The track was produced by the band's manager Nils Stevenson and Mike Stavrou, a recording engineer on T. Rex's final album, Dandy in the Underworld (1977).
Content
"Playground Twist" features a 3/4 time signature, which is unusual for rock music. The pacing of the song gives it a childlike (i.e. "playground") feel (along with references to childhood nursery rhymes), although the lyrics provide a much more sinister picture.
Critical reception
NME's Roy Carr hailed the single and wrote: "If Ingmar Bergman produced records, they might sound like this. The listener is immediately engulfed in a maelstrom of whirling sound punctuated by the ominous tolling of church bells, phased guitars, thundering percussion, a surreal alto sax and the wail of Siouxsie's voice. It demands to be played repeatedly at the threshold-of-pain volume to elicit its full nightmarish quality".
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Playground Twist (Official Music Video)
Official Music Video by Siouxsie And The Banshees performing 'Playground Twist'.
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Lyrics Below:
Hanging
Hanging
Hanging
Hanging from your daisy chains
Swinging in the trees
Running from your enemies
And falling on your knees
And falling on your knees
On your knees
On your knees
Get down on your knees
Throw the dice
You three blind mice
Did you ever see
Such a thing in your life
You swallow the trail
But still arrive
Inside your entrails
Hanging
Hanging
Hanging
Hanging out at party games
...
published: 30 Sep 2022
SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES - Playground Twist
published: 10 Jul 2013
Playground Twist [John Peel 9/4/79]
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Playground Twist [John Peel 9/4/79] · Siouxsie And The Banshees
At The BBC
℗ 1979 BBC
Released on: 2009-01-01
Composer Lyricist: Kenny Morris
Composer Lyricist: Steven Severin
Composer Lyricist: Siouxsie Sioux
Composer Lyricist: John McKay
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published: 15 Aug 2018
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Playground Twist (1979) (Stereo)
published: 03 May 2021
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Playground Twist (Top of the Pops 12th July 1979)
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published: 25 Jan 2022
Siouxsie and the banshees - Playground Twist (Lyrics Eng / Legendado Pt-br
published: 13 Mar 2019
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Playground Twist (Peel Session)
Playground Twist by Siouxsie and the Banshees, taken from the Peel Session recorded on 9 April 1979.
published: 08 Jul 2019
Playground Twist by Siouxsie and the Banshees
published: 01 Mar 2018
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Playground Twist
This is a piece of film work directed by Piers Bedford in 1979, along with some of the 150 music promos of the 1960s & 70s with some commercials, documentaries, etc from 1960s to 2000. PiersBedfordMedia holds no copyright to this video, we only hope to share an experience created through a career.
Official Music Video by Siouxsie And The Banshees performing 'Playground Twist'.
NOW AVAILABLE IN HD
Listen to Siouxsie And The Banshees: https://SiouxsieAndT...
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group
Playground Twist [John Peel 9/4/79] · Siouxsie And The Banshees
At The BBC
℗ 1979 BBC
Released on: 2009-01-01
...
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group
Playground Twist [John Peel 9/4/79] · Siouxsie And The Banshees
At The BBC
℗ 1979 BBC
Released on: 2009-01-01
Composer Lyricist: Kenny Morris
Composer Lyricist: Steven Severin
Composer Lyricist: Siouxsie Sioux
Composer Lyricist: John McKay
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group
Playground Twist [John Peel 9/4/79] · Siouxsie And The Banshees
At The BBC
℗ 1979 BBC
Released on: 2009-01-01
Composer Lyricist: Kenny Morris
Composer Lyricist: Steven Severin
Composer Lyricist: Siouxsie Sioux
Composer Lyricist: John McKay
Auto-generated by YouTube.
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This is a piece of film work directed by Piers Bedford in 1979, along with some of the 150 music promos of the 1960s & 70s with some commercials, documentaries,...
This is a piece of film work directed by Piers Bedford in 1979, along with some of the 150 music promos of the 1960s & 70s with some commercials, documentaries, etc from 1960s to 2000. PiersBedfordMedia holds no copyright to this video, we only hope to share an experience created through a career.
This is a piece of film work directed by Piers Bedford in 1979, along with some of the 150 music promos of the 1960s & 70s with some commercials, documentaries, etc from 1960s to 2000. PiersBedfordMedia holds no copyright to this video, we only hope to share an experience created through a career.
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group
Playground Twist [John Peel 9/4/79] · Siouxsie And The Banshees
At The BBC
℗ 1979 BBC
Released on: 2009-01-01
Composer Lyricist: Kenny Morris
Composer Lyricist: Steven Severin
Composer Lyricist: Siouxsie Sioux
Composer Lyricist: John McKay
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Why not visit Spit Records at
https://www.spitrecords.co.uk
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This is a piece of film work directed by Piers Bedford in 1979, along with some of the 150 music promos of the 1960s & 70s with some commercials, documentaries, etc from 1960s to 2000. PiersBedfordMedia holds no copyright to this video, we only hope to share an experience created through a career.
The track was produced by the band's manager Nils Stevenson and Mike Stavrou, a recording engineer on T. Rex's final album, Dandy in the Underworld (1977).
Content
"Playground Twist" features a 3/4 time signature, which is unusual for rock music. The pacing of the song gives it a childlike (i.e. "playground") feel (along with references to childhood nursery rhymes), although the lyrics provide a much more sinister picture.
Critical reception
NME's Roy Carr hailed the single and wrote: "If Ingmar Bergman produced records, they might sound like this. The listener is immediately engulfed in a maelstrom of whirling sound punctuated by the ominous tolling of church bells, phased guitars, thundering percussion, a surreal alto sax and the wail of Siouxsie's voice. It demands to be played repeatedly at the threshold-of-pain volume to elicit its full nightmarish quality".
Hanging.... Hanging from your daisy chains Swinging in the trees Running from your enemies And falling on your knees On your knees Get down on your knees Throw the dice You three blind mice Did you ever see Such a thing in your life You swallow the trail But still arrive Inside your entrails Hanging.... Hanging out at party games Dancing in the shadows Up and down on the see-saw Balancing the scales You're drunk Yet you're balancing the scales Someone to blame Someone to shame Someone who you can claim Go back the to pass the parcel And follow the leader Hanging.... Hanging from your climbing frames Swinging in the gallows Laughing with your buddies But you can drown when you're shallow You can drown....