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"Swimming Horses" is a song by English post-punk band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was co-produced with Mike Hedges and was released on 16 March 1984 by Polydor Records as the first single from the band's sixth studio album, Hyæna .
The Rapture is the eleventh and final studio album by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees, released in January 1995.The album was recorded in two block sessions. The songs with cello arrangements, including the title track as well as "Fall from Grace" and "Not Forgotten", were produced by the band on their own in 1993, and John Cale produced the remaining songs in mid-1
Released on 24 June 1979, the single became Siouxsie and the Banshees' third top 40 hit, entering into the UK Singles Chart at No.47 on 1 July 1979, [3] and peaking at No. 28 on 15 July in the UK Singles Chart. [4] The band performed the song live on Top of the Pops. [5]
Siouxsie and the Banshees (/ ˈ s u z i æ n d ð ə ˈ b æ n ʃ i z /, SU-zi-and-the-BAN-shees) were a British rock band formed in London in 1976 by vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and bass guitarist Steven Severin. They were widely influential, both over their contemporaries and later acts.
"Candyman" is a song written and produced by British rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was released as the second single from their seventh studio album, Tinderbox. The song is about child abuse. [1] Musically, it is a guitar-based number with distinctive use of arpeggios by John Valentine Carruthers. [2]
The song begins with a gradual fade-in of an orchestral string section and progresses to a drum-driven, majestic anthem. The lyrics "swallowing diamonds/A cutting throat" were derived from the final scene of Marathon Man where Laurence Olivier puts diamonds in his mouth. [1] Siouxsie's vocals are accentuated by expansive reverb effects.
Susan Janet Ballion (born 27 May 1957), better known by her stage name Siouxsie Sioux (/ ˌ s uː z i ˈ s uː /, soo-zee-SOO), is an English singer and songwriter.She came to prominence as the leader and main lyricist of the rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees, who were active from 1976 to 1996.
"O Baby" is a song written and recorded by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was produced by John Cale and released as the first single from the band's 11th studio album, The Rapture. [1] Melody Maker wrote : "O Baby is the wonderful prelude to Rapture" and it is "deliciously pop". [2]