Lullaby / Babble

by The Cure

Lullaby / Babble cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: 4 April 1989
  • Label: Fiction
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 8:27
  • Community rating: 4.11/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Robert Smith, David M. Allen

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Built around a claustrophobic, plucked guitar motif and eerie synthesized string arrangements, 'Lullaby' stands as one of The Cure's most sinister and commercially successful pop hits. Robert Smith's whispered, intimate vocal delivery narrates a terrifying encounter with a 'spiderman', serving as a dark metaphor for his struggles with drug addiction and recurring childhood nightmares. Its iconic, cobweb-covered music video heavily reinforced the band's gothic visual identity.

Genres

Descriptors: fantasy, melodic, theatrical, sinister, bassy

Tracklist

  1. Lullaby (Remix) (4:08)
  2. Babble (4:19)

Credits

  • The Cure - primary artist
  • Ferret & Spanner - promotion
  • Boris Williams - written-by
  • Laurence Tolhurst - written-by
  • Porl Thompson - written-by
  • Roger O'Donnell - written-by
  • Simon Gallup - written-by

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