Pictures of You

Single infobox
Name = Pictures of You


Artist = The Cure
from Album = Disintegration
Released = March, 1990
Format = 7", 12"
Recorded =
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 4:48 (single version)
7:24 (album version)
Label = Fiction Records
Producer = Robert Smith
Dave Allen
Last single = "Lovesong"
(1989)
This single = "Pictures of You"
(1990)
Next single = "Never Enough"
(1990)

"Pictures of You" is a song by The Cure written by Robert Smith from the 1989 album "Disintegration".

History

The single version is much shorter than the album version, which is 7:24 minutes long rather than 4:48 minutes. There are also 2 different extended versions on the 2 UK 12" singles, one of which is the 'Strange Mix' that later appeared on "Mixed Up". The other is similar to the album version.

According to interviews, the inspiration of the song came when a fire broke loose in Robert Smith's home. After that day, Robert was going through the remains and came across his wallet which had pictures of his wife, Mary. The cover of the single is one of the pictures. The same picture is featured on the "Charlotte Sometimes" cover, but this one is the full image while the 1981 single's cover was a different theme.

In 2004 "Rolling Stone" magazine ranked it #278 on the list of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Pictures of You was used as theme of a HP commercial called 'You' in 2004.

Covered by the band Scaries on their 2000 album "Wishing One Last Time."A cover of this song by Angie Hart was used in a Transport Accident Commission commercial in 2008. [http://picturesofyou.com.au/index.html]

Track listing

7" Single
# "Pictures of You" (Single Edit)
# "Last Dance" (Live)12" Single (1)
# "Pictures of You" (Extended Version)
# "Last Dance" (Live)
# "Fascination Street" (Live)12" Single (2)
# "Pictures Of You" (Strange Mix)
# "Prayers For Rain" (Live)
# "Disintegration" (Live)CD Single
# "Pictures of You" (Single Edit)
# "Last Dance" (Live)
# "Fascination Street" (Live)
# "Prayers for Rain" (Live)
# "Disintegration" (Live)

Personnel

*Simon Gallup - Bass
*Robert Smith - (lead) 6-string Bass, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer
*Porl Thompson - Guitar
*Boris Williams - Drums
*Roger O'Donnell - Keyboards
*Lol Tolhurst - "Other Instruments"