A Letter to Elise
The Kafka-inspired third single from Wish.
"A Letter to Elise" is the third and last single from the Cure's ninth album, Wish, released by Fiction on 5 October 1992. Pitchfork placed it at No. 184 on its 2010 list of the top 200 tracks of the 1990s.
Quick Facts
- Artist
- the Cure
- Album
- Wish
- B-side
- "The Big Hand"; "A Foolish Arrangement"
- Released
- 5 October 1992
- Length
- 5:12
- Label
- Fiction
- Writer
- Perry Bamonte
- Boris Williams
- Simon Gallup
- Robert Smith
- Porl Thompson
- Producer
- David Allen; the Cure
Lore & Background
Robert Smith wrote the lyric under the strong influence of Franz Kafka's Letters to Felice. The song was first heard on the band's MTV Unplugged show in 1991, with quite different words from the released version.
Track listing
7-inch vinyl
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Letter to Elise (7-inch remix edit) | 4:20 |
| 2 | The Big Hand | 4:52 |
12-inch vinyl
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Letter to Elise (Blue mix) | 6:37 |
| 2 | The Big Hand | 4:56 |
| 3 | A Foolish Arrangement | 3:54 |
CD
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Letter to Elise (7-inch remix edit) | 4:24 |
| 2 | The Big Hand | 4:56 |
| 3 | A Foolish Arrangement | 3:54 |
| 4 | A Letter to Elise (Blue mix) | 6:37 |
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