"Never Enough" is a song by English rock band

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, released as a single in September 1990 from their 1990 remix album, '' Mixed Up''. The song topped the US ''

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chart, reached number three in Finland, and peaked within the top 20 in Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

Content

Unlike most other Cure songs of this era, the song was unexpectedly guitar-oriented, featuring no synthesizers. On the album, it is subtitled "Big Mix". While containing no synthesisers, the song was nonetheless influenced by

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music. The song's largely electronic B-side "Harold and Joe" was described by Chris Ott of ''

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'' as a "phenomenally adorable ecstasy tribute." Although

Perry Bamonte Perry Archangelo Bamonte (born 3 September 1960) is an English musician best known as a member of the rock band The Cure from 1990 to 2005, and again since 2022. Biography Born in London, England, Bamonte became a guitar tech for The Cure in ...

is on the single cover and appears in the music video, he does not have a songwriting credit (as do the other four members).

Release

Upon release as a single, "Never Enough" topped the ''Billboard''

chart for three weeks, and reached number 13 in the United Kingdom. The song was re-recorded using

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s for the 2001 ''Acoustic Hits'' album, which contains re-recordings of songs by the band, and was released as a bonus disc to ''

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''.

Track listings

7-inch # "Never Enough" – 4:28 # "Harold and Joe" – 5:05 12-inch # "Never Enough" (Big Mix) – 6:07 # "Harold and Joe" – 5:05 # "Let's Go to Bed" (Milk Mix) – 7:16 CD and cassette # "Never Enough" (Big Mix) – 6:07 # "Harold and Joe" – 5:05 # "Let's Go to Bed" (Milk Mix) – 7:16 # "Never Enough" – 4:28

Personnel

* Robert Smith – vocals, guitar *

Simon Gallup Simon Jonathon Gallup (born 1 June 1960) is an English musician and bassist with the alternative rock band The Cure. He is the second longest-serving member of the band after lead vocalist/guitarist Robert Smith. Early years Born in Duxhurst ...

– bass guitar *

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– guitar *

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– drums * Mark Saunders – mixing, remixing

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1990 singles 1990 songs The Cure songs Fiction Records singles Song recordings produced by Mark Saunders Songs written by Perry Bamonte Songs written by Porl Thompson Songs written by Robert Smith (musician) Songs written by Simon Gallup