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The song (and the album) was representative of Siouxsie and the Banshees' more elaborate and experimental musical direction at the time. The overtones of the song were accentuated by a string section, including ]s and a ]. ] later described "Slowdive" as "a violin-colored ] beat number" with "a catchy melodic hook".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-kiss-in-the-dreamhouse-mw0000318861 |title=''A Kiss in the Dreamhouse'' – Siouxsie and the Banshees {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits |last=Cleary |first=David |publisher=] |access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/slowdive-mt0005486942 |title=Slowdive – Siouxsie and the Banshees {{!}} Listen, Appearances, Song Review|last=Mason |first=Stewart |publisher=] |access-date=7 July 2015}}</ref> '']'''s music critic Dave Simpson deemed it one of the band's very best recordings, noting that it "sounds like the lid being slowly released on a pressure cooker, as the band emerge from the black and flit from suspense to sensuality. They change course again musically, too, switching from brooding rock to ]".<ref name="Simpson">{{cite news |last=Simpson |first=Dave |date=29 October 2014 |title=Siouxsie and the Banshees: 10 of the best |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/29/siouxsie-and-the-banshees-10-of-the-best |newspaper=] |location=London |access-date=15 November 2016 }}</ref> '']'' wrote: "Siouxsie hits the dance floor in "Slowdive", tapping into the krautrock power groove of bands like Can".<ref name="RS 1982">{{cite magazine|last= Sheffield|first= Rob|date= September 27, 2022|title=100 Best Songs of 1982|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-1982-1234592830/|access-date=September 9, 2023|magazine=]}}</ref> |
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The song (and the album) was representative of Siouxsie and the Banshees' more elaborate and experimental musical direction at the time. The overtones of the song were accentuated by a string section, including ]s and a ]. ] later described "Slowdive" as "a violin-colored ] beat number" with "a catchy melodic hook".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-kiss-in-the-dreamhouse-mw0000318861 |title=''A Kiss in the Dreamhouse'' – Siouxsie and the Banshees <nowiki>| Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |</nowiki> AllMusic |last=Cleary |first=David |website=] |access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/slowdive-mt0005486942 |title=Slowdive – Siouxsie and the Banshees <nowiki>| Listen, Appearances, Song Review |</nowiki> AllMusic |last=Mason |first=Stewart |website=] |access-date=7 July 2015}}</ref> '']'''s music critic Dave Simpson deemed it one of the band's very best recordings, noting that it "sounds like the lid being slowly released on a pressure cooker, as the band emerge from the black and flit from suspense to sensuality. They change course again musically, too, switching from brooding rock to psychedelic pop".<ref name=Simpson>{{Cite news |last=Simpson |first=Dave |date=29 October 2014 |title=Siouxsie and the Banshees: 10 of the best |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/29/siouxsie-and-the-banshees-10-of-the-best |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=15 November 2016 }}</ref> |
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"Slowdive" was released on 1 October 1982 by record label ]. The song just missed becoming a top 40 hit, peaking at number 41 in the ].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/17098/siouxsie-and-the-banshees/ |title=Siouxsie & the Banshees |publisher=] |access-date=29 April 2013}}</ref> |
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"Slowdive" was released on 1 October 1982 by record label ]. The song just missed becoming a top 40 hit, peaking at number 41 in the ].<ref name="UK charts">{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/17098/SIOUXSIE-AND-THE-BANSHEES |title=Siouxsie & the Banshees |work=] |access-date=29 April 2013}}</ref> |
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The song's release on 12" vinyl included an extended version (which would be released on the expanded, remastered edition of ''A Kiss in the Dreamhouse'' in 2009) and an instrumental version of the third track on ''Dreamhouse'', "Obsession", titled "Obsession II". |
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The song's release on 12" vinyl included an extended version (which would be released on the expanded, remastered edition of ''A Kiss in the Dreamhouse'' in 2009) and an instrumental version of the third track on ''Dreamhouse'', "Obsession", titled "Obsession II". |
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The music video was directed by Clive Richardson and filmed in a hangar at the Isle of Dogs, London. The video is a performance video and shows the band in a large room lit up with a variety of concert-style spotlights. Siouxsie is shown swinging on a large trapeze while the other members of the band perform a dance routine on the floor below her. The dance routines were choreographed by Ginette Landray.<ref>{{cite web|title=A Kiss In The Dreamhouse Singles|url=http://www.thebansheesandothercreatures.co.uk/akissinthedreamhousesingles.htm|access-date=23 February 2023|publisher=thebansheesandothercreatures.co.uk}}</ref> |
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==Legacy== |
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The title of the song inspired the name of the band ] in the early 1990s, as later confirmed by the latter's members in interviews.<ref>{{cite web|last=Eisenhardt |first=Asa |url=http://whenthesunhitsblog.blogspot.com/2014/08/wtsh-interviews-neil-halstead-simon.html |title=WTSH interviews with Neil Halstead and Simon Scoot of Slowdive |publisher=When the sun hits |date=1 August 2014 |access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Strutt |url=https://pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Article/7344/Slowdive-Interview |publisher= Pennyblackmusic.co.uk |title=Slowdive interview |date=24 February 2014 |access-date= 1 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722122452/https://pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Article/7344/Slowdive-Interview |archive-date=22 July 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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The title of the song inspired the name of the band ] in the early 1990s, as later confirmed by the latter's members in interviews.<ref>{{cite web|last=Eisenhardt |first=Asa |url=http://whenthesunhitsblog.blogspot.com/2014/08/wtsh-interviews-neil-halstead-simon.html |title=WTSH interviews with Neil Halstead and Simon Scoot of Slowdive |publisher=When the sun hits |date=1 August 2014 |access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Strutt |url=https://pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Article/7344/Slowdive-Interview |publisher= Pennyblackmusic.co.uk |title=Slowdive interview |date=24 February 2014 |access-date= 1 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722122452/https://pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Article/7344/Slowdive-Interview |archive-date=22 July 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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"Slowdive" was covered by ] in January 2005 for an ] radio session and was also released as the ] of their "]" single. “Slowdive” was a consistent part of LCD Soundsystem's live set in 2005, serving as the show closer.<ref>{{cite web|date=15 February 2005|title=JULIETTE LICKS IT|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/juliette-and-the-licks-7-1367129|access-date=30 November 2011|website=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Doran|first=John|date=5 January 2016|title=Disco Infiltrated: An Early LCD Soundsystem Interview|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/19494-lcd-soundsystem-interview-james-murphy|access-date=5 January 2016|website=]}}</ref> |
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"Slowdive" was covered by ] in January 2005 for an ] radio session and was also released as the ] of their "]" single. “Slowdive” was a consistent part of LCD Soundsystem's live set in 2005, serving as the show closer.<ref>. ''nme.com''. 15 February 2005. Retrieved 30 November 2011. LCD Soundsystem tore through a set which opened with ’Beat Connection’ and included ’Daft Punk Is Playing At My House’ as well as a cover of ’Jump Into The Fire’ by Nilsson and ’Slowdive’ by Siouxsie and The Banshees.</ref><ref>Doran, John. ''Soundsystem And Vision''. July 2005. now reproduced as thequietus.com. retrieved 5 January 2016. "After a jaw dropping set that ended on a cover of Siouxsie and the Banshees’ ‘Slowdive’, one thing is fairly certain: Leeds’ relatively small Cockpit venue..."</ref> |
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The song (and the album) was representative of Siouxsie and the Banshees' more elaborate and experimental musical direction at the time. The overtones of the song were accentuated by a string section, including violins and a cello. AllMusic later described "Slowdive" as "a violin-colored dance beat number" with "a catchy melodic hook". The Guardian's music critic Dave Simpson deemed it one of the band's very best recordings, noting that it "sounds like the lid being slowly released on a pressure cooker, as the band emerge from the black and flit from suspense to sensuality. They change course again musically, too, switching from brooding rock to psychedelic pop".
The song's release on 12" vinyl included an extended version (which would be released on the expanded, remastered edition of A Kiss in the Dreamhouse in 2009) and an instrumental version of the third track on Dreamhouse, "Obsession", titled "Obsession II".
