | |||||||||
| Label | Fiction | |||||||||
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"Mint Car" is a song by English rock band The Cure, released as the second single from their tenth studio album Wild Mood Swings in June 1996.
Background
Robert Smith has stated in an interview that he thought this song was better than the British Top 10 hit "Friday I'm in Love".[2] Smith said, "it was the single, and I thought it was a better song than 'Friday'. But it did absolutely nothing because we weren't the band at that time. The zeitgeist wasn't right. It taught me that sometimes there's a tipping point, and if you're the band, you're the band, even if you don't want to be, and there's nothing you can do about it."[2]
Release
Released on June 17, 1996, the song reached number 31 on the UK Singles Chart and number 14 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.
The single included two remixes of the song, as well as three songs not available on the album. All of the B-sides, except the remixes, would go on to appear in the 2004 box set Join the Dots.
Impact
The song appeared in the films Loser (2000) and A Lot Like Love (2005) and was included on the respective soundtracks.
The song is mentioned in The Format's song "Dead End" from their album Dog Problems (2006).
Track listing
All tracks written by Smith/Gallup/Bamonte/Cooper/O'Donnell.
CD 1
- "Mint Car (Radio Mix)"
- "Home"
- "Mint Car (Buskers Mix)"
CD 2
- "Mint Car (Electric Mix)"
- "Waiting"
- "A Pink Dream"
US CD
- "Mint Car (Electric Mix)"
- "Waiting"
- "A Pink Dream"
- "Mint Car (Buskers Mix)"
Personnel
- Robert Smith – vocals, guitar, production, mixing
- Simon Gallup – bass
- Perry Bamonte – guitar
- Roger O'Donnell – keyboards
- Mark Price – drums
- Bob Thompson – drums on "Waiting"
- Steve Lyon – production, mixing on all tracks except "A Pink Dream"
- Steve Whitfield – mixing on "A Pink Dream"
Chart performance
| Chart (1996) | Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA)[3] | 100 |
| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[4] | 20 |
| UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[5] | 31 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[6] | 58 |
| US Hot Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard) | 14[7] |
References
- ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Cure - Galore: The Singles 1987-1997". Allmusic. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- 1 2 "Pete Wentz Meets Robert Smith". Stereogum. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- ↑ "The Cure: Mint Car" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
- ↑ "The Cure: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company.
- ↑ "The Cure – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for The Cure.
- ↑ "The Cure Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Alternative Songs for The Cure. Nielsen Business Media.
External links
- Mint Car at Discogs (list of releases)
- Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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