Songs Similar to Boys Don't Cry by The Cure
Album: The Cure - Melkweg Amsterdam 1979 · Alternative · Sad
The Cure's “Boys Don't Cry” from the album The Cure - Melkweg Amsterdam 1979 is a alternative track with rock roots that we file under sad songs. If it's the one you keep replaying, the list below collects tracks that fans of it also play.
The closest match right now is “Friday I'm in Love” by The Cure (100% match). The list also pulls in Billy Idol, Joy Division, Tears for Fears and Echo & the Bunnymen — artists whose audiences overlap heavily with The Cure's. By genre, the list is mostly rock (6 of 20 tracks), with pop and alternative mixed in. Each entry shows its genre and a match score, so you can start with the strongest matches and work outward. Every song links out to YouTube, Spotify and Amazon Music for a quick listen, and the ones marked as links have their own similar-song pages here.
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Data: Last.fm, updated 2026-10-11.
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FAQ about “Boys Don't Cry”
What songs are similar to Boys Don't Cry?
On our list, the closest matches are “Friday I'm in Love” by The Cure, “Just Like Heaven” by The Cure and “Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now” by The Smiths. All 20 songs on this page are ranked by how strongly their listeners overlap with fans of “Boys Don't Cry” by The Cure, so the higher a song sits, the closer it is to the original's sound and audience.
Who does Boys Don't Cry sound like?
Based on listening data, “Boys Don't Cry” sits closest to The Smiths, Billy Idol, Joy Division and Tears for Fears. Fans of The Cure play these artists more than almost anyone else, which usually means a shared sound, era or scene. Start with their tracks in the list above if you want something in the same vein.
Is Boys Don't Cry Alternative?
We file “Boys Don't Cry” by The Cure under Alternative, while music stores list its album under Rock. Genre labels are fuzzy, so the similar songs above aren't limited to one genre — they follow what listeners actually pair with the song.
How do you find similar songs to Boys Don't Cry?
Use the list on this page: it ranks 20 tracks by how often fans of “Boys Don't Cry” also listen to them. Open any song that has its own page to keep exploring, or enter another track in the similar song finder to start a new list.