High
The Cure
1992
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.
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About The Cure
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
The Cure are a rock group associated with Robert Smith's distinctive singing and a balance of melancholy atmosphere and accessible melodies. Their guitar-driven post-punk beginnings developed into more layered arrangements during the 1980s and 1990s. Songs such as Boys Don't Cry, Let's Go to Bed and The Love Cats show different sides of that range. Albums including The Head on the Door and Wish connect the band's darker textures with concise pop songwriting, while Smith's theatrical presentation became part of its identity.
Artist background sources
The Cure - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Group identity, Robert Smith's vocal and visual role, development from post-punk into layered rock/pop, and named recordings and albums. No current membership, personal motivation or exact original-release date is inferred from the museum's display labels. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
High by The Cure is included for 1992 on the basis of the cited chart-associated source. This establishes the annual connection, not the circumstances in which the song was written. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
UK top-ten singles in 1992 (Wikipedia chart transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed: title, artist and presence in the UK top ten during this year. Supplemental annual selection, not an original release date or a U.S. year-end rank.
Other appearances and versions
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Textual identity reconciliation, not audio-fingerprint or exact-pressing verification. Version labels are catalog safeguards.
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Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
UK top-ten singles in 1992 (Wikipedia chart transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed: title, artist and presence in the UK top ten during this year. Supplemental annual selection, not an original release date or a U.S. year-end rank.
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