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Arabian Knights

The second and last single from Juju, rebuilt by McGeoch from a waltz Siouxsie wrote on a Vox Teardrop guitar.
Siouxsie And The Banshees, from Juju (1981)

Written by
Siouxsie Sioux, Steven Severin, Budgie, John McGeoch
Released
1981
Album
Juju

Arabian Knights was released by Polydor on 24 July 1981 as the second and final single from Juju and reached number 32 in the UK. The B-side was Supernatural Thing, a Ben E. King song from his 1975 album Supernatural, and the 12-inch added Congo Conga. McGeoch transformed a tune that Siouxsie had written on a Vox Teardrop guitar, originally in waltz rhythm.

Siouxsie said it was quite a thrill to get the word orifices on the radio. The Guardian called the song and Spellbound pop marvels, and Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins chose it for a BBC radio playlist in December 2014. Paul Roland covered it on his 1992 album Strychnine, Icky Blossoms released it as a single in 2013, and Las Aves played it for French television in 2014.

Covers and versions

More songs by Siouxsie And The Banshees

Hong Kong Garden, Happy House, Spellbound, Dear Prudence, Kiss Them for Me

Sources

  1. Arabian Knights (song), Wikipedia
  2. 1000 albums to hear before you die: S, The Guardian (2007-11-21)