Primary

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lyricist:Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
composer:Simon Gallup
Robert Smith (UK guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for The Cure)
Lol Tolhurst
publisher:APB Music Co.
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/72752 [info]

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1980-09Primary (studio outtake)The Cure4:23
1981-01-07Cold Colours (early version of Primary) (live, 1981-01-07: John Peel session, Langham 1, London, UK; aired 1981-01-15)liveThe Cure3:37
1981-01-07Primary (live, 1981-01-07: John Peel Session, Langham 1, London, UK)liveThe Cure3:41
1981-01-15Cold Colours (John Peel session January 1981)partialThe Cure3:53
1981-10-12Primary (live, 1981‐10‐12: Palais des Sports Saint‐Sauveur, Lille, France)liveThe Cure3:58
1981-11-26Primary (live, 1981‐11‐26: The Odeon, Edinburgh, UK)liveThe Cure5:11
1982-06-11Primary (live, 1982-06-11: Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium)liveThe Cure3:41
1984-04-25Primary (live, 1984‐04‐25: City Hall, Newcastle, UK)liveThe Cure?:??
1984-05-05Primary (live, 1984-05-05: The Apollo, Oxford, UK)liveThe Cure3:30
1984-10-17Primary (live, 1984-10-17: Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo, Japan)liveThe Cure3:20
1985-09-20Primary (live, 1985-09-20: NEC, Birmingham, UK)liveThe Cure?:??
1985-10-22Primary (live, 1985‐10‐22: Music Hall, Cleveland, OH, USA)liveThe Cure3:33
1986-06-21Primary (live, 1986-06-21: Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Glastonbury, UK)liveThe Cure3:24
1986-06-21Primary (live, 1986-06-21: Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Glastonbury, UK)liveThe Cure?:??
1986-06-21Primary (live, 1986-06-21: Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton, UK)liveThe Cure?:??
1986-06-21Primary (live, 1986-06-21: Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Glastonbury, UK)liveThe Cure3:20
1986-06-21Primary (live, 1986-06-21: Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton, UK)liveThe Cure3:36
1986-08-08 – 1986-08-10Primary (live, 1986‐10: Théâtre Antique d’Orange, Orange, France)liveThe Cure?:??
1986-08-09 – 1986-08-10Primary (live, 1986‐10: Théâtre Antique d’Orange, Orange, France)liveThe Cure3:38
1990-06-23Primary (live, 1990‐06‐23: Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton, England, UK)liveThe Cure3:40
1990-06-23Primary (live, 1990‐06‐23: Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton, England, UK)liveThe Cure3:28
1990-06-23Primary (live, 1990-06-23: Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Glastonbury, UK)liveThe Cure3:40
1990-07-06Primary (live, 1990-07-06: Centre des Sports, Leysin, Switzerland)liveThe Cure3:37
1990-07-08Primary (live, 1990-07-08: Festivalpark, Werchter, Belgium)liveThe Cure3:36
1992-07-18 – 1992-07-19Primary (live, 1992-07: The Palace, Auburn Hills, MI, USA)liveThe Cure?:??
1997-10-28Primary (live, 1997‐10‐28: American Legion Hall, Los Angeles, CA, USA)liveThe Cure3:44
2004-10-25PrimarycoverStereoskop4:40
2009-02-26Primary (live, 2009‐02‐26: NME Big Gig, O2 Arena, London, UK)liveThe Cure3:57
2011-09-10Primary (live, 2011-09-10: Robin Hill Country Park, Newport, UK)liveThe Cure4:21
2011Primary (live, 2011)liveThe Cure4:15
2012-06-23Primary (live, 2012‐06‐23: Southside Festival, Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany)liveThe Cure4:08
2012-08-24Primary (live, 2012‐08‐24: Reading Festival, Reading, UK)liveThe Cure4:13
2016-06-10Primary (live, 2016‐06‐10: UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL, USA)liveThe Cure4:30
2016-06-19Primary (live, 2016‐06‐19: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA)liveThe Cure4:45
2016-08-01PrimarycoverIn Her Eye5:22
2016-12-01Primary (live, 2016‐12‐01: The SSE Arena, Wembley, London, UK)liveThe Cure4:19
2018-06-24Primary (live, 2018‐06‐24: Robert Smith’s Meltdown Festival, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, UK)liveThe Cure4:05
2018-06-24Primary (live, 2018‐06‐24: Robert Smith’s Meltdown Festival, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, UK)liveThe Cure4:06
2019-08-23Primary (live, 2019-08-23: Rock en Seine, Saint-Cloud, France)liveThe Cure4:18
2022-11-06Primary (live, 2022-11-06: Arena de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland)liveThe Cure4:18
– 2009PrimarycoverThe Dandy Warhols4:14
Primary (live, 1986‐06‐21: Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton, England, UK)The Cure?:??
Primary (live, 1992-07-13: Target Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA)The Cure4:06
Primary (live, 1986‐10: Théâtre Antique d’Orange, Orange, France)The Cure3:38
Primary (live, 1981‐07‐05: Festivalpark, Werchter, Belgium)liveThe Cure?:??
Primary (live, 1985-12-05: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany)The Cure3:30
PrimaryThe Cure3:36
Primary (live, 1981‐07‐27: Whisky A Go Go, West Hollywood, CA, USA)liveThe Cure3:51
Primary (live, 1981‐07‐05: Festivalpark, Werchter, Belgium)The Cure4:49
Primary (live, 1984‐05‐02: Apollo Theatre, Manchester, UK)liveThe Cure3:28
Primary (live, 2008‐12‐13: Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA, USA)The Cure3:51
Primary (live, 1992‐10‐13: Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany)liveThe Cure4:34
Primary (live, 1984‐05‐30: Maaspoort, Hertogenbosch, Netherlands)The Cure3:37
Primary (live, 1980-10-17: Jaap Edenhal, Amsterdam, Netherlands)The Cure3:29
Primary (live, 1992-05-03: Kilburn National Ballroom, London, UK)The Cure3:54
Primary (live, 1980‐10‐04: Neue Welt, Berlin, Germany)liveThe Cure?:??
Primary (live, 1982-06‐07: L’Olympia Bruno Coquatrix, Paris, France)The Cure3:41
Primary (live, 1981‐07‐27: Whisky A Go Go, West Hollywood, CA, USA)The Cure3:51
PrimaryThe Cure5:55
PrimaryThe Cure3:35
Primary (live, 1981‐07‐05: Festivalpark, Werchter, Belgium)The Cure5:13
PrimaryThe Cure3:35
Primary (live, 1984‐11‐16: Ontario Theatre, Washington, DC, USA)The Cure3:26
Primary (live, 1984-05-05: The Apollo, Oxford, UK)The Cure3:30
Primary (live, 1992-05-03: Kilburn National Ballroom, London, UK)liveThe Cure3:46
PrimaryThe Cure5:56
Primary (live, 1985-07-23: Paléo Folk Festival, Nyon, Switzerland)The Cure3:50
PrimaryThe Cure3:32
PrimarycoverThe Dandy Warhols4:11
Primary (live, 1990-07-06: Centre des Sports, Leysin, Switzerland)The Cure3:36
Primary (live, 1981‐06‐03: Metropol, Berlin, Germany)liveThe Cure3:53
PrimarycoverBell, Book & Candle3:41
PrimaryThe Dandy Warhols4:21
Primary (live, 1992‐05‐03: Kilburn National Ballroom, London, England, UK)The Cure3:53
Primary (live, 2002-11-09: Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany)The Cure?:??
PrimaryliveThe Cure3:32
PrimarycoverThe Dandy Warhols4:23
Primary (live, 1992‐07‐11: Riverport Amphitheatre, Maryland Heights, MO, USA)liveThe Cure4:48
Primary (live, 1982-06‐07: L’Olympia Bruno Coquatrix, Paris, France)liveThe Cure3:41
Primary (live, 1982‐06‐07: L’Olympia Bruno Coquatrix, Paris, France)The Cure3:55
Primary (live, 1985‐09‐14: Brighton Centre, Brighton, UK)liveThe Cure3:32
Primary (live, 2019‐07‐06: Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark)liveThe Cure?:??
Primary (live, 2002-11-09: Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany)The Cure4:00
Primary (live, 1991‐01‐17: The Town & Country Club 2, London, England, UK)The Cure3:45
Primary (live, 2019‐07‐11: NOS ALIVE! Festival, Oeiras, Portugal)liveThe Cure4:19
Primary (live, 1981‐10‐12: Palais St. Sauveur, Lille, France)The Cure3:55
Primary (live, 2009‐04‐19: Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA, USA)liveThe Cure3:48
Primary (live, 2019‐06‐09: Pinkpop Festival, Holland, Netherlands)liveThe Cure4:11
Primary (live, 2019‐06‐21: Southside Festival, Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany)liveThe Cure4:13
Primary (live, 1981‐08‐17: Toronto Music Hall, Sydney, Australia)liveThe Cure3:44
Primary (live, 1984‐11‐16: Ontario Theatre, Washington, DC, USA)liveThe Cure?:??
Primary (live, 1985‐09‐21: Queens Hall, Leeds, UK)The Cure3:15
Primary (live, 1992‐06‐16: Estadio Universitario, Monterrey, Mexico)liveThe Cure3:58
Primary (live, 1984‐09‐02: Jahnstadion, Marl, Germany)The Cure3:58
Primary (live, 1982‐04‐18: Top Rank Skating Bowl, Plymouth, UK)liveThe Cure3:51
Primary (live, 2008‐02‐21: T‐Mobile Arena, Prague, Czechia)liveThe Cure4:09
Primary (live, 1982‐05‐07: Vereeniging, Nijmegen, Netherlands)The Cure3:54
Primary (live, 2004-10-15: Black Session, La Maison de la Radio, Paris, France)liveThe Cure4:13
Primary (live, 2019‐06‐14: Nova Rock Festival, Nickelsdorf, Austria)liveThe Cure4:09
Primary (live, 2019‐06‐28: Werchter Festival, Werchter, Belgium)liveThe Cure4:17
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