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Dazzle
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Release Date:
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25 May 1984 Polydor
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Vocals:
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Guitars & Keyboards:
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Bass & Keyboards:
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Drums and Percussion:
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Producers:
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Siouxsie & the Banshees
Mike Hedges |
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Genre:
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Album Tracks:
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3
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Format:
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7" single, 12" single
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"Dazzle" is the second single from the 1984 Siouxsie and the Banshees album Hyæna. The song begins with a gradual fade-in of an orchestral strings section and progresses to a drum-driven, majestic anthem. The lyrics "swallowing diamonds/a cutting throat" came after watching the final scene of Marathon Man where Laurence Olivier puts diamonds in his mouth.[1] Sioux's vocals are accentuated by expansive reverb effects.
"Dazzle" climbed to number thirty-three on the UK singles chart and was Siouxsie & the Banshees' eleventh top-forty UK hit.