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Siouxsie and the Banshees

Spellbound

1981 · via Siouxsie and the Banshees

Siouxsie and the Banshees recorded “Spellbound” in 1981. Siouxsie and the Banshees wrote it with Budgie, John McGeoch, Steven Severin and Siouxsie Sioux. This is the first recording of the song. Also recorded by Inkubus Sukkubus (1997), Leæther Strip (2011) and Alixandrea Corvyn (2016), among 25 recordings on file. It is on the album Juju (1981).

Siouxsie and the Banshees – Spellbound
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Put the Banshees' own "Spellbound" on first, then flip to Duran Duran taking their turn at it. The song kept pulling bands in for decades, from Inkubus Sukkubus to R. Missing, and that's where the thread picks up.

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Written by Siouxsie and the Banshees, Budgie, John McGeoch, Steven Severin and Siouxsie Sioux.

First recorded by Siouxsie and the Banshees in 1981: this is the first recording.

On the album Juju (1981).

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25 recordings of “Spellbound” on MusicBrainz in all.

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