DEF: The Cure “Why Can’t I Be You?”

Crawley, England-based band The Cure hit the Top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart for the first time when “Just Like Heaven” squeaked into a peak position of number 40 in early 1988. “Just Like Heaven,” though, was the second charting single from the band’s 1987 album Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me. On this date in 1987, their song “Why Can’t I Be You?” climbed to a peak position of number 54. Today, “Why Can’t I Be You?” by The Cure is the Daily Eighties Flashback.