Dear Prudence

The Banshees released their version of the Beatles song on 23 September 1983. The idea came from Siouxsie while the band toured Scandinavia and listened to the Beatles. Budgie said they chose it because it was the one White Album song Robert Smith knew, and Severin said it appealed because John Lennon's version sounds a bit unfinished. They recorded it at a studio in Stockholm in July 1983 and completed it at Angel Recording Studios in north London, where Smith's sister Janet added a harpsichord part. The B-side was Tattoo.

It reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart, their biggest UK hit, and was kept from the top by Culture Club's Karma Chameleon. The band played it on the Christmas Top of the Pops. Siouxsie said quite a lot of people thought it was their original. The Banshees had already covered a second White Album song, Helter Skelter, on The Scream. The single was added only to the US edition of the album Hyaena.