CURE: BOYS DON T CRY 1CD-S

40th Anniversary Remastered edition

Celebrating the news that "Boys Don’t Cry" has become the first Cure song to hit 1 Billion global streams on Spotify The Cure are to release the 1986 mix, in line with it’s 40th Anniversary.

Initially released as a standalone single in the summer of 1979 "Boys Don’t Cry" became the title track of the US edition of the band’s debut album, Three Imaginary Boys. The song went on to become one of the band’s signature tracks and achieved international success in 1986, when Robert Smith re-recorded the vocal and remixed the backing track.

Although this new version was created to promote the best of collection "Staring At The Sea – The Singles", the LP itself featured the original recording, and the 7-inch version of "Boys Don’t Cry (New Voice – New Mix)", now retitled "Boys Don’t Cry (86 Mix"), is being released on CD.