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After the release of Pornography ( 1982 ), the band's future was uncertain and Smith was keen to move past the gloomy reputation his band had acquired.

With the 1982 single " Let's Go to Bed " Smith began to place a pop sensibility into the band's music ( as well as a unique stage look ).

The Cure's popularity increased as the decade wore on, especially in the United States where the songs " Just Like Heaven ", " Lovesong " and " Friday I'm in Love " entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

By the start of the 1990s, The Cure were one of the most popular alternative rock bands in the world.

The band is estimated to have sold 27 million albums as of 2004.

The Cure have released thirteen studio albums, 10 EPs and over thirty singles during the course of their career.

Since 2010, they have been working on a fourteenth studio album.