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
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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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