"Into a Swan" is the debut solo single by
Siouxsie for her debut solo album ''
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''. It was released in the UK on
W14 on 3 September 2007 and promoted with a video featuring Siouxsie transforming into a black swan.
"Siouxsie Into a Swan video"
Vimeo. June 2007. Retrieved 1-10-2014
Background and music
After the Creatures's final album '' Hái!'' in 2003, she collaborated with Basement Jaxx
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on the title track of their album ''Kish Kash
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''. Soon, she received tapes from other composers: "Into a Swan" was one of the first songs written after the end of her marriage.
The single was Siouxsie's first solo record. Egyptian percussionist Hossam Ramzy who had previously worked with Robert Plant
Robert Anthony Plant (born 20 August 1948) is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the English rock band Led Zeppelin for all of its existence from 1968 until 1980, when the band broke up following the ...
on '' No Quarter'', took part to the recording sessions and played darbuka. The song was seen as a statement of identity and transformation by critics. Siouxsie said it was about "Recognizing that feeling that I suppose gets you from I guess adolescent when you get your first feeling of confidence of stepping out on your own and I think it is just getting that confidence to move forwards and continue".
Release
Aside from the digital download, "Into a Swan" was released as a series of 7-inch vinyl singles as well as CD singles, as well as B-sides as "Swansway" and a reprise version of "Into a Swan". A 12-inch single
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with remix
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es by Andrew Weatherall and Mekon were released on 1 October.
Video and promotion
The music video featuring Siouxsie transforming into a black swan, leaked to the Internet via YouTube in June 2007. It was later available to stream on Siouxsie's official website.
Formats and track listings
;CD single and digital download
#"Into a Swan"
#"Swansway"
#"Into a Swan (Reprise)"
;7-inch vinyl 1
#"Into a Swan"
#"Swansway"
;7-inch vinyl 2
#"Into a Swan"
#"Into a Swan (Reprise)"
;12-inch single
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Remix)"
#"Into a Swan ( Mekon Remix)"
References
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2007 songs
2007 debut singles
Siouxsie Sioux songs
Songs written by Siouxsie Sioux
Universal Music Group singles