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Peek-a-Boo" was rated "Single of the Week" in both Sounds and NME. Sounds wrote that it was a "brave move", "playful and mysterious". [3] NME described it as "Oriental marching band hip hop" with "catchy accordion." They then said : "If this nation was served by anything approaching a decent pop radio station, "Peek A Boo" would be a huge hit." [4]
Music journalist Parke Puterbaugh described "Peek-a-Boo" as a "collage of sound that incorporates a backward percussion track" with the voice bouncing from channel to channel. " The Killing Jar " opens with "a faint splash of reggae " and then the music dissolves into a trancelike drone in the style of Brian Eno .
In 1988, "Peek-a-Boo" was the first track to top the US Modern Rock chart after Billboard launched this chart in the first week of September to list the most played songs on alternative and college radio stations. [84] Simon Goddard wrote that the "Banshees - Mk II would become one of the biggest alternative pop groups of the 1980s". [2]
Musically, "Peek-a-Boo" was described as an up-tempo pop dance song with addictive hooks. [7] Meanwhile, Tamar Herman of Billboard stated that it is "laden with trop house elements underneath the overarching quirky pop vibe, and is driven by a deep bass drumline, scratchy synths, and metallic beats" which also features "a variety of diverse ...
Downside Up is a four-disc box set collecting B-sides and bonus material from the catalogue of Siouxsie and the Banshees.Also included (on disc four) is The Thorn EP, originally released in 1984.
Devo supported the album with a North American tour. [9]The band also produced three music videos for the album: "Time Out for Fun," "Peek-a-Boo!" and "That's Good".All three videos eschewed Devo's previous narrative style for a basic performance against a bluescreen background displaying related visuals to the song.
"Peek-a-Boo!" is a song by American new wave band Devo, written by Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale. It appears on their fifth studio album Oh, No!It's Devo (1982). The single features the non-album track, "Find Out" as its B-side, which was also released as a bonus track on the Infinite Zero Archive/American Recordings CD reissue of the album.
He also wrote "Peek-A-Boo", a hit for the Cadillacs. [3] Much of Hammer's songwriting work is credited to various aliases including Earl Burrows, Early S. Burrows, George Stone, and T.T. Tyler. [4] [5] His song "Plain Gold Ring" appeared on Nina Simone's 1958 debut album Little Girl Blue, and was later recorded by Nick Cave, Kimbra and others.