It climbed to number 33 on the UK Singles Chart and was Siouxsie and the Banshees' 11th top 40 UK hit. "Dazzle" was released in a shorter and slightly different radio edit version on by Polydor Records as the second single from the band's sixth studio album, Hyæna. A section of the London Symphonic Orchestra then recorded it. The strings arrangements were scored by Martin McCarrick who would become an official member of the Banshees in 1987. The string section piece that opens the track was actually called "Baby Piano" (a rough piano demo and the finished string section version were both included as bonus tracks on the 2009 reissue of Hyæna). Siouxsie's vocals are accentuated by expansive reverb effects. The lyrics "swallowing diamonds/A cutting throat" were derived from the final scene of Marathon Man where Laurence Olivier puts diamonds in his mouth. The song begins with a gradual fade-in of an orchestral string section and progresses to a drum-driven, majestic anthem. It was released on by Polydor Records as the second single from their sixth studio album, Hyæna. " Dazzle" is a song by the English post-punk band Siouxsie and the Banshees. Lyricx to Siouxsie and the Banshees Tinderbox. Siouxsie and the Banshees singles chronology bibliogr, 84584, Biblography of Synthesizers, MIDI, Computer and Electronic Music (August 2, 1994).
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