If Only Tonight We Could Sleep (album original mix)

~ Recording by The Cure

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.4If Only Tonight We Could Sleep4:53The CureKiss Me Kiss Me Kiss MeThe CureAlbum
  • DE1987-05-05
Fiction832 130-1
1.4If Only Tonight We Could Sleep4:53The CureKiss Me Kiss Me Kiss MeThe CureAlbum
  • GB1987-05-05
FictionFixhc13
1.4If Only Tonight We Could Sleep4:53The CureKiss Me Kiss Me Kiss MeThe CureAlbum
  • GB1987-05-05
Fiction832 130-2
1.4If Only Tonight We Could Sleep4:53The CureKiss Me Kiss Me Kiss MeThe CureAlbum
  • GB1987-05-25
FictionFIXH 13
1.4If Only Tonight We Could Sleep4:51The CureKiss Me Kiss Me Kiss MeThe CureAlbum
  • US1987-05-26
Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present)60737-1
1.4If Only Tonight We Could Sleep4:53The CureKiss Me Kiss Me Kiss MeThe CureAlbum
Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present)9 60737-4
1.4If Only Tonight We Could Sleep4:53The CureKiss Me Kiss Me Kiss MeThe CureAlbum
Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present)E4-60737
1.4If Only Tonight We Could Sleep4:53The CureKiss Me Kiss Me Kiss MeThe CureAlbum
  • JP1987-06-01
Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation)P33P-20105
1.4If Only Tonight We Could Sleep4:53The CureKiss Me Kiss Me Kiss MeThe CureAlbum
  • US1987-07-07
Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present)9 60737-2
1.4If Only Tonight We Could Sleep?:??The CureKiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me (special edition with six b‐side tracks on orange vinyl)The CureAlbum
FictionFIXH 13, FIXHA 13
1.4If Only Tonight We Could Sleep4:53The CureKiss Me Kiss Me Kiss MeThe CureAlbum
Columbia House (direct‐mailing distributor of club editions of releases)E2 60737 553727T
1.4If Only Tonight We Could Sleep4:53The CureKiss Me Kiss Me Kiss MeThe CureAlbum
Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present)E2-60737
1.4If Only Tonight We Could Sleep4:50The CureKiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me (made by PDO)The CureAlbum
Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present)9 60737-2
1.4If Only Tonight We Could Sleep4:53The CureKiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me (made in W.Germany picture CD)The CureAlbum
Fiction832 130-2
11.4If Only Tonight We Could Sleep4:50The CureAssemblageThe CureAlbum + Compilation
  • FR1991-08-19
Fiction511 124-2
1.4If Only Tonight We Could Sleep4:52The CureKiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me (remastered bonus version)The CureAlbum
  • CA2006-08-08
  • US2006-08-08
Rhino (reissue label)
1.4If Only Tonight We Could Sleep4:53The CureKiss Me Kiss Me Kiss MeThe CureAlbum
  • US2006-08-08
Fiction Records (not for release label use! please use “Fiction” for that instead)R2 74064
1.4If Only Tonight We Could Sleep4:53The CureKiss Me Kiss Me Kiss MeThe CureAlbum
  • XE2006-08-14
Fiction984 008-1
1.4If Only Tonight We Could Sleep4:53The CureKiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me (deluxe edition)The CureAlbum
  • XE2006-08-14
Fiction984 008-0
1.4If Only Tonight We Could Sleep4:51The CureKiss Me Kiss Me Kiss MeThe CureAlbum
  • DE2006-10-30
1.4If Only Tonight We Could Sleep4:53The CureKiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (alt. cover size)The CureAlbum
1.4If Only Tonight We Could Sleep4:52The CureKiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss MeThe CureAlbumUniversal Music Catalogue (since early 2000s, alt name UMC used since ca. 2016; defunct since early 2023, renamed into Universal Music Recordings, don’t use it for later 2023 releases)
1.4If Only Tonight We Could Sleep4:53The CureKiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me (shm-cd)The CureAlbum
  • JP2008-05-21
FictionUICY-93483
1.4If Only Tonight We Could Sleep4:52The CureKiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me (red vinyl)The CureAlbum
  • US2013-04-20
Fiction Records (not for release label use! please use “Fiction” for that instead), Rhino (reissue label)R1-60737
1.4If Only Tonight We Could Sleep4:52The CureKiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me (black vinyl)The CureAlbum
Rhino (reissue label), FictionR1-60737
1.4If Only Tonight We Could Sleep4:53The CureKiss Me Kiss Me Kiss MeThe CureAlbumFiction600143-2
1.4If Only Tonight We Could Sleep4:53The CureKiss Me Kiss Me Kiss MeThe CureAlbumElektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)9 60737-2, D 24204
1.4If Only Tonight We Could Sleep4:53The CureKiss Me Kiss Me Kiss MeThe CureAlbumFictionUICY-93483
1.4If Only Tonight We Could Sleep?4:53The CureKiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss MeThe CureAlbumElektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present), Rhino (reissue label)
Promotion
1.4If Only Tonight We Could Sleep4:51The CureKiss Me Kiss Me Kiss MeThe CureAlbum
Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present)60737-1

Relationships

assistant producer:Sean Burrows
Michel Dierickx (Belgian producer & engineer, aka 'Shelle')
Jacques Hermet
producer:David M. Allen (UK producer/engineer/remixer (mainly new-wave/synth-pop/goth))
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
drums (drum set) and percussion:Boris Williams
electric bass guitar:Simon Gallup
electric guitar:Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
Porl Thompson
keyboard:Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
Porl Thompson
Lol Tolhurst
lead vocals:Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Elektra/Asylum Records (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1987)
recorded at:Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas
ICP Recording Studios in Brussels, Belgium
Studio Miraval in Le Val, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, France
mash-ups:Diana’s Lullaby (Diana Ross vs. The Cure) by Mighty Mike (mashup artist)
If Only Tonight We Could Ride by G3RSt
recording of:If Only Tonight We Could Sleep

If Only Tonight We Could Sleep

lyricist:Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:Simon Gallup
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
Porl Thompson
Lol Tolhurst
Boris Williams
publisher:APB Music Co.