Song · Siouxsie and the Banshees
“Icon” by Siouxsie and the Banshees
From the album Join Hands (1979)
“Icon” by Siouxsie and the Banshees appears on 3 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1980 and 1982. It was first released in 1979 on the album Join Hands. Its best result is #40 on the John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (1981). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,461 alternative song of all time.
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"Icon" comes from Join Hands, the second album by Siouxsie and the Banshees, released by Polydor on 7 September 1979. It was never a single ("Playground Twist" was the only one the album yielded), but it's a document of the band's first recorded line-up: the music is credited to all four of them, Siouxsie Sioux, Steven Severin, John McKay and Kenny Morris, and the words to Severin alone.
Its home is a grim one. Join Hands drew its lyrical inspiration from the First World War, and it's a murkier record than the debut, The Scream, all close walls and ghosts. The quartet that made "Icon" didn't even survive the release: McKay and Morris walked out after a row at the start of the British tour, on the very day Join Hands came out.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 45 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (1980) | 50 |
| 1981 | 40 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (1981) | 50 |
| 1982 | 45 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (1982) | 50 |
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