Just like Heaven (The Cure song)

"Just Like Heaven"
Single by the Cure
from the album Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
B-side	"Snow in Summer" "Sugar Girl" "Breathe" "A Chain of Flowers"
Released	5 October 1987[1]
Recorded	Studio Miraval, France, 1987
Genre	Gothic rock[2] post-punk[3] new wave[4] pop[3]
Length	3:32
Label	Fiction
Songwriter(s)	Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Boris Williams, Lol Tolhurst
Producer(s)	David M. Allen, Robert Smith
The Cure singles chronology
"Catch" (1987) "Just Like Heaven" (1987) "Hot Hot Hot!!!" (1988)
Audio
"Just Like Heaven" on YouTube

"Just Like Heaven" is a song by British alternative rock band the Cure. The group wrote most of the song during recording sessions in southern France in 1987. The lyrics were written by their frontman Robert Smith, who drew inspiration from a past trip to the sea shore with his future wife. Smith's memories of the trip formed the basis for the song's accompanying music video. Before Smith had completed the lyrics, an instrumental version of the song was used as the theme for the French television show Les Enfants du Rock.

"Just Like Heaven" was the third single released from their 1987 album Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me. The song became the Cure's first American hit and reached number 40 on the Billboard charts in 1988. It has been praised by critics and covered by artists such as Dinosaur Jr. and Katie Melua. Smith has said he considers "Just Like Heaven" to be one of the band's strongest songs.