"Cut Here"
Single by The Cure
from the album Greatest Hits
B-side	"Signal to Noise"
Released	29 October 2001
Length	4:10
Label	Fiction
Songwriter(s)	Perry Bamonte Jason Cooper Simon Gallup Roger O'Donnell Robert Smith
Producer(s)	Robert Smith
The Cure singles chronology
" Wrong Number" (1997) "Cut Here" (2001) " The End of the World" (2004)

"Cut Here" is a song by English rock band The Cure, released as a single in October 2001 from their best-of compilation Greatest Hits released the same year. ^[1]

Content

Cure frontman Robert Smith wrote the song in memory of his friend Billy Mackenzie, the lead singer of the new wave band Associates, who committed suicide in 1997. ^[2] The title of the song does not relate directly to the lyrical content; it is an anagram of "The Cure".

Regarding its musical style, AllMusic wrote that the song "rises with early sounds of Madchester". ^[3]

Release

The track was released as a single from the band's 2001 Greatest Hits compilation, reaching number 54 on the UK Singles Chart. ^[4] It is the band's last release for record label Fiction.

The song was re-recorded later in 2001 for the band's Acoustic Hits release, which contains eighteen re-recordings of previous songs by the band using acoustic guitars and was only released as a limited edition bonus disc to said greatest hits album.

Track listing

1. "Cut Here"
2. "Signal to Noise"
3. "Cut Here (Missing Remix)"

Versions & Remixes

1. Cut Here 4:10
2. Cut Here (Missing Mix) 5:37
3. Cut Here (Acoustic Re-Recording) 4:14
4. Cut Here (Instrumental Demo 1997) 4:32

Note: The demo was originally called B46 V.3.

Personnel

• Robert Smith – vocals, guitar, 6-string bass, keyboards
• Simon Gallup – bass guitar
• Perry Bamonte – guitar
• Roger O'Donnell – keyboards
• Jason Cooper – drums

References

External links

• " Cut Here" at Discogs (list of releases)