Stargazer (song)

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"Stargazer"
"Stargazer" cover
Single by Siouxsie & the Banshees
from the album The Rapture
B-side(s) "Hang Me High", "Black Sun"
Released 1995
Format 7" single, 12" single, CD single
Recorded 1995
Genre Pop / Alternative rock
Label Polydor Records
Writer(s) Siouxsie & the Banshees
Producer(s) Siouxsie & the Banshees
Chart positions
  • #64 UK
Siouxsie & the Banshees singles chronology
"O Baby"
(1992)
"Stargazer"
(1995)

"Stargazer" is a song written, produced and recorded by English rock band Siouxsie & the Banshees. It was released as the second single from the band's eleventh studio album The Rapture. To date it is the final single released from the band.

The track is an uptempo, guitar-driven pop tune. It was remixed slightly for its single release, bringing the guitar elements further forward in the mix. Club remixes were produced by Juno Reactor. Lyrically the song casts Siouxsie Sioux as a dreamer who looks up at the stars and wishes for a better life and to "escape this straight-jacket of constraint".

"Stargazer" did not chart in the United States. It peaked at number sixty-four in the UK singles chart. Shortly after the release of this single, Siouxsie & the Banshees disbanded, leaving Siouxsie Sioux and Budgie to direct their priorities to their side-project The Creatures.

[edit] Charts

Chart (1995) Peak
position
U.K. Singles Chart 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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The Creatures | The Glove | Bromley Contingent