🎧 From My Current Playlist: “Doing the Unstuck” by The Cure

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“Doing the Unstuck” is a bright, bursting-with-life track by the British alternative rock band The Cure.

It was released in 1992 as a single from their ninth studio album, Wish, which came out on April 21, 1992.

The song followed major hits like “Friday I’m in Love,” but it has its own cult-favorite energy.

Written by Robert Smith and produced by David M. Allen along with the band, the track shows a different shade of The Cure — less gothic gloom, more euphoric release.

Musically, “Doing the Unstuck” leans into jangly guitars, driving rhythms, and a kind of chaotic optimism.

Lyrically, it’s about breaking out of stagnation — shaking off emotional paralysis and choosing joy, even if it feels reckless. Lines about “kicking out the gloom” and “dancing on the tables” capture that sense of emotional rebellion. It’s not naïve happiness; it’s defiant happiness.

Coming from the same album as darker, moodier tracks, this one feels like a deliberate act of emotional resistance — almost a manifesto against staying stuck in your own head.

@Shane Peterson

You know this one? This feels very podcast-worthy!

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