Friday I'm in Love

"Friday I'm in Love" is a song by British rock band The Cure. Released as the second single from their album Wish (1992), the song was a worldwide hit, reaching number 6 in the UK and number 18 in the U.S., where it also topped the Modern Rock Tracks chart. It also won the award for European Viewer's Choice for Best Music Video at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards.

"Friday I'm in Love"
Single by The Cure
from the album Wish
B-side
  • "Halo"
  • "Scared as You"
Released18 May 1992[1]
GenreJangle pop[2]
Length3:38
LabelFiction
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
The Cure singles chronology
"High"
(1992)		 "Friday I'm in Love"
(1992)		 "A Letter to Elise"
(1992)
Music video
"Friday I'm in Love" on YouTube

Robert Smith, the song's primary writer, described it in 1992 as both "a throw your hands in the air, let's get happy kind of record" and "a very naïve, happy type of pop song."[3]

Production

During the writing process, Robert Smith became convinced that he had inadvertently stolen the chord progression from somewhere, and this led him to a state of paranoia where he called everyone he could think of and played the song for them, asking if they had heard it before. None of them had, and Smith realised that the melody was indeed his.[4] "It's always been paradoxical that it's pushed down people's throats that we're a goth band," Smith observed. "Because, to the general public, we're not. To taxi drivers, I'm the bloke that sings 'Friday I'm in Love'. I'm not the bloke who sings 'Shake Dog Shake' or 'One Hundred Years'."[5]

The song was written to be a slower number than its upbeat final rendition. While the track was recorded in D major, the commercially released version sounds a quarter-tone higher than D major due to Smith forgetting to disengage the vari-speed function on the multi-track recorder after toying with it before the actual recording process took place. When played live, the song is played in its original intended key as opposed to the speed discrepancy heard on the record.[6]

The track was produced by David M. Allen and The Cure.

Music video

The video, directed by Tim Pope, features the band performing the song in front of various backdrops on a soundstage, in homage to French silent filmmaker Georges Méliès (the appearance of characters in The Eclipse, or the Courtship of the Sun and Moon). Throughout the video, the band play around with various props and costumes while several extras wander about, causing chaos and ultimately trashing the set. Tim Pope makes a cameo in the beginning, riding a rocking horse and yelling out high-pitched stage directions through a plastic megaphone after inhaling helium from a balloon. The final shot is of bassist Simon Gallup crouching and peering into the camera while wearing a bridal veil and holding some champagne.[7] The producer of "Friday, I'm in Love", Dave M. Allen, makes an appearance in the background, holding up props as well. Another oddity is the band's name on the drum - a scrawled "The Cures" rather than the band's singular name.

Release

"Friday I'm in Love" was the second single taken from the band's ninth studio album, Wish, released on 11 May 1992. The single was a number 6 hit in the UK and reached number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100. It is the band's last American Top 40 hit to date. It was also the band's last song (in a string of four) to top the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, matching the success of their previous single, "High", with a four-week stint at number 1.

Track listing
7" vinyl
No.TitleLength
1."Friday I'm in Love" (single mix - also available on Galore)3:36
2."Halo"3:47
12" vinyl
No.TitleLength
1."Friday I'm in Love (Strangelove Mix)"5:29
2."Halo"3:47
3."Scared as You"4:12
cds
No.TitleLength
1."Friday I'm in Love"3:36
2."Halo"3:47
3."Scared as You"4:12
4."Friday I'm in Love (Strangelove Mix)"5:29

Personnel

Charts and certifications

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[29] Gold 45,000
Italy (FIMI)[30] Gold 25,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[31] Platinum 600,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also

References
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  28. "Billboard Top 100 – 1992". Billboardtop100of.com. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  29. "Danish single certifications – The Cure – Friday I'm in Love". IFPI Denmark. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  30. "Italian single certifications – The Cure – Friday I'm in Love" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 8 April 2019. Select "2019" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "Friday I'm in Love" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli online" under "Sezione".
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