Mint Car

"Mint Car"
Single by The Cure
from the album Wild Mood Swings
Released June 17, 1996
Format CD
Recorded 1995
Genre Alternative rock, jangle pop[1]
Length 3:29
Label Fiction
Writer(s) Roger O'Donnell, Perry Bamonte, Simon Gallup, Robert Smith, and Jason Cooper
Producer(s) Robert Smith
Steve Lyon
The Cure singles chronology
"The 13th"
(1996)		 "Mint Car"
(1996)		 "Strange Attraction"
(1996)
Alternative covers
UK CD single cover (Disc 2)
French CD single cover

"Mint Car" is a single released by the British group The Cure in 1996. The song was initially released on the album Wild Mood Swings, and reached number 31 on the UK Singles Chart and number 14 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.

Robert Smith has stated in an interview that he thought this song was better than the British Top 10 hit "Friday I'm in Love".[2] Smith said, "it was the single, and I thought it was a better song than ”Friday.” But it did absolutely nothing because we weren’t the band at that time. The zeitgeist wasn’t right. It taught me that sometimes there’s a tipping point, and if you’re the band, you’re the band, even if you don’t want to be, and there’s nothing you can do about it."[2]

The single included two remixes of the song, as well as three songs not available on the album. All of the B-sides, except the remixes, would go on to appear in the 2004 box set Join the Dots.

Track listing

UK CD single 1

  1. "Mint Car" (radio mix)
  2. "Home"
  3. "Mint Car" (buskers mix)

UK CD single 2

  1. "Mint Car" (electric mix)
  2. "Waiting"
  3. "A Pink Dream"

US CD single

  1. "Mint Car" (electric mix)
  2. "Waiting"
  3. "A Pink Dream"
  4. "Mint Car" (buskers mix)

French CD single

  1. "Mint Car" (radio mix)
  2. "Home"

European CD single

  1. "Mint Car" (radio mix)
  2. "Home"
  3. "Waiting"
  4. "A Pink Dream"

Use in other media

The song was used in the movie A Lot Like Love (2005) and was included on the soundtrack.

The song is also mentioned in The Format's song "Dead End" from their album Dog Problems (2006).

The song was used in the movie Loser (2000) and was included on the soundtrack.

Personnel

Produced by Robert Smith and Steve Lyon. All tracks except "A Pink Dream" mixed by Steve Lyon and Robert Smith. "A Pink Dream" mixed by Steve Whitfield and Robert Smith. All tracks written by Smith/Gallup/Bamonte/Cooper/O'Donnell.

Chart performance

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA Singles Chart)[3] 100
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[4] 20
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[5] 31
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 58
US Hot Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)[7] 14

References

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Cure - Galore: The Singles 1987-1997". Allmusic. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Pete Wentz Meets Robert Smith". Stereogum. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  4. ↑ "The Cure: Mint Car" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
  5. ↑ "The Cure: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company.
  6. ↑ "The Cure – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for The Cure.
  7. ↑ "The Cure Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Alternative Songs for The Cure. Nielsen Business Media.

External links

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