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Siouxsie and the Banshees

Spellbound

1981 · via Siouxsie and the Banshees

Siouxsie and the Banshees’ 1981 recording of “Spellbound” is the earliest release on file. Budgie, John McGeoch, Steven Severin and Siouxsie Sioux of Siouxsie and the Banshees are credited as its writers. Also recorded by Inkubus Sukkubus (released 1997), Leæther Strip (released 2011) and R. Missing (released 2023), among 25 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. It is on the album Juju (1981).

Siouxsie and the Banshees – Spellbound
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Duran Duran put Spellbound on tape in 2023, a long way from where the Banshees first cut it. Spin the two back to back and listen for what Siouxsie, Severin, McGeoch and Budgie built that a whole other band wanted to step inside.

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Credited writers: Budgie, John McGeoch, Steven Severin and Siouxsie Sioux.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1981.

On the album Juju (1981).

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25 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Siouxsie and the Banshees wrote "Spellbound" as a band. Which act, better known for its own hits, later recorded its own version of it?Duran Duran
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