‘Club America’ is the 2nd track on Wild Mood Swings. It is noted for the unique singing style Robert Smith uses; a much deeper tone which hasn’t been heard in any other Cure song. Smith described the song as ‘tongue-in-cheek’ – which is why he chose to sing in a different voice.
Robert Smith told B...
[Verse 1]
I ride into your town on a big black Trojan horse
I'm looking to have some fun, some kind of trigger-happy intercourse
"Club America salutes you," says the girl on the door
"We accept all major lies, we love any kind of fraud"
So go on in and enjoy, go on in and enjoy
[Verse 2]
I'm buying for my bright new friends, Blue Suzanne's all round
And my mood is heavily pregnant
Yeah, you're right, I couldn't help but notice your icy blue eyes
They've been burning two holes in the sides of my head since the second I arrived
[Pre-Chorus 1]
But it's not too hard to guess
From your stick-on stars and your canary feather dress
Your hair is such a carefully careless mess
That you're really trying very hard to impress
[Chorus 1]
You're such a wonderful person living a fabulous life
Sensational dazzling perfectly sized
Such a wonderful person living a fabulous life
Sharing it with me in Club America tonight
[Verse 3]
So we talk for a while about some band you saw on TV
But I don't listen to you and you don't listen to me
Yeah, it's an old routine but it's a very special part of the game
And you don't really care what I call you at all when I can't quite remember your name
[Pre-Chorus 2]
And it's not too hard to guess
From your stick-on stars and your canary feather dress
The way you're so carefully "couldn't care less"
That you're really trying very hard to impress
[Chorus 1]
You're such a wonderful person living a fabulous life
Sensational dazzling perfectly sized
Such a wonderful person living a fabulous life
Sharing it with me tonight
[Chorus 2]
Yeah, you're a wonderful person living a fabulous life
Fantastic, divine, and thrillingly bright
Such a wonderful person living a fabulous lie
With me in Club America tonight
Club America was written by The Cure.
Club America was produced by The Cure.
The Cure released Club America on Tue May 07 1996.
Robert Smith told The Big Takeover:
I came over here to New York in the summer of ‘94 with Perry (Bamonte), 'cause I wanted to watch the football matches, the World Cup. So Depeche Mode were playing, and Perry’s brother Daryl, who now works for us, but who was working for them at the time, and I ju...