A promotional music video was made for “Other Voices” but the song was not released as a single. When Smith was asked what his inspiration for the song was for a fanzine in 1989, he replied:
this one’s a bit difficult…umm… blotting out the world through the eating of forbidden fruit? deafened by lu...
[Verse 1]
Whisper your name in an empty room
You brush past my skin, as soft as fur
Taking hold, I taste your scent
Distant noises, other voices
[Chorus 1]
Pounding in my broken head
Commit the sin, commit yourself
And all the other voices said
Change your mind, you're always wrong
[Refrain]
Always wrong
Always wrong
[Verse 3]
Come around at Christmas, I really have to see you
Smile at me slyly, another festive compromise
But I live with desertion and eight million people
Distant noises of other voices
[Chorus 2]
Pulsing in my swinging arms
Caress the sound, so many dead
And all the other voices sing
Change your mind, you're always...
Wrong
Other Voices was written by Robert Smith & Simon Gallup & Lol Tolhurst.
Other Voices was produced by Mike Hedges & The Cure.
The Cure released Other Voices on Tue Apr 14 1981.