Charlotte Sometimes (song)

1981 single by The Cure

"Charlotte Sometimes" is a 1981 song by English gothic rock band The Cure and was released as a stand-alone single. It went to number 44 in the United Kingdom. It is based on the 1969 novel Charlotte Sometimes by Penelope Farmer.

"Charlotte Sometimes"
Single by The Cure
B-side"Splintered in Her Head"
Released9 October 1981
Recorded16–17 July 1981 at Playground Studio, England
Genre
Length4:13
LabelFiction
Songwriter(s)Robert Smith, Simon Gallup and Lol Tolhurst
Producer(s)Mike Hedges, The Cure
The Cure singles chronology
"Primary"
(1981)
"Charlotte Sometimes"
(1981)
"The Hanging Garden"
(1982)

Track listing change

7" vinyl

All songs written and composed by The Cure (Robert Smith, Simon Gallup and Lol Tolhurst). 

Side A
No. Title Length
1. "Charlotte Sometimes"   4:15
Side B
No. Title Length
1. "Splintered in Her Head"   5:15
12" vinyl
Side A
No. Title Length
1. "Charlotte Sometimes"   4:14
2. "Splintered in Her Head"   5:16
Side B
No. Title Length
1. "Faith (Recorded Live)"   10:33