Face to Face (single)

Face to Face
Release Date:	July 13, 1992 Warner Bros. Records
Vocals:	Siouxsie
Guitars:	Jon Klein
Bass:	Steven Severin
Drums and Percussion:	Budgie
Album Tracks:	4
Lyrics:	Danny Elfman, Siouxsie Sioux
Genre:	Alternative rock
Format:	7" single, 12" single
Producers:	Stephen Hague, Danny Elfman

"Face to Face" is a song recorded by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was composed by the Banshees along with Danny Elfman and was produced by Stephen Hague. The track was featured in the 1992 film, Batman Returns, and included on its soundtrack. Elfman also composed the score for the film. The track also appears on the band 1992's compilation album Twice Upon a Time: The Singles and remastered in 2002 for The Best of Siouxsie and the Banshees.

At its release in single, the Stud Brothers wrote in the Melody Maker, : "it's a slow, heavily orchestral & sensuously tense piece with Siouxsie first tapt, then cracked and finally spiralling off into the ether".

The song features strings which build to a dramatic conclusion. Thanks to Danny Elfman's involvement the song features elements from his score to the film. Lyrically the song makes indirect references to Batman Returns characters Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle. "Face to Face" is heard in the film during a ballroom scene in which the characters are dancing together, not realizing that, as their alter-egos (Batman and Catwoman), they are enemies. The lyrics reflect the characters' conflict ("...Cheek to cheek / the bitter sweet / commit your crime / in your deadly time / It's too divine / I want to bend / I want this bliss / but something says I must resist..."). At one point Siouxsie can be heard purring like a cat, a reference to Catwoman.

"Face to Face" peaked at number twenty-one in the UK singles chart. It also performed well on American alternative rock radio, where the single peaked at number seven on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart. Remixes of "Face to Face" were produced by 808 State.

Track listing

UK 7" single

1. "Face to Face"
2. "I Could be Again"

• also released on cassette

UK 12" Picture Disc Single

1. "Face to Face" (Catatonic Mix)°
2. "I Could Be Again"
3. "Hothead"

UK cd single (Available as a limited edition foldout digipak)

1. "Face To Face"
2. "I Could Be Again"
3. "Hothead"
4. "Face To Face" (Catatonic Mix)°

°(Mixed by 808 State)

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
UK singles chart	21
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	7
Swedish Singles Chart	23