Never Enough (The Cure song)

"Never Enough"
Single by The Cure
from the album Mixed Up
Released	17 September 1990
Format	7"
Length	4:28
Label	Fiction
Writer(s)	Simon Gallup Robert Smith Porl Thompson Boris Williams
Producer(s)	Robert Smith Mark Saunders
The Cure singles chronology
"Pictures of You" (1990) "Never Enough" (1990) "Close to Me (remix)" (1990)

"Never Enough" is a song by English rock band The Cure, released as a single in September 1990 from their 1990 remixalbum Mixed Up.

Content

Unlike most other Cure songs of this era, the song was unexpectedly guitar-oriented, featuring no synthesizers. On the album, it is subtitled "Big Mix".

Although Perry Bamonte is on the single cover and appears in the music video, he does not have a songwriting credit (as do the other four members).

Release

Upon release as a single, "Never Enough" topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for three weeks, and reached number 13 in the UK.^[1]

The song was re-recorded using acoustic guitars for 2001's Acoustic Hits album (contains re-recordings of songs by the band, and released as a bonus disc to Greatest Hits). The version featured is probably more notable than any other re-recording on the album because it is the only recording from the album released elsewhere, on 2010's various artists album Brit Awards 2010.

Track listing

7"

1. "Never Enough" – 4:28
2. "Harold and Joe" – 5:05

12"

1. "Never Enough (Big Mix)"
2. "Harold & Joe"
3. "Let's Go to Bed (Milk Mix)"

CD and cassette

1. "Never Enough (Big Mix)"
2. "Harold & Joe"
3. "Let's Go to Bed (Milk Mix)"
4. "Never Enough"

Personnel

• Robert Smith – vocals, guitar
• Simon Gallup – bass
• Porl Thompson – guitar
• Boris Williams – drums
• Mark Saunders – mixing, remixing

See also

• Number one modern rock hits of 1990

References

External links

• "Never Enough" at Discogs (list of releases)
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics