Album · Siouxsie and the Banshees
Hyæna by Siouxsie and the Banshees
Hyæna is an album by Siouxsie and the Banshees, released in 1984. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 44 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Dear Prudence”, on 36 lists with a best position of #20.
Hyæna, Siouxsie and the Banshees' sixth studio album, came out on 8 June 1984, and it has a borrowed star in the lineup: Robert Smith of the Cure, on guitar, making the only studio album he ever wrote and recorded with the band. Around him are the core of Siouxsie Sioux and bassist Steven Severin, with Budgie on drums.
It's a lush, dizzying record, psychedelic pop wrapped in gothic velvet. "Dazzle" opens it in widescreen, with a 27-piece string section, the Chandos Players drawn from LSO musicians, scored from a tune Siouxsie had written on piano, and "Swimming Horses" glides by like a fever dream. Their swirling take on "Dear Prudence" had already reached number 3 in Britain the previous autumn, and in America it was tacked onto the album, which went out on Geffen there and became the first Banshees record to break into the Billboard 200.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Hyæna on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dear Prudence | 36 | #20 | – | 1983–2026 | |
| 2 | Dazzle | 5 | #17 | – | 1984–2003 | |
| 3 | Swimming Horses | 3 | #326 | – | 1989–1994 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.