Primary (song)

"Primary" is the only single from The Cure's third studio album Faith, released in 1981 on Fiction Records. It was the first song by The Cure to be remixed as a separate extended mix for release on 12" single (and not co-released on other formats, in the way the 12" version of A Forest was also the album version appearing on Seventeen Seconds, for example). In fact, the original 12" extended mix is, to this day, still only available on the original 12" single, which has never been reproduced on any other album, making it quite a rare item. The main difference between the 7" mix (also the album mix), and 12" mix is that the extended mix lengthens the instrumental introductions to the song's verses.

The song is unusual in that both Simon Gallup and Robert Smith play bass, with the effects pedals on Smith's giving the leads a unique sound. There are no guitars or keyboards played in the song.

History

"Primary" was first played during the Seventeen Seconds tour with completely different lyrics (aside from the chorus) and a slightly different bassline. Bootleggers who released recordings of those shows named it "Cold Colours" and the name is still often used in regards to these early versions, although recordings from the time show that even then it was introduced by Robert as "Primary". A studio demo from September 1980 can be heard on the second disc of the deluxe reissue of "Faith", and another recorded for the John Peel show on BBC Radio One in January 1981. The early version was sometimes dedicated to the late Ian Curtis of Joy Division when played live.

The song is still played live to this day, though less frequently than others from this era.

Track listing

7" single

"Primary"
"Descent"

12" single

"Primary [Extended]"
"Descent"

Personnel

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

The Cure

Studio albums

EPs

A Single
Hypnagogic States EP

Live albums

Compilation albums

Boys Don't Cry
Happily Ever After
Japanese Whispers
Standing on a Beach (Staring at the Sea)
Galore
Greatest Hits

Remix albums

Mixed Up

Other albums

Join the Dots

Singles

Other songs

Video albums

Concert Tours

Articles	Discography Personnel

Labels	Fiction Suretone Geffen Polydor Elektra Asylum Sire Warner

Bands	Associates Babacar COGASM Cult Hero Easy Cure Fools Dance The Glove Levinhurst Lockjaw The Magazine Spies Malice Presence Shelleyan Orphan Siouxsie and the Banshees

Albums	Nocturne Hyæna Essential Glastonbury Perfect as Cats: A Tribute to the Cure

Songs	"I'm a Cult Hero"

The Cure singles discography

1970s

1978: "Killing an Arab"
1979: "Boys Don't Cry"; "Jumping Someone Else's Train"

1980s

1980: "A Forest"
1981: "Primary"; "Charlotte Sometimes"
1982: "A Single"; "Let's Go to Bed"
1983: "The Walk"; "The Love Cats"
1984: "The Caterpillar"
1985: "In Between Days"; "Close to Me"
1986: "Boys Don't Cry (New Voice – New Mix)"
1987: "Why Can't I Be You?"; "Catch"; "Just Like Heaven"
1988: "Hot Hot Hot!!!"
1989: "Lullaby"; "Fascination Street"; "Lovesong"

1990s

1990: "Pictures of You"; "Never Enough"; "Close to Me (Remix)"
1992: "High"; "Friday I'm in Love"; "A Letter to Elise"
1996: "The 13th"; "Mint Car"; "Gone!"
1997: "Strange Attraction"; "Wrong Number"

2000s

2001: "Cut Here"; "Just Say Yes"
2004: "The End of the World"; "Taking Off" ("alt.end")
2008: "The Only One"; "Freakshow"; "Sleep When I'm Dead"; "The Perfect Boy"

Other songs	1979 "10:15 Saturday Night"

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