Cut Here

{{Infobox song

| name = Cut Here

| cover = Cuthere.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = The Cure

| album = Greatest Hits

| B-side = Signal to Noise

| released = 29 October 2001

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| length = 4:10

| label = Fiction

| writer = {{flatlist|

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| producer = {{flatlist|

Robert Smith
Mark Plati

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| prev_title = Wrong Number

| prev_year = 1997

| next_title = The End of the World

| next_year = 2004

}}

"Cut Here" is a song by English rock band The Cure, released as a single on 29 October 2001 from their best-of compilation Greatest Hits released the same year.{{Cite web|title = Cure Bolsters 'Hits' With New Songs, Acoustic Disc|url = http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/78293/cure-bolsters-hits-with-new-songs-acoustic-disc|accessdate = 2015-08-28}}

Content

Cure frontman Robert Smith wrote the song in memory of his friend Billy Mackenzie, the lead singer of the new wave band Associates, who committed suicide in 1997.{{cite web|title=Dundee's alive and kicking to the magic of pop hero Billy|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/dundee-s-alive-and-kicking-to-the-magic-of-pop-hero-billy-1-1305044|website=The Scotsman}} The title of the song does not relate directly to the lyrical content; it is an anagram of "The Cure".

Regarding its musical style, AllMusic wrote that the song "rises with early sounds of Madchester".{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/greatest-hits-mw0000016387 |title=Greatest Hits – The Cure | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic |last=Wilson |first=MacKenzie |website=AllMusic |accessdate=June 8, 2016}}

Release

The track was released as a single from the band's 2001 Greatest Hits compilation, reaching number 54 on the UK Singles Chart.{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/20492/cure/ |title=Cure | Full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company |website=Official Charts |accessdate=May 15, 2016}} It is the band's last release for record label Fiction.

The song was re-recorded later in 2001 for the band's Acoustic Hits release, which contains eighteen re-recordings of previous songs by the band using acoustic guitars and was only released as a limited edition bonus disc to said greatest hits album.