A Night Like This
| "A Night Like This" | |
|---|---|
| Cover song by The Smashing Pumpkins
Original by The Cure | |
| Released | November 26, 1996 |
| Studio sessions | June 1996 – Bugg Studios |
| Length | 3:36 |
| Songwriter(s) | Robert Smith |
"A Night Like This" is a cover of a Cure song performed by The Smashing Pumpkins on their 1996 box set, The Aeroplane Flies High.
| “ | This is one of my favorite Cure songs, but in doing a cover we always tried to change something about it. I decided to make it a slow, acoustic dirge with different drum feels for each part instead of a straight beat through the whole song. There's also a cello, which gives it a gothic feel. At the end it sorta rocks out with some Big Muff and Neil Young & Crazy Horse kind of rhythm guitars. | ” |
| — James Iha, Guitar World, January 1997 | ||
Lyrics[edit | edit source]
Say goodbye on a night like this
If it's the last thing we ever do
You never looked as lost as this
Sometimes it doesn't even look like you
It goes dark
It goes darker still
Please stay
But I watch you like I'm made of stone
As you walk away
I'm coming to find you if it takes me all night
A witch hunt for another girl
For always and ever is always for you
Your trust
The most gorgeously stupid thing I ever cut in the world
Say hello on a day like today
Say it everytime you move
The way that you look at me now
Makes me wish I was you
It goes deep
It goes deeper still
This touch
And the smile and the shake of your head
I'm coming to find you if it takes me all night
Can't stand here like this anymore
For always and ever is always for you
I want it to be perfect
Like before
I want to change it all
I want to change
Availability
| Title | Notes | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Bullet with Butterfly Wings | 1996 Reissue | Single |
| The Aeroplane Flies High | "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" | Box set |
| Rarities and B-Sides | Compilation |
Tour stats
- Total plays: 2 plays (1 full, 1 tease), 2 artists
- First performance: Starchildren 1994-06-18 at Double Door, Chicago, IL, US
- Last performance: The Smashing Pumpkins 1996-01-06 at 9:30 Club, Washington, DC, US (tease)
- Last full performance: Starchildren 1994-06-18 at Double Door, Chicago, IL, US