# The Perfect Boy > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Perfect_Boy > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Perfect_Boy.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Perfect_Boy > Source revision: 1332470749 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2008 single by The Cure This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "The Perfect Boy" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this message) "The Perfect Boy" Single by the Cure from the album 4:13 Dream A-side "The Perfect Boy" (Mix 13) B-side "Without You" Released 12 August 2008 Recorded 2008 Genre Alternative rock Length 3:21 Label Geffen Composers Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Jason Cooper, Porl Thompson Lyricist Robert Smith Producers Robert Smith, Keith Uddin The Cure singles chronology "Sleep When I'm Dead" (2008) "The Perfect Boy" (2008) "Want (Time Mix 2018)" (2018) "**The Perfect Boy**" is a song by British band [the Cure](/source/The_Cure) which was released on 13 August 2008 on [Geffen Records](/source/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](/source/Single_(music)) from the band's thirteenth studio album *[4:13 Dream](/source/4%3A13_Dream)* (2008). The song debuted on 9 May in [Fairfax, Virginia](/source/Fairfax%2C_Virginia), on the band's first concert of their [4Tour](/source/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](/source/Kiss_Me%2C_Kiss_Me%2C_Kiss_Me)* (1987) ## Track listing 1. "The Perfect Boy" (Mix 13) – 3:23 1. "Without You" – 4:11 ## Charts Weekly chart performance for "The Perfect Boy" Chart (2008) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[1] 91 France (SNEP)[2] 37 Germany (GfK)[3] 86 Scotland Singles (OCC)[4] 14 Spain (Promusicae)[5] 2 UK Singles (OCC)[6] 78 ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-sc_Australiapandora_1-0)** "[The ARIA Report, Issue 965](https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20081020235920/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20081020-0000/issue965.pdf)". [ARIA Top 100 Singles](/source/ARIA_Charts). National Library of Australia. Retrieved 8 January 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-sc_France_The_Cure_2-0)** "[The Cure – The Perfect Boy](https://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Cure&titel=The+Perfect+Boy&cat=s)" (in French). [Le classement de singles](/source/SNEP). Retrieved 17 January 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-sc_Germany_The_Cure_3-0)** "[Offizielle Deutsche Charts](https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-501593)" (in German). [GfK Entertainment charts](/source/GfK_Entertainment_charts). To see the peak chart position, click 'TITEL VON', followed by the artist's name. Retrieved 21 February 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-sc_Scotland_4-0)** "[Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart on 23/8/2008 – Top 100](https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20080823/41/)". [Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company). Retrieved 8 March 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-sc_Spain_The_Cure_5-0)** "[The Cure – The Perfect Boy](https://spanishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Cure&titel=The+Perfect+Boy&cat=s)". [Canciones Top 50](/source/Canciones_Top_50). Retrieved 17 January 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-sc_UK_6-0)** "[Official Singles Chart on 23/8/2008 – Top 100](https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20080823/7501/)". [Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company). 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