Primary (song)

Primary (song)

Single infobox
Name = Primary


Artist = The Cure
from Album = Faith
Released = March 17, 1981
Format = 7", 12"
Recorded =
Genre = Post-punk
Length = 3:39
Label = Fiction Records
Producer = Mike Hedges
Robert Smith
Chart position = * #43 (UK)
Reviews =
Last single = "A Forest"
(1980)
This single = "Primary"
(1981)
Next single = "Charlotte Sometimes"
(1981)

"Primary" is a song by The Cure, released in 1981. It was the first single from their album "Faith".

History

"Primary" was first played the tour for "Seventeen Seconds" under the name "Cold Colours" with completely different lyrics (aside from the chorus) and a slightly different bassline; interestingly, the song would often be introduced as dedicated to Ian Curtis. Towards the end of the year, the song was renamed "Primary". A studio demo of this early version, dating from September 1980, is featured on the Deluxe Edition of "Faith" (but is titled Primary). The 12" single format contains the first 12" extended mix of a song by The Cure released.

The song appears to be about the disadvantages of growing older. At the end of the song, Robert Smith imagines children being put to sleep ceremoniously, "still dream [ing] ". The song is still played live to this day, although is more infrequently played than others.

In the liner notes of the Box set, Robert Smith on the B-side, Descent, Robert smith says

"Simon (Gallup) and I were both playing basses on Primary. We wanted to keep that instrumentation, so when you flipped Primary over, you got the same sound... but where Primary was upbeat and thumping, this B-side (Descent) was meant to be more atmospheric and hypnotic. It was always going to be an instrumental, because I didn't want to write any more words. I'd written all i needed for the Faith album, and really had nothing more to say."

Track listing

7" single
# "Primary"
# "Descent"

12" single
# "Primary [Extended] "
# "Descent"

Personnel

*Simon Gallup - bass
*Robert Smith - vocals, Six-String Bass Guitar
*Lol Tolhurst - drums


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