Song · Siouxsie and the Banshees
“Fear (of the Unknown)” by Siouxsie and the Banshees
From the album Superstition (1991)
“Fear (of the Unknown)” by Siouxsie and the Banshees appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1991 and 2003. It was first released in 1991 on the album Superstition. Its best result is #84 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1991. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #225 alternative song of 1991 and #4,879 alternative song of all time.
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"Fear (of the Unknown)" became the second single from Superstition, the Banshees' 10th studio album, late in 1991, with a twist: it came out only in America, the one Siouxsie and the Banshees single never issued back home in Britain. Stephen Hague produced it as a quick-stepping dance track pushed hard by Budgie's percussion, and Junior Vasquez then remixed it for the single, squaring it up into a straight four-on-the-floor house pulse.
Vertigo haunts the whole package: the sleeve nods to James Stewart's dream sequence in the Hitchcock film, and the video restages its dizzy free fall. DJs spun it relentlessly, lifting it to 6 on Billboard's Hot Dance/Disco chart, the band's biggest hit there, and it made 12 on Modern Rock Tracks. Nigel Godrich turns up among the assistant engineers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 84 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1991 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 713 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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