Retro Video of the Week: "Why Can't I Be You?" by The Cure

Today is the 35th anniversary of the release of goth/synth pop lords The Cure's seventh studio album, the double LP Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me.  While it was the band's fourth straight Top 10 album in their native UK, they hadn't quite broken through across the pond until this album, which was their first to crack the Top 40 on the Billboard album chart, reaching #35 and becoming their first platinum album in the U.S.  It also reached the Top 10 on the album charts in Australia, Austria, France, Germany, The Netherlands, and Switzerland.

The album featured what would go on to be one of their signature songs, "Just Like Heaven," which was their first Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and also reached #29 on the UK pop chart.  Two other songs also went Top 40 in the UK, "Why Can't I Be You?" (#21) and "Catch" (#27), giving the band their ninth, tenth, and eleventh Top 40 songs in the UK.

I'm going with "Why Can't I Be You?," which is a catchy, uptempo synth pop song.  The video features the band dancing horribly while dressed up in various costumes, but I suppose it showed that the band had a lighter side.