Fireworks (Siouxsie and the Banshees song)
"Fireworks" | ||||
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Single by Siouxsie and the Banshees | ||||
B-side | "Coal Mind", "We Fall" | |||
Released | 21 May 1982 | |||
Format | 7" and 12" vinyl | |||
Recorded | 1982 | |||
Genre | Post-punk | |||
Label | Polydor | |||
Songwriter(s) | Susan Ballion, Peter Edward Clarke, John McGeoch and Steven Severin | |||
Producer(s) | Siouxsie and the Banshees | |||
Siouxsie and the Banshees singles chronology | ||||
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"Fireworks" is a song by British post-punk band Siouxsie and the Banshees, released as a stand-alone single in 1982 by record label Polydor in between the albums Juju (1981) and A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982).
History and release
"Fireworks" was released on 21 May 1982 by Polydor Records. It peaked at number 22 in the UK Singles Chart.[1] Recorded in spring 1982, it was the first collaboration of the Banshees with sound engineer Mike Hedges whom would become their co-producer on several records; Hedges had previously worked with Siouxsie and Budgie on the Creatures ' debut EP, 1981's Wild Things. "Fireworks" was the first song for which the group incorporated strings arrangements.
The single was the opening track of the 1992 compilation Twice Upon a Time: The Singles and also appeared on the 2009 remastered version of A Kiss in the Dreamhouse. An early studio version produced by Nigel Gray, was included in the bonus tracks of the remastered cd version of Juju.
References
- ↑ Johns, Brian (1989). Entranced: The Siouxsie and the Banshees Story. Omnibus Press. p. 94. ISBN 0-7119-1773-6.