While The Cure enjoyed chart success in the UK and Europe early in their career, their first and biggest smash hit in the US came with the Disintegration track Lovesong. An outlier on the album this is a straightforward love song Smith wrote as a wedding present for his wife Mary; with the singer describing it as "an open show of emotion." Intimate rather than expansive, Lovesong is built around a repeating bass line, a clean guitar riff and heavy organ-esque synth work.