In Between Days

"In Between Days" (sometimes listed as "Inbetween Days" or "In-Between Days") is a song by the English rock band The Cure, released in July 1985 as the first single from the band's sixth album The Head on the Door.

For other uses, see In Between Days (disambiguation).
"In Between Days"
Single by The Cure
from the album The Head on the Door
B-side
  • "The Exploding Boy"
  • "A Few Hours After This..."
Released19 July 1985 (1985-07-19)[1]
Recorded1985
StudioAngel Recording Studios, London
Genre
Length2:57
LabelFiction
Songwriter(s)Robert Smith
Producer(s)
The Cure singles chronology
"The Caterpillar"
(1984)		 "In Between Days"
(1985)		 "Close to Me"
(1985)

The song was an international success. In the UK, it was the band's ninth chart single and their fourth consecutive Top 20 hit;[4] while in the US it was their first single to reach the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number 99.[5] It was a Top 20 hit in Australia and New Zealand[6] and also charted in several European countries,[7][8] increasing the popularity of the band.

Music video

The video was filmed on 18 June 1985 at Fulham Studios, London and created by Tim Pope. The video depicts the band playing, enhanced by 360-degree shots and drawn-in, colourful socks. Robert Smith had a camera, held by cables, which he could push away and hold at will; as did Porl Thompson, fixed on his guitar.[9]

Robert Smith talked about this video being the most dangerous The Cure had made to date of publication. The first time the hanging camera was setup in a shopping basket on a rope. A misjudgement with the camera weight was made and the camera just missed hitting Smith in the head by one inch as it swung. Smith then refused to be in the video for the next hour of filming due to the near miss. A stand-in had to complete the test shots and Smith carried on with the filming after he could see that the camera would not be able to cause a serious accident. But Smith said he was happy with the video, and it complemented the song well.

Some of the guitars used in the video had cameras bolted onto them. Smith made sure that only false guitars were used for these shots as he didn't want real guitars to be damaged by the bolts. One of the false guitars had a different coloured strap to the real guitar and this was noticed as a continuity error by Smith the first time he watched the finished video.

Smith is not sure why the coloured socks were added to the video. He asked the video creator, but he had also forgotten why he had added the socks. But the overall idea was to make the video look like The Beatles, Help film by making the colouring of the video blue and white with the band having fun.

Track listing

UK 7" single

  1. "In Between Days"
  2. "The Exploding Boy"

UK 12" single

  1. "In Between Days"
  2. "The Exploding Boy"
  3. "A Few Hours After This"

U.S. 7" single

  1. "In Between Days"
  2. "Stop Dead"

U.S./Canadian 12" single

  1. "In Between Days"
  2. "In Between Days" (Extended version)
  3. "Stop Dead"

UK CD

  1. "In Between Days" (2:55)
  2. "The Exploding Boy" (2:52)
  3. "A Few Hours After This" (2:25)
  4. "Six Different Ways (Live)" (3:24)
  5. "Push (Live)" (4:33)
  6. "In Between Days" (2:55) (video)

Personnel

Charts
Chart (1985) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[10] 16
UK Singles Chart 15
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 99
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 39

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[11] Silver 200,000double-dagger

double-dagger Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Cover versions

Studio versions
YearArtistAlbum
1990John EddieRubáiyát: Elektra's 40th Anniversary
2000Luka BloomKeeper of the Flame
2003Ben FoldsSpeed Graphic
2003SunfactorOne Thousand Screaming Children
2005KornUnplugged
2005La PortuariaRio
2006 Sunshiners Sunshiners
2008Mumm-RaOut of the Question EP
2008BlackblackPerfect as Cats
2008FightstarAlternate Endings
2009Get Cape. Wear Cape. FlyCovers
2011Kim WildeSnapshots
2015Tigers JawDevinyl Splits No. 3: Tigers Jaw x Kevin Devine
2017Karen SouzaVelvet Vault

Other versions

References
  1. "Seeking a Cure" (PDF). Record Mirror. 13 July 1985. p. 7. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  2. Bruce Pollock (26 August 2005). Rock Song Index: The 7500 Most Important Songs for the Rock and Roll Era. Routledge. p. 182. ISBN 9780415970730.
  3. "Just Like Heaven: The Cure's 10 best songs". NME. 27 March 2019.
  4. "Cure | Full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  6. Steffen Hung. "charts.nz - The Cure - In Between Days". charts.nz. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  7. Steffen Hung. "lescharts.com - The Cure - In Between Days". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  8. Jaclyn Ward. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 2009-06-02. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
  9. "Cure video - in Between Days". www.impressionofsounds.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  10. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  11. "British single certifications – Cure – In Between Days". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  12. Hugh, Soo (2022-03-31). "Soo Hugh on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
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