BOYS DON’T CRY (86 MIX) – LISTEN NOW

22/01/26

FOR FORTY YEARS ‘BOYS DON’T CRY’ (‘NEW VOICE – NEW MIX’) WAS ONLY AVAILABLE ON 7″ & 12″ VINYL AND VIA THE OFFICIAL VIDEO – UNTIL NOW!

THE 1986 VERSION – INCLUDING A 2026 REMASTER – IS AVAILABLE TO STREAM NOW. YOU CAN ALSO ORDER THE REMASTERED VERSION ON CD & PRE -ORDER VINYL NOW BY CLICKING HERE.

“I RE-SANG IT IN 1986 BECAUSE I THOUGHT I COULD DO A BIT MORE WITH THE SONG – I FELT I WAS IMPROVING AS A SINGER, BECOMING MORE CONFIDENT – SO ALTHOUGH I DIDN’T REALLY DEVIATE TOO MUCH FROM THE ORIGINAL VOCAL MELODY OR PHRASING, I KNEW I COULD GET A BIT MORE TONE AND EMOTION INTO THE REWORK.” ROBERT SMITH

RE-SUNG AND REMIXED TO BE THE ‘LEAD SINGLE’ ON THE ‘STANDING ON A BEACH’ SINGLES COMPILATION, THE MIX WAS RELEASED ON VINYL AND AS AUDIO ACCOMPANYING THE NEW VIDEO, BUT IT WAS NEVER INCLUDED ON THE COMPILATION ITSELF, NOR ON ANY SUBSEQUENT ‘GREATEST HITS’ RELEASES, NOR HAS IT EVER BEEN AVAILABLE DIGITALLY.