Dazzle (song)

"Dazzle"
Single by Siouxsie and the Banshees
from the album Hyæna reissued The Best of Siouxsie and the Banshees
B-side	"I Promise", "Throw Them to the Lions"
Released	25 May 1984
Format	7" single, 12" single
Recorded	1984
Genre	Post-punk
Label	Polydor
Writer(s)	Siouxsie & the Banshees
Producer	Siouxsie & the Banshees Mike Hedges
Siouxsie and the Banshees singles chronology
"Swimming Horses" (1984) "Dazzle" (1984) "Overground" (1984)

"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.

References

1. ^ Unsworth, Cathi. "Through the past, darkly". Melody Maker. 17 October 1992