The Staircase (Mystery)

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"The Staircase (Mystery)"
"The Staircase (Mystery)" cover
Single by Siouxsie & the Banshees
from the album Once Upon a Time: The Singles and The Scream (reissue)
B-side(s) "20th Century Boy"
Released March 23, 1979
Format 7" single
Recorded 1978
Genre Punk rock
Length 03:06
Label Polydor
Writer(s) Sioux / Severin / McKay / Morris
Producer(s) Nils Stevesson
Chart positions
  • #24 (UK)
Siouxsie & the Banshees singles chronology
"Hong Kong Garden"
(1978)
"The Staircase (Mystery)"
(1978)
"Playground Twist"
(1979)

"The Staircase (Mystery)" is the second single released by English rock band Siouxsie & the Banshees. Issued in the UK by Polydor Records in 1979, the track was written by Banshees members Siouxsie Sioux, Steven Severin, John McKay and Kenny Morris and produced by Nils Stevesson. Musically the song is punk rock and reflects the style the band used on their debut album The Scream.

Although The Scream had already been released, "The Staircase (Mystery)" did not appear on it. Released as a stand-alone single, it became the group's second top forty hit, peaking at number twenty-four in the UK singles chart. The track later surfaced on the singles compilation album Once Upon a Time: The Singles. When The Scream was re-mastered and re-issued in 2005 with bonus material, "The Staircase (Mystery)" was included in the package.

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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