Synopsis

The Cure perform amid a surreal succession of unsettling and comic images. Robert Smith appears in exaggerated situations that include a bizarre wedding, floating faces, a snake, and a strange environment covered in powder or debris. The video favors rapid visual disruption over a straightforward narrative, matching the song's restless, electronically driven energy. Its absurd imagery and deliberately artificial presentation place the band inside a chaotic dream world, turning the idea of a "wrong number" into a broader atmosphere of confusion, disorientation, and darkly playful spectacle.

Factoids & Trivia

• "Wrong Number" was released on November 17, 1997, as the only new song on *Galore*, The Cure's singles compilation covering 1987 to 1997.

• Reeves Gabrels plays lead guitar on the track. At the time, he was best known for his work with David Bowie and was not yet an official member of The Cure.

• The song was recorded by Robert Smith, Jason Cooper, and Gabrels during the same period that the trio developed material as COGASM. "Wrong Number" was issued under The Cure name, while "A Sign from God" appeared under the COGASM name.

• The video is notable for its deliberately overloaded imagery, including the powder-covered performance setting, surreal faces, a snake, and Smith's mock wedding sequence.

• Robert Smith later included "Wrong Number" in his personal selection of The Cure's best videos, placing it at number three in a 2007 countdown.