Robert Smith based this song on the deaths of his grandparents and the experience he had going to their funerals.
The American alternative rock band Funeral Party named themselves after this song. Lead singer Chad Elliot said: "We chose the name Funeral Party because it was just the most depressing song I'd ever heard... it was the perfect name for a band like ours because we come from this jail town: no one gets out until they're dead. We also liked the name because it sounded like a hardcore band, but it had the word 'party' in it, so it fit in on the East LA dance party fliers." He added, "Initially, that name tricked people into seeing us." (SXSW, 2011)
The Cure revisited this song on their 2011 DVD Reflections, during which they played their first three albums in their entirety.
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