Today, it’s the song that drove one of the UK’s biggest bands The Cure kicking and screaming out of obscurity into the Mainstream Thematically, Robert Smith’s Lovesong was completely out of character for the pope of mope… It was an unexpected bright spot on Disintegration.. the 1989 album that makes you feel like you might never see daylight again. Don’t get me wrong, it’s easily one of the most darkly beautiful records ever created. It is a moody, melancholy masterpiece that has not only been hailed as the peak of this band’s career, but also one of the greatest albums of the 80s. So what was this so-called ‘happy’ track even doing there? And could this band’s reluctant rockstar make peace with the song that turned this indie band into stadium headliners? We’ll find out...

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So, it’s time for another edition of #1 in Our Hearts. This show honors songs that were so unbelievably great, they absolutely should've been #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. But for whatever reason, be it radio play, lack of marketing, label support or just sheer stupidity, the song came up short. On previous episodes we have covered Sowing the Seeds of Love by Tears for Fears and Under the Bridge by Red Hot Chili Peppers. Today we are getting into the story of a song that fell one spot short of #1, but definitely deserved that top spot. I remember trying to use the force to will it to #1.

Did any of you ever do that like that scene from Empire Strikes back where look is holding out his hand to pull the lightsaber from the ice… and then he finally did it. I must’ve tried that a dozen times growing up… Ha ha. I wanted this to got to #1 so bad but it had to settle for #2… If you haven’t figured it out by now. It’s Lovesong from The Cure’s magnum opus, Disintegration. And it came in at #2 on the Hot 100. Between 1978 and 1988 The Cure released 20 singles around the world… 21 if you count the re-release of Boys Don’t Cry in 1986. But during that time, the band had received little fanfare in the US. And you know what? That was fine with lead singer Robert Smith who was happy living underground.

Only six of those singles would chart in the US… well, sort of. Let’s Go to Bed and The Lovecats were both bubbling under the Hot 100 at #109 and #107. But on average, these six singles turned in a #82 ranking. Like I said, nowhere near mainstream notoriety.Their first Hot 100 breakthrough was the #99 hit ‘In Between Days’ in 86. And the following year, The Cure had their first Top 40 hit with ‘Just Like Heaven’. That came in at #40 exactly. Pretty ridiculous for one of the catchiest songs… most perfect tunes of the 80s…

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