Just Like Heaven - The Cure (1987)

"Just like Heaven" is a song by the British New Wave The Cure. The lyrics were written by the band's frontman Robert Smith who was later quoted,

"The song is about hyperventilating—kissing and fainting to the floor." The lyrics were inspired by a trip with his then-girlfriend (and later wife) Mary Poole to Beachy Head in southern England. Smith said the opening line of the song ("Show me, show me, show me how you do that trick") refers to his childhood memories of mastering magic tricks, but added "on another level, it's about a seduction trick, from much later in my life".

"Just like Heaven" was the third single released from the band's 1987 album Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me. The song became The Cure's first American hit, it has been highly praised by critics and covered by other artists as well; vocalist Smith has said he considers "Just like Heaven" to be the band's strongest song.