| "Freakshow" | ||||
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| Single byThe Cure | ||||
| from the album4:13 Dream | ||||
| A-side | "Freakshow" (Mix 13) | |||
| B-side | "All Kinds of Stuff" | |||
| Released | 10 June 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||
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| Length | 2:32 | |||
| Label | Geffen | |||
| Songwriters | Robert Smith,Simon Gallup,Jason Cooper,Porl Thompson | |||
| Producers | Robert Smith, Keith Uddin | |||
| The Cure singles chronology | ||||
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"Freakshow" is asingle by Englishrock bandthe Cure which was released on 13 June 2008 onGeffen Records in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the single was released three days early, on 10 June because of the tradition of releasing songs on a Tuesday. It is the second single from the band's thirteenth album4:13 Dream (2008).
The song debuted inMexico City on 22 October 2007 under the title "Don't Say Anything".[4]
NME described the song as a "psychedelicfunk-rocker" comparing it toArctic Monkeys' second albumFavourite Worst Nightmare (2007), saying "its barely restrained mania" was "both stripped-back and bold."[5] Fliss Collier ofGod Is in the TV was less enthusiastic and dismissed it as"jazzy andfunky in the worst notions of those words.",[6] whileUncut's April Long said with its "modish, syncopated menace."and that it is "excellent enough to join the classic Cure canon."[7]
Casey Boland ofSlant observed "“Freakshow” is among4:13 Dream’s odder moments. At first sounding like white-boyfunk, the song serves as a welcome break from the album's more standard material. It also displays guitaristPorl Thompson as something of a secret weapon; with wildwah-wah-pedalled leads and a mountain of hulking open chords."[8] Mike Schiller ofPopmatters described the song as "a crazy little thing" "that unapologetically bounces around like agarage band song on whichRobert Smith's oh-so identifiable vocal tics sound utterly at home."[9]
Raoul Hernandez ofThe Austin Chronicle felt the song "reaches back to the band's late-1970s herk and jerk in its jaunty syncopation."[10] Adrian Cepeda ofTreblezine described the song as "a funky burst of energy recalling 1996'sWild Mood Swings. The freaky guitar riffs enhance the dream-state illusions of a damsel who's shattering his heart by slithering away a chance for true love."[11] Daniela Reichert of the German issue ofRolling Stone felt it was "the most convincing" single released for the album, calling it the "slickest dance shit that we have heard from Smith since the singles with which he once freed himself from the "Pornography" nightmare.[12]
Written by Cooper/Gallup/Smith/Thompson
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA)[13] | 91 |
| France (SNEP)[14] | 30 |
| Scotland Singles (OCC)[15] | 21 |
| Spain (PROMUSICAE)[16] | 1 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[17] | 89 |
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