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Red Light (Siouxsie and the Banshees song)
"Red Light" is a song by rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It is the ninth track from their 1980 album Kaleidoscope. It was co-produced with Nigel Gray. Writing and recordingThe song was demoed by Siouxsie Sioux and Steven Severin at Warner Chappell studios. It was then recorded as a trio, with Severin on synthesisers, Siouxsie on vocals and Budgie on drums.[1] The song featured the beat of "the Roland compu rhythm and a camera shutter motor rewind".[2] Budgie related: "I wanted the drums to fade in over the electronica beat and evoke a smoky club atmosphere".[3] Although it was not released as the third single of Kaleidoscope, a promo video for the song was shot by Clive Richardson on the same day as the video for the single "Christine".[4] LegacySantigold recorded an interpolation of the song on her track "My Superman" on her debut album Santogold. She stated: "I remember one of the first times I heard "Red Light" it was at a party, and I remember going up to the DJ and being like, "Who's this?". It was that good. I kind of stopped and was like ... wow".[5] References
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