Mint Car

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"Mint Car"
File:TheCureMintCarUKDisc1.jpg
CD1 single cover
Single by the Cure
from the album Wild Mood Swings
B-side
  • "Home"
  • "Waiting"
  • "A Pink Dream"
Released17 June 1996 (1996-06-17)
GenreJangle pop[1]
Length3:29
Label
Songwriters
Producers
The Cure singles chronology
"The 13th"
(1996) 		"Mint Car"
(1996) 		"Strange Attraction"
(1996)
Alternative covers
File:TheCureMintCarUKDisc2.jpg
CD2 single cover
Audio
"Mint Car" on YouTube

"Mint Car" is a song by English rock band the Cure, released as the second single from their tenth studio album Wild Mood Swings in June 1996. It reached the top 20 in Finland and Iceland and peaked at number 31 on the UK Singles Chart.

Background

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Robert Smith has stated in an interview that he thought this song was better than the British top-10 hit "Friday I'm in Love".[2] Smith said, "it was the single, and I thought it was a better song than 'Friday'. But it did absolutely nothing because we weren't the band at that time. The zeitgeist wasn't right. It taught me that sometimes there's a tipping point, and if you're the band, you're the band, even if you don't want to be, and there's nothing you can do about it."[2]

Release

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Released on 17 June 1996,[3] the song reached number 31 on the UK Singles Chart and number 14 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. The single includes two remixes of the song, as well as three songs not available on the album. The "Busker's Mix" includes the acoustic guitar parts but omits electric guitar tracks. The "Electric Mix" contains the electric guitar parts, but leaves out the acoustic guitar. All of the B-sides, except the remixes, would go on to appear in the 2004 box set Join the Dots.

Reception

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Chris Gerard of Metro Weekly was unenthusiastic of the song saying it was "utterly inconsequential" and "a pale imitation of far better guitar-based pop songs like "In Between Days" and “Friday I’m in Love.”[4]Anthony DeCurtis of Rolling Stone dismissed it as "shiny, happy, self-consciously clichéd" [5]

Track listings

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All tracks were written by Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Perry Bamonte, Jason Cooper, and Roger O'Donnell.

Personnel

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  • Robert Smith – writing, vocals, guitar, production, mixing
  • Simon Gallup – writing, bass
  • Perry Bamonte – writing, guitar
  • Jason Cooper – writing
  • Roger O'Donnell – writing, keyboards
  • Mark Price – drums
  • Bob Thompson – drums on "Waiting"
  • Steve Lyon – production, mixing on all tracks except "A Pink Dream"
  • Steve Whitfield – mixing on "A Pink Dream"

Charts

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Release history

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Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States 27 May 1996 Alternative radio
[24]
United Kingdom 17 June 1996
  • CD
  • cassette
 Fiction [3]
United States 18 June 1996 Contemporary hit radio
  • Fiction
  • Elektra
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References

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  15. ^ "Top RPM Rock/Alternative Tracks: Issue 3046." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
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  21. ^ "The Cure Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
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