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'{{Infobox single | Name = The Lovecats | Cover = Thelovecats.jpg | Artist = [[The Cure]] | Released = 18 October 1983 | b-side = "Speak My Language", "Mr. Pink Eyes" | Format = [[Vinyl record|7" & 12" vinyl]] | Recorded = June 1983 | Genre = <!-- Do not add unsourced genres. -->{{flatlist| *[[New wave music|New wave]] *[[Pop music|pop]]<ref name=masonam>Mason, Stewart. "[http://www.allmusic.com/song/why-cant-i-be-you-mt0007516608 Why Can't I Be You?]" Allmusic.com. Retrieved on 22 January 2013.</ref> *[[jazz]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.popmatters.com/post/152163-snubbed-why-the-cure-deserves-to-be-in-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fam/ | title=Snubbed!: Why the Cure Deserves to Be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | publisher=[[PopMatters]] | date=13 December 2011 | accessdate=15 June 2016 | author=Ramirez, AJ}}</ref> }} | Length = 3:33 | Label = [[Fiction Records|Fiction]] | Writer = [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]] | Producer = {{flatlist| * [[Phil Thornalley]] * Chris Parry * The Cure }} | Last single = "[[The Walk (The Cure song)|The Walk]]" <br />(1983) | This single = "'''The Love Cats'''" <br />(1983) | Next single = "[[The Caterpillar (song)|The Caterpillar]]" <br />(1984) | Misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|mcUza_wWCfA|"The Love Cats"}}}} }} "'''The Love Cats'''" (sometimes rendered as "'''The Lovecats'''") is a song by English rock band [[The Cure]], released as a stand-alone single in October 1983. It was the band's first Top 10 hit in the UK, peaking at number 7.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/20492/cure/ |title=Cure <nowiki>| Full Official Chart History |</nowiki> Official Charts Company |website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]] |accessdate=May 15, 2016}}</ref> It also reached number 6 on the Australian chart in early 1984.<ref name="auchart">{{Cite book|title=[[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970–1992]] |last=Kent |first=David |authorlink=David Kent (historian) |publisher=Australian Chart Book |location=[[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, NSW]] |year=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref> The single later appeared on the [[compilation album]] ''[[Japanese Whispers]]'', released in December 1983. It also is featured in the 2013 animated film "Thunder and the House of Magic," though, strangely, it is not listed on the movie's soundtrack. It plays early in the movie when the protagonist, a cat later named 'Thunder,' climbs a tree to enter a magical house through an open attic window. The version used in the movie seems to be shortened, skipping most of the second verse. ==Inspiration== At the time the song was written, Robert Smith was very interested in the work of Australian author [[Patrick White]].<ref>The Stud Brothers: "Pictures of Youth (Pt. 1)", ''Melody Maker'', March 7, 1992: 25–26.</ref> According to a number of his fans, Smith was inspired to write "The Love Cats" after reading White's novel ''[[The Vivisector]]'' (1970), although this claim is difficult to verify.<ref>{{cite web| work=fortunecity.com | url = http://members.fortunecity.com/jpineres/FAQ.htm | title =Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) file for The Cure | accessdate = 2010-06-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| work=victoriavirtual.iespana.es| url = http://victoriavirtual.iespana.es/Inspiraciones.html | title =The Cure-Inspiraciones | accessdate = 2010-06-09}}</ref> In the novel, the protagonist, Hurtle, is appalled when his lover's husband drowns a sack of stray cats. White draws a parallel between the way in which the cats are discarded, and the treatment of certain characters in the book; by extension, the cats symbolize the most innocent and vulnerable members of society, and the casual cruelty with which they sometimes meet their fate.<ref>White, Patrick. ''The Vivisector''. New York: Viking Press, 1970.</ref> ==Music video== The music video features a number of cats and a large lampshade falling on the head of bassist [[Phil Thornalley]]. == Cover versions == "The Love Cats" has been covered by [[Luke Doucet]], on his album ''[[Blood's Too Rich]]''; [[OK Go]], on their ''[[Do What You Want (EP)|Do What You Want]]'' [[Extended play|EP]]; [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]], on his album ''[[Vulnerable (Tricky album)|Vulnerable]]''; [[Paul Anka]], on his 2005 album of covers, ''[[Rock Swings]]''; [[The Hot Rats]], on their 2010 debut album ''Turn Ons''; and [[The Sharp]], on their EP ''[[Yeah I Want You]].'' ==Track listing== ; 7" #"The Love Cats" (3:33) #"Speak My Language" (2:39) ;UK & US 12" #"The Love Cats (Extended Version)" (4:37) #"Speak My Language" (2:39) #"Mr. Pink Eyes" (2:45) ==Personnel== *[[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]] – vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica on "Mr. Pink Eyes" *[[Lol Tolhurst]] – vibraphone *[[Phil Thornalley]] – double bass *[[Andy Anderson (drummer)|Andy Anderson]] – drums ==References== {{reflist|2}} == External links == * {{MetroLyrics song|the-cure|lovecats}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider --> * {{Discogs master|21158|type=single|The Love Cats}} {{The Cure}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lovecats, The}} [[Category:The Cure songs]] [[Category:1983 singles]] [[Category:Songs written by Robert Smith (musician)]] [[Category:1983 songs]] [[Category:Songs about cats]] [[Category:Fiction Records singles]] [[Category:Music videos directed by Tim Pope]] [[Category:Song recordings produced by Phil Thornalley]]'