“Song from the Edge of the World” by Siouxsie and the Banshees

"Song from the Edge of the World" was a stand-alone Siouxsie and the Banshees single from 1987, a song the band had been carrying around for a while. They'd demoed it back in the Tinderbox days with John Valentine Carruthers on guitar, played it live for the first time at the WOMAD Festival in July 1986, and cut it for a Janice Long session at the BBC that January before finally nailing the single version in late May and early June 1987, with newcomers Jon Klein on guitar and Martin McCarrick on keyboards.

It's a fast, surging thing, pushed hard by Budgie's drums and percussion, with Siouxsie Sioux singing Steven Severin's words over Severin's bass. The band produced it themselves. Left off every album, it didn't turn up on a compilation until 2002, tucked away as a 12-inch mix on a limited-edition bonus disc of The Best of Siouxsie and the Banshees.

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