-
Play on Mog
Yes, it scrobbles! Learn more
-
Play on Spotify
Yes, it scrobbles! Learn more
-
Play on Rdio
Yes, it scrobbles! Learn more
-
Play on Hype Machine
Yes, it scrobbles! Learn more
About This Track
“Christine” and the Kaleidoscope album marked a change in musical direction for Siouxsie & the Banshees, with the arrival of the guitarist John McGeoch. The close of the song utilizes a strong flanging effect.
Lyrically the song continued the band’s exploration with mental illness (as they did on previous single “Happy House”), as it describes Christine, a woman with “22 faces” (“…Personality changes behind her red smile / Every new problem brings a stranger inside / Helplessly forcing one more new disguise…”). The song was inspired by the story of Christine Costner-Sizemore, whose battle with dissociative identity disorder was dramatized in the film The Three Faces of Eve. Two of Christine’s identities, the Strawberry Girl and the Banana Split Lady, are mentioned in the lyrics of the song.
The single peaked at number twenty-two in the UK singles chart.
Similar Music
Play Siouxsie and the… RadioWith: The Creatures, Siouxsie, Bauhaus, Christian Death and more…
People who listen to this also like
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||
|
|
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Happy House | 4:13 | 118,100 | |
|
|
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Israel | 4:53 | 75,764 | |
|
|
The Cure - The Hanging Garden | 4:05 | 144,427 | |
|
|
Bauhaus - She's in Parties | 5:55 | 74,091 | |
|
|
Bauhaus - The Passion of Lovers | 3:31 | 44,601 | |
| The Cure - One Hundred Years | 6:48 | 121,050 |
Albums featuring this track
-
Kaleidoscope
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $9.49
- 7digital $9.99
- iTunes $9.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon $6.33
- eBay Search
-
Once Upon a Time: The Singles
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
Shouts
Track Stats
Recent Listening Trend
Top Listeners
-
Erickson_cob
Top Listener
-
candt
Top Listener
-
benz10_6
Top Listener
-
publichousing
Top Listener
Recent Activity
-
meschursaspique added Christine to meschursaspique’s library. yesterday morning
-
godwand, FRSCW, benzy38 and 2 other people loved Siouxsie and the Banshees – Christine. yesterday morning
-
jgirl11 tagged Christine with ‘altered image’. Saturday afternoon
-
paintarainbow, deugd, Neurotik_Barbie and 5 other people loved Siouxsie and the Banshees – Christine. Saturday morning
-
Tristan-Lamia added Christine to Tristan-Lamia’s library. Thursday afternoon
-
Tristan-Lamia added Christine to the playlist Gothic. Thursday afternoon
-
iners_negotium, tuttycroft, Angiegreeneyes and 11 other people loved Siouxsie and the Banshees – Christine. Tuesday evening
-
EugineLens added Christine to the playlist 2010 †. 11 days ago
-
wyzwolenie, S7ven_of_Nine, yearofnolight and 41 other people loved Siouxsie and the Banshees – Christine. 12 days ago
-
marshmallow86 added Christine to the playlist. last month
Related Journals
-
♫The Famous 50 Questions...xD♫
by LadyNightfaLL |
16 May 2010
-
Whiskey Wednesday @ Risque Cafe - 01/13/10
by pagliacciclown |
15 Jan 2010
-
1st track: Unknown - Unknown * ---
by dimsoul |
15 Oct 2009
















