Dazzle (song)
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| "Dazzle" | ||
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| Single by Siouxsie & the Banshees | ||
| from the album Hyæna | ||
| B-side(s) | "I Promise", "Throw Them to the Lions" | |
| Released | May 25, 1984 | |
| Format | 7" single, 12" single | |
| Recorded | 1984 | |
| Genre | Gothic rock | |
| Label | Polydor | |
| Writer(s) | Siouxsie & the Banshees | |
| Producer(s) | Siouxsie & the Banshees Mike Hedges |
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| Siouxsie & the Banshees singles chronology | ||
| "Swimming Horses" (1984) |
"Dazzle" (1984) |
"Overground" (1984) |
"Dazzle" is a song written and recorded by English rock band Siouxsie & the Banshees. It was co-produced with Mike Hedges and was released as the third single from the band's sixth studio album Hyæna.
The song is one of the most beloved in the Banshees' catalog and is the opening track from the album. Gothic rock in style, "Dazzle" begins with a gradual fade-in of an orchestral strings section and progresses to a drum-driven, majestic anthem. Its cryptic lyrics also hold gothic imagery ("...swallowing diamonds / a cutting throat / your teeth when you grin / reflecting beams on tombstones..."). Sioux's vocals are accentuated by expansive echo effects.
"Dazzle" climbed to number thirty-three on the UK singles chart and was Siouxsie & the Banshees' eleventh top-forty UK hit.
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