{"id":31682,"date":"2025-06-17T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T05:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/the-cure-mint-im-in-love\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T07:45:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T05:45:00","slug":"the-cure-mint-im-in-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/en\/the-cure-mint-im-in-love\/","title":{"rendered":"THE CURE: Mint, I&#8217;m in love?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/17-06-The-Cure-Mint-Car-550x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/17-06-The-Cure-Mint-Car-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/17-06-The-Cure-Mint-Car-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/17-06-The-Cure-Mint-Car-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/17-06-The-Cure-Mint-Car-636x636.jpg 636w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/17-06-The-Cure-Mint-Car.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At least that&#8217;s how Robert Smith seemed to feel when he mentioned in several interviews that he preferred \u201cMint Car\u201d to THE CURE hit \u201cFriday, I&#8217;m in Love\u201d. Well, there&#8217;s no accounting for taste after all. At least \u201cMint Car\u201d is a real feel-good song. Of course, Robert doesn&#8217;t miss the opportunity to cry theatrically in the music video at the end. Image comes first. Robert&#8217;s favorite was released 29 years ago to the day on June 17, 1996 and reached number 3 in Iceland, 17 in Canada, 20 in Finland and 31 in Great Britain.     <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch the clip for \u201cMint Car\u201d here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Q7F9LhuMsrQ?si=8FmrTDMBxE7of3iK\" title=\"The Cure - Mint Car\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q7F9LhuMsrQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which fan item from The Cure will be the next addition to your collection?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size has-medium-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=14172&amp;awinaffid=1386213&amp;ued=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.emp.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>EMP*<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:8px\">*Die mit Sternchen markierten Linkempfehlungen sind Affilate-Links\/Partnerprogramm-Links, auf welche Du frei klicken kannst. 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