"Miss the Girl" is the debut single recorded by English band the Creatures (Siouxsie Sioux and drummer Budgie). It was co-produced by Mike Hedges and was released as the lead single from the critically acclaimed Feast album. It was remastered in 1997 for A Bestiary Of. The song was allegedly inspired by the 1973 novel Crash, a story about car-crash fetishists by J. G. Ballard.
| "Miss the Girl" | ||||
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| Single by The Creatures | ||||
| from the album Feast | ||||
| B-side | "Hot Springs in the Snow" | |||
| Released | 15 April 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||
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| Label | Polydor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | The Creatures | |||
| Producer(s) | Mike Hedges, The Creatures | |||
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| "Miss the Girl" on Dailymotion | ||||
| Siouxsie singles chronology | ||||
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The main instruments used were marimba and percussion, giving the song a distinctive and original sound.
The single peaked at No. 21 on the UK Singles Chart.[1] "Miss the Girl" was the very first record released on Wonderland, a label created in 1983 by the members of Siouxsie and the Banshees.
Notes
edit- ^ "Miss The Girl". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 8-5-2012