"Catch" is a song by English rock band

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released on 22 June 1987 as the second single from their album ''

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'' (1987). It was only released as a single in the UK, where it charted at No. 27, and Europe.

Background

The music video was shot at the home of Gisèle Tissier in Villa Beau Site,

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, who directed the majority of the band's videos through the 80s and 90s, recalled, “The whole location in Nice, France, stank of dog shit,'... 'Tortoises were everywhere, cooking in the sun like boil-in-a-bag crustaceans, and we found another room that was just like something

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would have lived in. It was filled with rotting ballerinas’ dresses and rag dolls with maggots in. The elderly lady who owned the joint came down the spiral staircase, like

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in ''

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''.” Robert Smith, however, claimed that he only disliked one scene in the video claiming that former drummer and keyboardist

Lol Tolhurst Laurence Andrew Tolhurst (born 3 February 1959) is an English musician, songwriter, producer, and author. He was a founding member of the Cure, for which he first played drums before switching to keyboards. He stayed a member of the Cure until ...

'ruined it', saying, "We made this beautiful video and this old bastard in coal miner’s jeans wanders down the spiral staircase not even bothering to pretend he’s playing the violin.”

Track listing

7": Fiction / Fics 26 (UK)

# "Catch" (2:43) # "Breathe" (4:47)

12": Fiction / Ficsx 26 (UK)

# "Catch" (2:43) # "Breathe" (4:47) # "A Chain of Flowers" (4:55)

12": Polydor/ 888 728-1 (Germany)

# "Catch" (2:43) # "Breathe" (4:47) # "Kyoto Song ive in Orange (5:23) # "A Night Like This ive in Orange (4:30)

CDV: Fiction / 080 186-2 (UK)

# "Catch" (2:43) # "Breathe" (4:47) # "A Chain of Flowers" (4:55) # "Icing Sugar ew Mix (3:20) # "Catch" (2:43)

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Personnel

* Robert Smith - vocals, guitars *

- keyboards *

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- guitars *

Simon Gallup Simon Johnathon Gallup (born 1 June 1960) is an English musician who is best known as bassist for The Cure, which he first joined in 1979 and for which he has played through most of the band's history. Gallup is the second-longest-serving member ...

- basses *

Boris Williams Boris Peter Bransby Williams (born 24 April 1951) is an English musician, best known as the drummer for The Cure from 1984 until 1994, and for forming the band Babacar (band), Babacar in the late 1990s. Biography Williams was born in 1951 (som ...

- drums, percussion

References

The Cure songs 1987 singles 1987 songs Songs written by Robert Smith (musician) Songs written by Porl Thompson Songs written by Lol Tolhurst Songs written by Simon Gallup Songs written by Boris Williams Song recordings produced by David M. Allen Fiction Records singles {{1980s-rock-song-stub