Spellbound (song)

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"Spellbound"
"Spellbound" cover
Single by Siouxsie & the Banshees
from the album Juju
B-side(s) "Follow the Sun", "Slap Dash Snap"
Released May 22, 1981
Format 7" single, 12" single
Recorded 1981
Genre Gothic rock
Length 03:18
Label Polydor
Writer(s) Siouxsie & the Banshees
Producer(s) Nigel Gray
Siouxsie & the Banshees
Chart positions
  • #22 (UK)
Siouxsie & the Banshees singles chronology
"Israel"
(1981)
"Spellbound"
(1981)
"Arabian Knights"
(1981)

"Spellbound" is a song recorded by English rock band Siouxsie & the Banshees in 1981. The track was written by the Banshees and co-produced with Nigel Gray. It was the first single released from the Banshees' fourth album Juju.

"Spellbound" is most notable for the strong drumming rhythm that carries the song, courtesy of Budgie, who had recently joined the band as their new percussionist. The single peaked at number twenty-two on the UK singles chart in 1981. The 12-inch extended version of the song appeared on compact disc for the first time when it was included on the bonus disc of the 2003 retrospective The Best of Siouxsie & the Banshees.

[edit] Charts

Chart (1991) Peak
position
U.K. Singles Chart 22
U.S. Club Play Singles 64
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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