Killing an Arab

"Killing an Arab"
"Killing an Arab"
Single by the Cure
from the album Boys Don't Cry
B-side	"10:15 Saturday Night"
Released	22 December 1978 (UK); 9 February 1979 (UK reissue)
Recorded	20 September 1978
Genre	Post-punk
Length	2:21
Label	Small Wonder, Fiction
Songwriter(s)	The Cure (Robert Smith, Michael Dempsey, Lol Tolhurst)
Producer(s)	Chris Parry
The Cure singles chronology
Official audio
	"Killing an Arab" at YouTube

"Killing an Arab" is a 1978 debut single by English gothic rock band The Cure. It was not included on their debut studio album Three Imaginary Boys but was included on their 1980 album Boys Don't Cry. It did not chart at all in the United Kingdom.

The song's title and lyrics come from Albert Camus's novel The Stranger. Some people protested against the song during the Gulf War and after the 9/11 attacks as racist.

Track listing[change | change source]

7-inch single

"Killing an Arab"
"10:15 Saturday Night"

References[change | change source]

↑ Mathews, Liam (2 August 2017). "10 Ways The Sinner Is and Isn't Like The Cure's Song "Killing an Arab"". TV Guide. Retrieved 9 March 2020.

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[1] Mathews, Liam (2 August 2017). "10 Ways The Sinner Is and Isn't Like The Cure's Song "Killing an Arab"". TV Guide. Retrieved 9 March 2020.

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