A Forest

"A Forest" is a 1980 song by the English gothic rock band The Cure and taken from their second studio album Seventeen Seconds. It was their first single to chart in the United Kingdom where it peaked at #31 and also charted in Belgium, the Netherlands and New Zealand.

"A Forest"
Single by The Cure
from the album Seventeen Seconds
B-side	"Another Journey by Train"
Released	March 28, 1980
Recorded	1979
Genre	Gothic rock post punk
Length	7" – 3:54 12" and album version – 5:55 Standing on a Beach version – 4:53
Label	Fiction
Songwriter(s)	Simon Gallup, Robert Smith, Matthieu Hartley, Lol Tolhurst
Producer(s)	Mike Hedges, Robert Smith
The Cure singles chronology
"Jumping Someone Else's Train" (1979) "A Forest" (1980) "Primary" (1981)
Music videos
"A Forest" on YouTube
"A Forest" (TopPop, 1980) on YouTube

Track listing

7" – Fiction/Polydor (UK) (1980)

1. "A Forest" – 3:54
2. "Another Journey by Train" – 3:03

12" – Fiction/Polydor (UK) (1980)

1. "A Forest" – 5:55
2. "Another Journey by Train" – 3:00

CD/12" – Fiction (UK) (1990)

1. "A Forest" (Tree Mix) – 6:55
2. "A Forest" (Original) – 5:56
3. "Inbetween Days" (Shiver Mix) – 6:24