Swimming Horses

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"Swimming Horses"
Single by Siouxsie & the Banshees
from the album Hyæna
B-side(s)	"Let Go", "The Humming Wires"
Released	March 16, 1984
Format	7" single, 12" single
Recorded	1984
Genre	Gothic rock
Label	Polydor
Writer(s)	Siouxsie & the Banshees
Producer(s)	Siouxsie & the Banshees Mike Hedges
Chart positions
#28 (UK)
Siouxsie & the Banshees singles chronology
"Dear Prudence" (1983)	"Swimming Horses" (1984)	"Dazzle" (1984)

"Swimming Horses" is a song written and recorded by English rock band Siouxsie & the Banshees. It was co-produced with Mike Hedges and was released as the second single from the band's sixth studio album Hyæna.

The song is gothic rock in style with a jaunty, piano-driven melody and odd time signature. Released as a single in 1984, "Swimming Horses" peaked at number twenty-eight in the UK singles chart.

Siouxsie & the Banshees
Siouxsie Sioux | Steven Severin | Budgie Knox Chandler | John Valentine Carruthers | Peter Fenton | Jon Klein | Martin McCarrick | John McGeoch | John McKay | Kenny Morris | Marco Pirroni | Robert Smith | Sid Vicious
Siouxsie & the Banshees discography
Studio albums and extended plays: The Scream | Join Hands | Kaleidoscope | Juju | A Kiss in the Dreamhouse | Hyæna | The Thorn EP | Tinderbox | Through the Looking Glass | Peepshow | Superstition | The Rapture
Compilations: Once Upon a Time: The Singles | Twice Upon a Time: The Singles | The Best of Siouxsie & the Banshees | Downside Up
Live Albums: Nocturne | Seven Year Itch
Peel Sessions: Voices on the Air: The Peel Sessions
Singles: Hong Kong Garden | The Staircase (Mystery) | Playground Twist | Mittageisen / Love in a Void | Happy House | Christine | Israel | Spellbound | Arabian Knights | Fireworks | Slowdive | Melt! | Dear Prudence | Swimming Horses | Dazzle | Overground | Cities in Dust | Candyman | This Wheel's on Fire | The Passenger | Song from the Edge of the World | Peek-a-Boo | The Killing Jar | The Last Beat of My Heart | Kiss Them for Me | Shadowtime | Fear (of the Unknown) | Face to Face | O Baby | Stargazer
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