Song · Siouxsie and the Banshees
“Dazzle” by Siouxsie and the Banshees
From the album Hyæna (1984)
“Dazzle” by Siouxsie and the Banshees appears on 5 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1984 and 2003. It was first released in 1984 on the album Hyæna. Its best result is #17 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1984. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #48 alternative song of 1984 and #2,960 alternative song of all time.
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"Dazzle", the second single from Siouxsie and the Banshees' sixth album Hyæna, came out on Polydor in 1984, and it makes a grand entrance: strings fading up out of silence before the drums kick in and the whole thing swells into a regal, pounding anthem. Those strings began life as a rough piano piece called "Baby Piano"; Martin McCarrick, who joined the Banshees officially in 1987, scored them, and a section of the London Symphony Orchestra played them.
This was the lineup with Robert Smith on guitar and keyboards alongside Steven Severin on bass and keys and Budgie on drums, and all four share the music credit. Siouxsie wrote the words, drawing on the final scene of Marathon Man, where Laurence Olivier stuffs diamonds into his mouth, and sings them drenched in cavernous reverb. Mike Hedges produced with the band.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 17 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1984 | 106 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 228 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) | 496 |
| 1991 | 536 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) | 1002 |
| 2002 | 992 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 404 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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