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Boys Don't Cry

song by The Cure
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Key Facts

  • Composer: Robert Smith[1], Lol Tolhurst[2], Michael Dempsey[3]
  • Genre: post-punk[4], new wave[5], jangle pop[6]
  • Performer: The Cure[7]
  • Part of: Boys Don't Cry[8]
  • Language of work or name: English[9]
  • Lyricist: Robert Smith[10]
  • Work available at URL: https://www.thecure.com/lyrics/boys-dont-cry/[11]
  • Title: Boys Don't Cry[12]
  • First line: I would say I’m sorry[13]
  • Last line: Boys don’t cry[14]
  • Form of creative work: song[15]

Product Details

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  • Release type: Song[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 001559cc-5b3d-3f08-a49f-2d5b6e5f0f7b[17]

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Robert Smith

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

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

  1. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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