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In 2019, Billboard ranked the song number one on their list of the 40 greatest Cure songs, [17] and in 2023, Mojo ranked the song number four on their list of the 30 greatest Cure songs. [ 18 ] Robert Smith said he considers "Just Like Heaven" to be one of the band's strongest works, and called it "the best pop song the Cure have ever done". [ 5 ]
"Just Like Heaven" is a song by the British alternative rock band The Cure.The group wrote most of the song during recording sessions in southern France in 1987. The lyrics were written by the band's frontman Robert Smith (pictured), who drew inspiration from a past trip to the sea shore with his future wife.
Just like Heaven may refer to: Just like Heaven, a romantic comedy starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo; Just like Heaven, a drama starring Anita Louise and David Newell "Just like Heaven" (The Cure song), 1987 "Just like Heaven" (Brandon Lake song), 2020; Just like Heaven, a 2011 romance novel by Julia Quinn
The Cure’s penchant for squalling psych-rock exorcisms reached a powerful zenith on this howl from the heart of 1992’s Wish. Almost eight minutes of typhoon rock bereft of flab or indulgence ...
The title of this film is also that of a popular 1987 song, "Just like Heaven" by The Cure. Singer Katie Melua recorded a cover version of the song for the soundtrack of the film. Melua's version is played over the opening titles and has lines such as "she said" changed to "he said" to maintain a heterosexual narrative.
The second single was a double A-side comprising "I Cried for You" and a cover of The Cure's "Just Like Heaven". The former song was written after Melua met the writer of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail and is about Jesus and Mary Magdalene , while the latter was recorded for the soundtrack to the film Just Like Heaven .
The song was covered by the Brooklyn-based band Luff for the 2008 American Laundromat Records tribute album Just Like Heaven - A Tribute to The Cure and by Army Navy on Manimal Vinyl's tribute Perfect as Cats: A Tribute to The Cure. The song was also covered by American noise rock band Whores for the band's 2014 split single with Rabbits ...
The Goldenvoice-promoted Just Like Heaven will again lean heavily on 2000s-era artists such as the War on Drugs, Phoenix, Miike Snow, Passion Pit, Two Door Cinema Club, Broken Social Scene ...