Half an Octopuss & Quadpus

Single infobox
Name = Half an Octopuss" / "Quadpus


Artist = The Cure
Released = December 8, 1985 / in 1986 for Quadpus
Format = 10" / 12" EP
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Pop
Length = 18:23
Label = Fiction Records
Producer = Robert Smith
Dave Allen
Chart position = *Half an Octopuss -
*Quadpus -
Reviews =
Last single = "Close to Me"
(1985)
This single = "Half an Octopuss"
(1985)
Next single = "Boys Don't Cry (New Voice - New Mix)"
(1986)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = American / Canadian
Type = single
Last single = "Close to Me"
(1985)
This single = "Quadpus"
(1986)
Next single = "Boys Don't Cry (New Voice - New Mix)"
(1986)

"Half an Octopuss" is the name of a limited edition E.P. released exclusively within the UK by The Cure in 1985.

"Quadpus" was the American / Canadian alternative, released the following year, with a different tracklisting, highlighting the song "A night like this" for which a video was made in 1986.

Track listing

Half an Octopuss

#"Close to Me"
#"A Man Inside My Mouth"
#"New Day"
#"Stop Dead"

Quadpus

#"A Night Like This"
#"New Day"
#"Close to Me"
#"A Man Inside My Mouth"