THE RAPTURE ERA SINGLES

Includes scans of 7", 10", 12" singles, cassettes, CDs, promos, imports, limited editions and adverts.  Also includes track listings, catalogue numbers, release dates, chart positions, credits, liner notes and reviews.


 

O BABY

 

SINGLE

 
   
  UK 7" Single Track Listing  
 
 
  O Baby 7" Single Front Cover - Click Here For Full Scan 
Cat:  SHE22 
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O Baby
B Side Ourselves
 
  UK CD Single 1 Track Listing  
 
 
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Cat:  SHECD22
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O Baby
B Side Ourselves
O Baby (Manhattan Mix)
 
  UK CD Single 2 Track Listing  
 
 
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Cat:  SHEDD22
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O Baby
Swimming Horses (Live)
All Tomorrow's Parties (Live)
 
  UK Cassingle Track Listing  
 
 
  O Baby Cassingle Front Cover - Click Here For Full Scan 
Cat:  SHECS 22
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O Baby
B Side Ourselves
 
  Released: 28/12/94  
  UK Chart: No. 34  
  US Chart: Didn't Chart  
  Sleeve Design: Vichi Design/Banshees  
  Producer: A Side: John Cale  
  Producer: B Sides: Banshees  
       

 

IMPORTS/PROMOS

 
 
  US Import Promo CD Single Track Listing  
 
 
  O Baby US Import Promo CD Single Front Cover - Click Here For Full Scan 
Cat:  PRO-CD-4708
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O Baby
 
  US Import Cassingle Track Listing  
 
 
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O Baby
B Side Ourselves
 
       

 

PRESS

 
 
  Select 02/95  
 
 
  O Baby Advert - Click Here For Bigger ScanThe happy theme continues with a new Siouxsie and the Banshees record, produced by John Cale. "O Baby" (Polydor) is a chiming, almost '91-style dance-crossover affair. It's got glorious jangles and a breakbeat. Dale's very excited. He almost forgets to smoke.

"I first saw Siouxsie & The Banshees in the Marquee days when I was punkish," he smirks. "And I always thought Siouxsie would be a big pop star. This will be a hit--I'm putting my reputation on the line here! It's got a great guitar. Well done, Siouxsie, welcome back! You have been missed. 

Dale Winton

 
 


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  Description:  
  The band:  Siouxsie Sioux.  The only video in the Banshees cannon that features Siouxsie only.  On location in Flagstaff, Arizona, Siouxsie is filmed taking part in a 'real' Beauty Pageant, filmed the day after Siouxsie attended her mother's funeral.  The video is unique in that it involves no lip synching.  The girls taking part in the pageant range in age from approximately 4 to 15 years old.  The video is a mixture of both black and white and colour footage.  The girls preen and pamper themselves, Siouxsie included, before they perform for the judges and take part in an interview.  Siouxsie is seen in both a long blond wig and a long red wig.  In her dressing room Siouxsie has a diva moment, smears the mirror with lipstick, pulls her wig off, and runs down the corridor before taking first prize in the competition.  The video was directed by John Hillcoat, renowned film maker, who's first feature was 'Ghosts Of The Civil Dead'.  
     
  Director:  
  John Hillcoat  
     
  Availability:  
  Not commercially available  
     

 

CREDITS

     
  O Baby Lyrics  
 
 
 

The cracks in the ground
Grin up at me
Even the creases in my shoes
Smile up at me
Thought it would end
In tragedy
But I'm swimming around
In your glory

O baby
O maybe
I'm the lost and found

Look at the stars
They're raining down
Even these jewels
Want to kiss your crown
Don't be afraid
It's just your face
Has that effect
On heavens'
Treasure case

O baby
O maybe
You're a paragon

I haven't felt this way before
Impossible to ask for more
Unanswered prayers that went before
Lie like leaves upon the floor

Hang all the world
And universe
When I'm with you
They always seem perverse
I'm in a state
Of weightlessness
When I inhale
Your angel breath

O baby
O maybe
I'm the lost and found

 
     
  O Baby Credits  
     
 

Sioux - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Severin - Bass
Klein - Guitar
Budgie - Drums & Percussion
McCarrick - Keyboards

 
     

 


     
  B Side Ourselves Lyrics  
 
 
 

Release the angels
Go on release them
Rose petal squadrons
The bees are swarming
Warming your cold skin

Such a womanly man
Such a boyish girl
Clutching at strings
Of blackened pearls
Warming your cold sting

Didn't they teach you anything at all?
Something's not better than nothing at all
B side ourselves
B side ourselves
B side ourselves

Now you belong
Where we belong
Into the landslide
Clandestine beside the real world

Raw senses bring us beside ourselves
Instincts to guide us through this foggy world
We're beside ourselves
B side ourselves
B side ourselves

B side
B side
B side
B side ourselves
B side ourselves
B side ourselves

 
     
  B Side Ourselves Credits  
     
 

Sioux - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice & Guitar
Severin - Bass
Klein - Picked Acoustic & Electric Drill Guitar
Budgie - Acoustic Riff Guitar & Drums
McCarrick - Cello

 
     

 


     
  Swimming Horses Lyrics  
 
 
 

Falling in your
Falling in your
In your arms
In your arms
Fish on a line learns to live on
Dry land
Thrown back again to drown

Kinder with poison
Than pushed down a well
Or a face burnt to hell
Feel the cruel stones
Breaking her bones

Dead before born
Words fall in ruins
But no sound
She's dying of your shame
She's maimed by your pain

He gives birth to swimming horses
He gives birth to swimming horses

Fish on a line
But back in the water to drown
We drown
Floating in sky

He gives birth to swimming horses
He gives birth to swimming horses

Take a ride on the tide
With the assassin at your side
This weightlessness under water
Forgets in slow motion
And washes pointless tortures

He gives birth to swimming horses
He gives birth to swimming horses

Floating in sky like fishes can fly
Through your arms

 
     
  Swimming Horses Credits  
     
 

Sioux - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Severin - Bass
Klein - Guitar
Budgie - Drums & Percussion
McCarrick - Keyboards

 
     
  Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment  
     
  Based on a episode from a series called 20/20 Vision Siouxsie saw about a female version of amnesty, called 'Les Sentinelle'.  "They rescue women who are trapped in certain religious climates in the Middle East, religions that view any kind of pre-marital sexual aspersion as punishable by death - either by the hand of the eldest brother, or by public stoning".  (Siouxsie)  Source:  Melody Maker 17/10/92.  
     

 


     
  All Tomorrow's Parties Lyrics  
 
 
 

And what costume shall the poor girl wear
To all tomorrow's parties
A hand-me-down dress from who knows where
To all tomorrow's parties

And where will she go and what shall she do
When midnight comes around
She'll turn once more to Sunday's clown
And cry behind the door

And what costume shall the poor girl wear
To all tomorrow's parties
Why silks and linens of yesterday's gowns
To all tomorrow's parties

And what will she do with Thursday's rags
When Monday comes around
She'll turn once more to Sunday's clown
And cry behind the door

And what costume shall the poor girl wear
To all tomorrow's parties
For Thursday's child is Sunday's clown
For whom none will go mourning

A blackened shroud, a hand-me-down gown
Of rags and silks, a costume
Fit for one who sits and cries
For all tomorrow's parties

 
     
  All Tomorrow's Parties Credits  
     
 

Lou Reed - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Severin - Bass
Klein - Guitar
Budgie - Drums & Percussion
McCarrick - Keyboards

 
     

 

STARGAZER

 

SINGLE

 
 
  UK 7" Single  Track Listing  
 
 
  Stargazer 7" Single Front Cover - Click Here For Full Scan 
Cat:  SHE23
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Stargazer
Hang Me High
 
  UK Digipak CD Single  Track Listing  
 
 
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Cat:  SHECD 23
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Stargazer
Hang Me High
Black Sun
 
  Notes: Available in limited edition fold out digipak

 

 
  UK CD Single 2  Track Listing  
 
 
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Cat:  SHEDD23
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Stargazer
Stargazer (Mambo Sun Mix)*
Stargazer (Planet Queen Mix)*
Stargazer (Mark Saunders Mix)+
 
  Notes: * Mixed by Juno Reactor
+ Mixed by Mark Saunders

 

 
  UK Cassingle  Track Listing  
 
 
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Cat:  SHECS 23
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Stargazer
Hang Me High
 
  Released: 06/02/95  
  UK Chart: No. 64  
  US Chart: Didn't Chart  
  Sleeve Design: Vichi/Banshees  
  Producer: Banshees  
       

 

PRESS

 
 
     
 
 
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  Description:  
  The band:  Siouxsie Sioux, Steven Severin, Budgie.  Both Martin McCarrick and John Klein are absent.  Filmed within the confines of the Pump Room, Rotherhithe.  The video is a fairly straight forward band performance, although the setting gives the illusion of it being for a private members club, designed by Rebecca Horn.  Siouxsie is kitted out like a Kabuki style Elvis.  The band perform whilst the club members dance, one of whom is Saffron, lead singer from band Republica.  The instrumental passage includes footage of mocked up newspaper headlines commented on the future of the band members.  Last video the Banshees filmed.  
     
  Director:  
  John Hillcoat  
     
  Availability:  
  The Best Of (Sound & Vision) DVD  
     

 

CREDITS

     
  Stargazer Lyrics  
 
 
 

Been thinking how to escape?
This strait jacket of constraint
Been thinking what can be wrong?
With feelings that long to belong

Stargazing me
In an upside down sea

So weary
This strait jacket dreamer
So resigned
To continue to suffer
But you've learnt
That as you grow weaker
There's less hurt
Because there's much less to hurt

Stargazing me
In a tumbling sea
Up in the galaxy
Staring down on me

Stargazer
Reach out to touch
With your mind
That frees you so much
Stargazer
Kissing your kismet
With bright jewel
Encrusted scars

Stargazing me
In tranquility
Up in the galaxy
Staring down on me

 
     
  Stargazer Credits  
     
 

Sioux - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Severin - Bass
Klein - Guitar
Budgie - Drums & Percussion
McCarrick - Keyboards

 
     

 


     
  Hang Me High Lyrics  
 
 
 

Set me up with the bells in the tower
And beat them hour after hour
Do the bonds that seal your lips
Intone the penance as you slip

Into another night of bleeding flowers?
And in that final sinful moment
Were you just seeking love’s pretender?

Does loss of loss become the gain?
Empires stagger on words profane
The voice of blood cries out
Exaltation - exaltation!

Hang me high

Take this halo and bury it deep
Take this head and put it to sleep
Take this breast and bone to keep
Take this sword and leap

Hang me high

Burn body burn and throw it away
With the ashes of some forgotten saint
With some forgotten martyr - sweet believer
Take me take me and sleep take me keep some

Do not weep - do not weep

Hang me high

 
     
  Hang Me High Credits  
     
 

Budgie - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Severin - Bass
Klein - Guitar
Budgie - Drums
McCarrick - Keyboards

 
     
  Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment  
     
  A newspaper story about the stigmata marks of a young Italian girl and her ordeal at the hands of the Catholic Church.  Source:  Downside Up liner notes.  
     

 


     
  Black Sun Lyrics  
 
 
 

Uh oh here it comes and I'm struck twice
By Lightening bolts straight out the blue
Like a storm of steel inside of me
An elemental hymn of sorcery

Uh oh here it comes and I'm bewitched
By creeping claw from volcano core
Searching out my dormant head
I feel an ugly head start to rear

Black sun deep as emptiness
Black sun beyond the skies

Uh oh here it comes and I'm possessed
There's no refuse no shelter here
For all the urges I'd thought interred
No sanctuary no none are spared

Black sun spirits deranged
Black sun beyond the skies

Once more demons plunge
Back to shadows stain
And leave my nerves full drunk on blood
'Til just this mist of sound remains

Uh oh here it comes my black sun
Uh oh here it comes my black sun
Uh oh here it comes my black sun
Uh oh here it comes my black sun

 
     
  Black Sun Credits  
     
 

Severin - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Severin - Bass
Klein - Guitar
Budgie - Drums
McCarrick - Keyboards

 
     
  Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment  
     
  The song title comes from the biography of the same name  of American poet Harry Crosby.  A song concerning the dark cloud of depression.  Source:  Downside Up liner notes