Shiver and Shake
The Cure * Track #17 On Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
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Album Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
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- #7Snakepit
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- #10All I Want
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- #11
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- #12One More Time
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- #13Like Cockatoos
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- #14Icing Sugar
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- #15The Perfect Girl
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- #16A Thousand Hours
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- #17Shiver and Shake
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- #18Fight
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Shiver and Shake by The Cure
Release Date
Performed by
The CureProduced by
Dave Allen & Robert SmithWrited by
Robert Smith & Pearl Thompson & Simon Gallup & Boris Williams & Lol TolhurstAbout
The penultimate track on the Cure’s epic 1987 double album, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, is the closest the band get to their early post-punk sound. It’s a bitter and noisy rocker, sharply changing the mood from the slow previous track, “A Thousand Hours”.
Taken literally, “Shiver and Shake” appears...
Shiver and Shake Lyrics
[Verse]
You're just a waste of time
You're just a babbling face
You're just three sick holes that run like sores
You're a fucking waste
You're like a slug on the floor
Oh, you're useless and ugly
And useless and ugly
And I shiver and shake
When I think of how you make me hate
I want to smash you to pieces
I want to smash you up and screaming
I want to smash you helpless
Down on the floor
Smash you until you're not here anymore
[Outro]
And I shiver and shake
Shiver and shake
Shiver and Shake Q&A
Who wrote Shiver and Shake's ?
Shiver and Shake was written by Robert Smith & Pearl Thompson & Simon Gallup & Boris Williams & Lol Tolhurst.
Who produced Shiver and Shake's ?
Shiver and Shake was produced by Dave Allen & Robert Smith.
When did The Cure release Shiver and Shake?
The Cure released Shiver and Shake on Tue May 05 1987.
What did The Cure say about "Shiver and Shake"?
Robert Smith told Rolling Stone:
We use to have this thing called “the panel,” and all the girls would sit on the sofa in the back of the control room and give the songs marks out of ten – so there was a really big female input. They wouldn’t like “Fight,” which was really not a girly song. But the...