The Cure Popular Song Ranking [2025]

Underneath the StarsThe Cure8rank/position

The Cure – Underneath The Stars (Subtitulado)

This song appears as the first track on 4:13 Dream, the thirteenth album by The Cure, a British rock band with a career spanning over 30 years, themed around the keyword “13.” Throughout the album, its appeal lies in virtuosic guitar work and melancholic, decadent melodies.

Pictures of YouThe Cure9rank/position

Pictures Of You (Remastered)

Speaking of goth rock, The Cure, the British rock band, immediately comes to mind.

This is their song “Pictures of You,” released in 1990.

It’s a love song centered around photographs.

The breezy band sound feels almost like a show of bravado, which makes the track sound all the more sorrowful.

BloodflowersThe Cure10rank/position

Bloodflowers

They were among the foremost new wave bands that shook the music scene in the late ’70s, and it’s amazing that they’re still active today.

There have been lineup changes, but The Cure essentially equals Robert Smith—his charismatic musical vision is absolutely commanding.

LullabyThe Cure11rank/position

The Cure – Lullaby

There are many New Romantic bands that seem perfect for Halloween.

Among the most iconic is The Cure, and you can really feel the Halloween vibe from the music video for this song! The theme is Spider-Man.

The Last Day Of SummerThe Cure12rank/position

The Last Day Of Summer

The Cure is a rock band formed in 1978 in the UK, centered around vocalist and guitarist Robert Smith.

They are known as pioneers of “gothic rock,” characterized by an aesthetic, dark worldview and psychedelic sound.

The Last Day Of Summer is included on their 11th album, Bloodflowers, released in 2000, and showcases their signature brooding, unsettling sound.

Also worth noting is Smith’s iconic look, featuring black eyeshadow and bright red lipstick!

10.15 Saturday NightThe Cure13rank/position

The Cure – 10.15 Saturday Night

A song by lead singer Robert Smith about loneliness and despair.

He wrote it on a night when he was 16, sitting at the kitchen table and feeling “completely alone.” Released as a single in 1979, it was also influenced by Dodie Smith’s novel I Capture the Castle.

A ForestThe Cure14rank/position

The Cure – A Forest

This song by the English band The Cure paints a world where you wander forever through a fog-shrouded forest.

The ominous bass, its distinctive sense of weightless drift, and the taut tension characteristic of post-punk draw listeners into a mysterious narrative.

Many may see themselves in the protagonist who keeps searching for a “girl” in the lyrics—projecting their own pursuit of unreachable dreams and unanswerable questions.

Even knowing she will never be found, he has no choice but to keep searching; that helpless feeling prompts unexpectedly deep reflection.

It’s a dark yet beautiful distillation of post-punk’s allure—a masterpiece that lingers in your ears after just one listen.