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A Forest

"A Forest" is a song by the English rock band the Cure. Co-produced by Mike Hedges and the band's Robert Smith, it was released as a single from the band's second album Seventeen Seconds on 8 April 1980. It was their debut entry on the UK Singles Chart, reaching number 31. The accompanying music video was first shown on BBC's Top of the Pops programme on…

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Genre
Gothic rock · post-punk
B-side
"Another Journey by Train"
Label
Fiction
Length
7" – 3:54 12" and album version – 5:55 Standing on a Beach version – 4:53
Producers
Mike Hedges, Robert Smith
Recorded
1979–1980

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Release and promotion

Reception

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A Forest

Nodes55
Edges54
Triples124
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.036364
Components1

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A Forest

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related to Legacy · 32
A Forest → AllMusic, An, Bestival Live, Blank, Chris Ott, Concert, Cure, December, Dots, Earl Slick, Forest, Greatest Hits CD, In, It, Join, Jones, July, Mark Plati, Mark Saunders, Monument
related to background · 26
A Forest → Arab, At, Chris Parry, Cure, Due, Fiction Records, Forest, Future Pastimes, Gallup, Hartley, Hedges, Interviewed, Killing, Lol Tolhurst, Matthieu Hartley, Michael Dempsey, Mike Hedges, Robert Smith, Seventeen Seconds, Simon Gallup
related to Release and promotion · 20
A Forest → Another Journey, April, Beach/Staring, Billboard Dance Music/Club Play, Entering, Forest, In, It, Its B-side, Jumping Someone Else's Train, May, No, Sea, Singles, Standing, The, The Cure's, Train, UK Singles Chart, United States
related to Composition and lyrics · 19
A Forest → Am, Cure, Dm, Following, Forest, He, Initially, Jean-Jacques Burnel, Jeff Apter, Later, Mike Hedges, Rikky Rooksby, Seventeen Seconds, Simon Gallup, Smith, Smith's, The, The Cure's, The Stranglers
related to Music video · 7
A Forest → David Hiller, Forest, He, It, Smith, Smith's, The
related to Reception · 6
A Forest → Billboard, Cure, Cure's, Forest, In, Mojo
related to Track listing · 5
A Forest → Another Journey, Fiction/Polydor, Forest, Train, UK
Genre · 2
A Forest → Gothic rock, post-punk
B-side · 1
A Forest → "Another Journey by Train"
Label · 1
A Forest → Fiction

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forest album song smith cure released single track version rock guitar band mixed video hedges robert 1980 cure's gallup recorded

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
A ForestB-side"Another Journey by Train"1.00infobox
A ForestGenreGothic rock1.00infobox
A ForestGenrepost-punk1.00infobox
A ForestLabelFiction1.00infobox
A ForestLength7" – 3:54 12" and album version – 5:55 Standing on a Beach version – 4:531.00infobox
A ForestProducersMike Hedges, Robert Smith1.00infobox
A ForestRecorded1979–19801.00infobox
A ForestReleased8 April 19801.00infobox
A ForestSongwritersSimon Gallup, Robert Smith, Matthieu Hartley, Lol Tolhurst1.00infobox
A Forestrelated to backgroundMike Hedges0.60section
A Forestrelated to backgroundSeventeen Seconds0.60section
A Forestrelated to backgroundForest0.60section

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