The Perfect Boy

{{short description|2008 single by The Cure}} {{ref improve|date=January 2015}} {{Infobox song | name = The Perfect Boy | cover = Perfectboycover.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[the Cure]] | album = [[4:13 Dream]] | A-side = "The Perfect Boy" (Mix 13) | B-side = Without You | released = 12 August 2008 | recorded = 2008 | studio = | genre = [[Alternative rock]] | length = 3:21 | label = [[Geffen Records|Geffen]] | composer = [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]], [[Simon Gallup]], [[Jason Cooper]], [[Porl Thompson]] | lyricist = Robert Smith | producer = Robert Smith, Keith Uddin | prev_title = [[Sleep When I'm Dead]] | prev_year = 2008 | next_title = Want (Time Mix 2018) | next_year = 2018 }} "'''The Perfect Boy'''" is a song by British band [[the Cure]] which was released on 13 August 2008 on [[Geffen Records]] in the United Kingdom and on 12 August in the United States to follow the tradition of releasing the singles on a Tuesday. It is the fourth and final [[single (music)|single]] from the band's thirteenth studio album ''[[4:13 Dream]]'' (2008).

The song debuted on 9 May in [[Fairfax, Virginia]], on the band's first concert of their [[4Tour]]'s North American leg, and was played at all 27 shows. It is unrelated to the song "The Perfect Girl" from the band's seventh studio album ''[[Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me]]'' (1987)

==Track listing== # "The Perfect Boy" (Mix 13) – 3:23 # "Without You" – 4:11

==Charts== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+Weekly chart performance for "The Perfect Boy" !Chart (2008) !Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|Australiapandora|91|url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20081020235920/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20081020-0000/issue965.pdf|rowheader=true|access-date=8 January 2023}} |- {{single chart|France|37|artist=The Cure|song=The Perfect Boy|rowheader=true|access-date=17 January 2018}} |- {{single chart|Germany|86|songid=501593|artist=The Cure|song=The Perfect Boy|rowheader=true|access-date=21 February 2019}} |- {{single chart|Scotland|14|date=20080823|rowheader=true|access-date=8 March 2019}} |- {{single chart|Spain|2|song=The Perfect Boy|artist=The Cure|rowheader=true|access-date=17 January 2018}} |- {{single chart|UK|78|date=20080823|rowheader=true|access-date=17 January 2018}} |}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Perfect Boy}} [[Category:2008 songs]] [[Category:2008 singles]] [[Category:The Cure songs]] [[Category:Songs written by Robert Smith (musician)]] [[Category:Geffen Records singles]] [[Category:Songs written by Simon Gallup]] [[Category:Songs written by Jason Cooper]] [[Category:Songs written by Porl Thompson]]