Boys Don't Cry

song by The Cure
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q62054656
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Boys Don't Cry

Summary

Boys Don't Cry is a musical work/composition[1].

Key Facts

  • Boys Don't Cry's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[2].
  • Boys Don't Cry's composer is recorded as Robert Smith[3].
  • Boys Don't Cry's composer is recorded as Lol Tolhurst[4].
  • Boys Don't Cry's composer is recorded as Michael Dempsey[5].
  • Boys Don't Cry's genre is post-punk[6].
  • Boys Don't Cry's genre is new wave[7].
  • Boys Don't Cry's genre is jangle pop[8].
  • Boys Don't Cry was performed by The Cure[9].
  • Boys Don't Cry is part of Boys Don't Cry[10].
  • Boys Don't Cry's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Boys Don't Cry's lyricist is recorded as Robert Smith[12].
  • Boys Don't Cry's work available at URL is recorded as https://www.thecure.com/lyrics/boys-dont-cry/[13].
  • Boys Don't Cry's title is recorded as Boys Don't Cry[14].
  • Boys Don't Cry's first line is recorded as I would say I’m sorry[15].
  • Boys Don't Cry's last line is recorded as Boys don’t cry[16].
  • Boys Don't Cry's form of creative work is recorded as song[17].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 001559cc-5b3d-3f08-a49f-2d5b6e5f0f7b[19]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Boys Don't Cry was performed by The Cure[9].

Publication

Boys Don't Cry's language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Genres include post-punk[6], new wave[7], and jangle pop[8]. It is part of it[10].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . The Rolling Stone Album Guide. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . Never Enough: The Story of The Cure (2009 Omnibus Press ed.). Retrieved . thecure.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . thecure.com. Retrieved . thecure.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . thecure.com. Retrieved . thecure.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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