Song · Siouxsie and the Banshees
“Face To Face” by Siouxsie and the Banshees
Released 1992
“Face To Face” by Siouxsie and the Banshees appears on 14 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1992 and 2005. It was first released in 1992. Its best result is #15 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1992. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #59 alternative song of 1992 and #2,697 alternative song of all time.
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Tim Burton wanted Siouxsie and the Banshees for the main song of Batman Returns, and "Face to Face" is what they gave him: written with Danny Elfman, produced by Stephen Hague, and heard in the 1992 film and on its soundtrack. It's a slinky, shadowy thing, all velvet menace and slow-burning glamour.
Released in July 1992, it made the singles charts in Britain and across Europe. America was another story. Friction between Warner Bros.' film people and its record label held it back until a few weeks after the movie opened, and even then it came out only on cassette, since Geffen, the band's American label, never got the license.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 60 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1992 | 107 |
| 1992 | 64 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1992 | 91 |
| 1992 | 15 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1992 | 105 |
| 1992 | 60 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1992 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 430 | Live 105 | Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) | 500 |
| 1999 | 1616 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1616 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1616 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1608 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2002 | 808 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1602 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2003 | 556 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2004 | 1602 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1600 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
Also listed as: Face to Face.
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