The Cure's most played live songs

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The Cure's most played live songs Aug 14, 2023 7:51:48 GMT 1 Pipperoo, nausearockpig, and 1 more like this

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‘A Forest’ (1180)
‘Boy’s Don’t Cry’ (1036)
‘In Between Days’ (937)
‘Just Like Heaven’ (844)
‘Play for Today’ (837)
‘The Walk’ (768)
’10:15 Saturday Night’ (764)
‘Killing an Arab’ (693)
‘Three Imaginary Boys’ (677)
‘Lullaby’ (672)

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nausearockpig Concert in search of Brisbane 21 August 1992 CT version Posts: 4,641	The Cure's most played live songs Aug 14, 2023 7:56:10 GMT 1 steve likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nausearockpig on Aug 14, 2023 7:56:10 GMT 1 I note the writer does not note his or her source. Someone here (NOT me) should get the data out of cure-concerts.de and suss it out. thanks for the link, steve.
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The Cure's most played live songs Aug 14, 2023 10:36:37 GMT 1 steve and nausearockpig like this

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Post by figie on Aug 14, 2023 10:36:37 GMT 1

Didn't knew the statistics to be honest but i was pretty sure that the most played songs would have been
A FOREST
and the sox song.

Radio Stations in Greece though they play most of the time
Lovesong
Friday I'm In Love
Boys Don't Cry
Just Like Heaven
Close To Me
With this particular order.

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The Cure's most played live songs Aug 14, 2023 13:26:17 GMT 1 steve likes this

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Aug 14, 2023 7:56:10 GMT 1 nausearockpig said:

I note the writer does not note his or her source. Someone here (NOT me) should get the data out of cure-concerts.de and suss it out.

thanks for the link, steve .

Hey, haven't you heard?! There's a new Twatter account that already does this! Just hit 1,000 followers!

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The Cure's most played live songs Aug 14, 2023 14:18:06 GMT 1 via mobile DarthBlood and Pipperoo like this

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Aug 14, 2023 7:56:10 GMT 1 nausearockpig said:

I note the writer does not note his or her source. Someone here (NOT me) should get the data out of cure-concerts.de and suss it out.

thanks for the link, steve.

It's taken straight from setlist fm

1 Forest 1180
2 Boys Don't Cry 1036
3 In Between Days 937
4 Just Like Heaven 844
5 Play for Today 837
6 The Walk 768
7 10:15 Saturday Night 764
8 Killing an Arab 693
9 Three Imaginary Boys 677
10 Lullaby 672
11 From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea 668
12 Close to Me 661
13 Pictures of You 643
14 Primary 642
15 Fascination Street 624
16 Let's Go to Bed 602
17 One Hundred Years 599
18 Why Can't I Be You? 576
19 A Night Like This 565
20 Lovesong 562
21 Charlotte Sometimes 525
22 M 506
23 Friday I'm in Love 486
24 Push 481
25 Shake Dog Shake 446
26 Disintegration 440
27 A Strange Day 374
28 Want 353
29 Plainsong 352
30 At Night 344
31 Prayers for Rain 329
32 Never Enough 321
33 Grinding Halt 305
34 Faith 300
High 300
36 Hot Hot Hot!!! 296
37 Cold 283
38 In Your House 279
39 Fire in Cairo 276
40 Jumping Someone Else's Train 267
41 End 255
42 Open 247
43 The Drowning Man 238
44 Accuracy 232
45 Forever 227
The Hanging Garden 227
47 Kyoto Song 211
48 The End of the World 207
49 Wrong Number 199
50 If Only Tonight We Could Sleep 191

And the most shocking one, the fantastic opening song from The Cure's latest album...

158 Underneath The stars 15

(yes that's fifteen times it's been played live. It's a miracle that I've even heard it live once)

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The Cure's most played live songs Aug 14, 2023 23:49:08 GMT 1 gongoro73 likes this

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Post by nausearockpig on Aug 14, 2023 23:49:08 GMT 1

I just pulled the infos out of cure-concerts.de and got this

Song Title Times Played

A Forest 1023

Boys Don't Cry 925

In Between Days 889

Just Like Heaven 827

The Walk 743

Play For Today 680

Lullaby 669

From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea 647

Close To Me 645

Pictures Of You 639

Fascination Street 622

10:15 Saturday Night 597

Let's Go To Bed 580

Why Can't I Be You? 569

Killing An Arab 558

Lovesong 555

A Night Like This 552

One Hundred Years 547

Primary 533

Three Imaginary Boys 529

Charlotte Sometimes 481

Friday I'm In Love 476

Push 466

Shake Dog Shake 429

Disintegration 411

M 382

A Strange Day 357

Plainsong 351

Want 343

Prayers For Rain 316

Never Enough 301

High 298

Hot Hot Hot!!! 292

At Night 260

Cold 254

End 248

Open 247

Faith 236

The End Of The World 201

Grinding Halt 198

Kyoto Song 198

The Hanging Garden 192

If Only Tonight We Could Sleep 188

Burn 187

Wrong Number 187

Fire In Cairo 179

In Your House 173

Forever 171

Trust 168

Catch 167

The Drowning Man 162

Jumping Someone Else's Train 159

Doing The Unstuck 156

The Caterpillar 156

Closedown 155

The Figurehead 153

The Kiss 149

Sinking 147

Jupiter Crash 136

The Lovecats 136

Dressing Up 135

Cut 134

39 129

Last Dance 129

Mint Car 127

Piggy In The Mirror 122

Alt.End 120

The Same Deep Water As You 119

Accuracy 118

Like Cockatoos 118

Bloodflowers 107

Give Me It 107

Other Voices 102

Club America 98

Out Of This World 95

The Baby Screams 94

The Hungry Ghost 93

Maybe Someday 92

All Cats Are Grey 91

Treasure 91

Shiver And Shake 87

The Holy Hour 87

The Perfect Girl 87

Another Journey By Train 86

Pornography 86

The Blood 86

Watching Me Fall 85

Alone 81

Endsong 81

Strange Attraction 81

Torture 81

Untitled 81

Bare 80

And Nothing Is Forever 79

Bananafishbones 79

Return 79

The Last Day Of Summer 78

The Funeral Party 77

The Snakepit 77

Siamese Twins 75

Sleep When I'm Dead 75

I Can Never Say Goodbye 72

It Can Never Be The Same 72

Homesick 70

Six Different Ways 70

Fight 68

Trap 65

How Beautiful You Are 61

Subway Song 61

Round & Round & Round 60

Wailing Wall 60

Seventeen Seconds 59

All I Want 58

A Fragile Thing 57

The Only One 57

A Japanese Dream 56

This Is A Lie 56

Before Three 53

Freakshow 52

Happy The Man 52

Screw 49

Splintered In Her Head 47

The Top 47

Us Or Them 47

One More Time 46

A Letter To Elise 45

Plastic Passion 44

Secrets 44

The Loudest Sound 41

Apart 40

The Empty World 40

To Wish Impossible Things 38

Just One Kiss 35

Do You Wanna Touch Me? 33

I'm Cold 33

There Is No If... 33

It's Not You 32

The Perfect Boy 32

A Short Term Effect 31

Another Day 29

Birdmad Girl 29

Step Into The Light 29

The Promise 29

Foxy Lady 26

Labyrinth 26

Lost 24

A Boy I Never Knew 23

All Mine 23

Signal To Noise 21

Gone! 20

Object 19

A Reflection 16

It's Over 16

Where The Birds Always Sing 16

Meathook 15

Underneath The Stars 15

Wendy Time 13

A Thousand Hours 12

Anniversary 12

Going Nowhere 12

Numb 12

Three 12

2 Late 11

The Big Hand 11

This Twilight Garden 11

Do The Hansa 10

Never 10

The Final Sound 10

(I Don't Know What's Going) On... 9

Descent 9

Doubt 9

So What 9

World War 9

Lament 8

The Weedy Burton 8

Hey You !!! 7

Taking Off 7

Stop Dead 6

Babble 5

Cut Here 5

Delirious Night 5

Esten 5

Fear Of Ghosts 5

I Dig You 5

No Heart 5

Out Of Mind 5

Pirate Ships 5

The 13th 5

Another Happy Birthday 4

Don't Believe A Word 4

The Exploding Boy 4

The Faith Healer 4

A Man Inside My Mouth 3

I'm A Cult Hero 3

You Really Got Me 3

Harold And Joe 2

The Real Snow White 2

The Reasons Why 2

The Scream 2

Away 1

Baby 1

Blockbuster 1

Cindy Incidentally 1

Cum On Feel The Noize 1

Feel The Need In Me 1

Happy Birthday 1

Hocus Pocus 1

I Hate Rock'N'Roll 1

I Love You 1

Just Say Yes 1

Looking Through The Eyes Of Love 1

MacArthur Park 1

Merry Christmas Everybody 1

Part Of The Union 1

Sirensong 1

Switch 1

The Cure Are Dead 1

The Lord's Prayer 1

This. Here And Now. With You 1

Three / Happy Birthday 1

Whiskey In The Jar 1

Wild Thing 1

Grand Total 29739

Last Edit: Aug 14, 2023 23:50:55 GMT 1 by nausearockpig

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The Cure's most played live songs Oct 25, 2024 13:21:37 GMT 1 via mobile

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Aug 14, 2023 14:18:06 GMT 1 mralphabet said:

Aug 14, 2023 7:56:10 GMT 1 nausearockpig said:

I note the writer does not note his or her source. Someone here (NOT me) should get the data out of cure-concerts.de and suss it out.

thanks for the link, steve.

It's taken straight from setlist fm

1 Forest 1180
2 Boys Don't Cry 1036
3 In Between Days 937
4 Just Like Heaven 844
5 Play for Today 837
6 The Walk 768
7 10:15 Saturday Night 764
8 Killing an Arab 693
9 Three Imaginary Boys 677
10 Lullaby 672
11 From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea 668
12 Close to Me 661
13 Pictures of You 643
14 Primary 642
15 Fascination Street 624
16 Let's Go to Bed 602
17 One Hundred Years 599
18 Why Can't I Be You? 576
19 A Night Like This 565
20 Lovesong 562
21 Charlotte Sometimes 525
22 M 506
23 Friday I'm in Love 486
24 Push 481
25 Shake Dog Shake 446
26 Disintegration 440
27 A Strange Day 374
28 Want 353
29 Plainsong 352
30 At Night 344
31 Prayers for Rain 329
32 Never Enough 321
33 Grinding Halt 305
34 Faith 300
High 300
36 Hot Hot Hot!!! 296
37 Cold 283
38 In Your House 279
39 Fire in Cairo 276
40 Jumping Someone Else's Train 267
41 End 255
42 Open 247
43 The Drowning Man 238
44 Accuracy 232
45 Forever 227
The Hanging Garden 227
47 Kyoto Song 211
48 The End of the World 207
49 Wrong Number 199
50 If Only Tonight We Could Sleep 191

And the most shocking one, the fantastic opening song from The Cure's latest album...

158 Underneath The stars 15

(yes that's fifteen times it's been played live. It's a miracle that I've even heard it live once)

Imagine a great show with this songlist.

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Oct 25, 2024 13:21:37 GMT 1 joy1771 said:

Aug 14, 2023 14:18:06 GMT 1 mralphabet said:

It's taken straight from setlist fm

1 Forest 1180[

Imagine a great show with this songlist.

I think many people who have listened to a live show can. If they play AF on 1/11 I’ll try not to shed a tear. 🥲

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