Boys Don't Cry (The Cure song)

"Boys Don't Cry" is a 1979 song by English gothic rock band The Cure. It was released as a stand-alone single in the United Kingdom. It is taken from the band's 1980 album Boys Don't Cry. In 1986 the single went to number 19 in Germany, number 22 in the United Kingdom and number 26 in Australia.

"Boys Don't Cry"
Single by The Cure
from the album Boys Don't Cry
B-side	"Plastic Passion"
Released	15 June 1979 (1979-06-15)
Recorded	1979
Genre	Post-punk new wave jangle pop
Length	2:35
Label	Fiction
Songwriter(s)	Robert Smith Lol Tolhurst Michael Dempsey
Producer(s)	Chris Parry
The Cure singles chronology
"Killing an Arab" (1978) "Boys Don't Cry" (1979) "Jumping Someone Else's Train" (1979)
Official audio
"Boys Don't Cry" on YouTube

"Boys Don't Cry (New Voice - New Mix)"
Single by The Cure
B-side	"Pillbox Tales" "Do the Hansa"
Released	18 April 1986 (1986-04-18)
Length	2:38
Label	Fiction
Songwriter(s)	Robert Smith Lol Tolhurst Michael Dempsey
Producer(s)	Chris Parry Robert Smith Dave Allen
The Cure singles chronology
"Close to Me" (1985) "Boys Don't Cry (New Voice - New Mix)" (1986) "Why Can't I Be You?" (1987)
Official video
"Boys Don't Cry" (1986) on YouTube

Music video

The video, released in 1986 to promote the "New Voice New Mix" re-recording, features three children, including actors Mark Heatley, Christian Andrews and Russell Ormes who were miming the song. Behind a curtain, Smith, Tolhurst and Dempsey (in his only appearance with the band since his 1979 departure), appear as the children's shadows, with red eyes. This effect was attained by painting their eyelids with fluorescent paint.