Interlude (Morrissey and Siouxsie song)

This collaboration was included in Spin magazine's list of the top 10 "one-off team-ups" of all time.^[1] The cover is a cropped version of the photograph Girl Jiving in Southam St. by Roger Mayne, the model being Eileen Sheekey.

Background

"Interlude" was recorded during the recording sessions for Morrissey's Vauxhall and I album, and was produced by Morrissey guitarist and musical director Boz Boorer. The original version of the song was recorded in 1968 by the female singer Timi Yuro as the title track for the film of the same name.

Morrissey first contacted Siouxsie in the early 1990s with a view to recording a duet with her. In 1993, he sent her a tape with some potential songs he had selected. All were numbers initially sung by female singers like Nancy Sinatra and Dionne Warwick.^[2] Siouxsie picked this ballad and Morrissey agreed. The sessions went well and Boorer later described his collaboration with Siouxsie as "complete joy".^[3]

Soon after the recording, however, the two singers fell out with one another regarding the content of the video. Ultimately, the video shoot never took place and the whole project was put on ice for a few months. EMI then threatened to not promote it without the existence of a supporting video. Although it was a "winter" song, against all expectations, EMI finally released "Interlude" in the summer of 1994.

Despite this, the single's chart peak (number 25 in the UK) was consistent with Siouxsie's other UK chart placing of the post-1992 era, when she never charted higher than number 21 in the UK with Siouxsie and the Banshees, after the release of the single "Face to Face". "Interlude" also charted considerably higher than Morrissey's previous single, "Hold on to Your Friends", which had flopped at number 47. "Interlude" was also issued in Europe via EMI. In North America, due to the impossibility of an agreement between Sire (Morrissey's US record company) and Geffen (Siouxsie's), the record was only available on import in very limited quantities.

"Interlude" was later included on a compilation called Suedehead: The Best of Morrissey. A previously unreleased version of the song, featuring only Morrissey's vocals, appeared on his 2011 Very Best Of compilation.

Reception

The single was positively received by MacKenzie Wilson of AllMusic, who considered the performers to be "one of the finest duos in modern rock." The track's production was also praised: "The flowing string arrangements on "Interlude" are breathtaking, and appropriate to the talents of both artists."^[4]

Track listings

7" vinyl and cassette

"Interlude" (George De La Rue / Hal Shaper)
"Interlude (Extended)"

12" vinyl and CD

"Interlude"
"Interlude (Extended)"
"Interlude (Instrumental)"

Country	Record label	Format	Catalogue number
UK	Parlophone	7" vinyl	R6365
UK	Parlophone	12" vinyl	12R6365
UK	Parlophone	Compact disc	CDR6365
UK	Parlophone	Cassette	TCR6365

References

↑ "Singles going steady: The Top 10 one-off team-ups of all time". Spin Magazine. April 2007. Page 58. N°9: Morrissey & Siouxsie Interlude 1994. "Two heroes enterwine their voices - Siouxsie's torchily rich, Morrissey's expansively wobbly - for a song about romance that actually doesn't sound doomed."
↑ CFNY radio, Toronto, Siouxsie interview, 25 April 1995
↑ "Boz Boorer: Q & A Pt 4". Bozboorer.com. 21 November 2006. Retrieved 12 December 2015. "Question 14: How was it working with Siouxsie Sioux? Complete joy!".
↑ MacKenzie, Wilson. "Interlude - Morrissey & Siouxsie". Allmusic. Retrieved 12 December 2015.

External links

"Interlude" at Passions Just Like Mine

Morrissey

Discography Personnel

Studio albums	Viva Hate Kill Uncle Your Arsenal Vauxhall and I Southpaw Grammar Maladjusted You Are the Quarry Ringleader of the Tormentors Years of Refusal World Peace Is None of Your Business

Live albums	Beethoven Was Deaf Live at Earls Court

Compilation album	Bona Drag World of Morrissey Suedehead: The Best of Morrissey My Early Burglary Years The CD Singles '88–91' The CD Singles '91–95' The Best of Morrissey Greatest Hits Swords Very Best of Morrissey

Extended plays	At KROQ

Singles	"Suedehead" "Everyday Is Like Sunday" "The Last of the Famous International Playboys" "Interesting Drug" "Ouija Board, Ouija Board" "November Spawned a Monster" "Piccadilly Palare" "Our Frank" "Sing Your Life" "Pregnant for the Last Time" "My Love Life" "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful" "You're the One for Me, Fatty" "Tomorrow" "Certain People I Know" "The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get" "Hold on to Your Friends" "Interlude" "Now My Heart Is Full" "Boxers" "Dagenham Dave" "The Boy Racer" "Sunny" "Alma Matters" "Roy's Keen" "Satan Rejected My Soul" "Irish Blood, English Heart" "First of the Gang to Die" "Let Me Kiss You" "I Have Forgiven Jesus" "Redondo Beach" / "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" "You Have Killed Me" "The Youngest Was the Most Loved" "In the Future When All's Well" "I Just Want to See the Boy Happy" "That's How People Grow Up" "All You Need Is Me" "I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris" "Something Is Squeezing My Skull" "Glamorous Glue" (reissue) "Satellite of Love" "World Peace Is None of Your Business" "Istanbul" "Earth Is the Loneliest Planet" "The Bullfighter Dies" "Kiss Me a Lot"

Videos	Hulmerist Live in Dallas The Malady Lingers On Introducing Morrissey ¡Oye Esteban! Who Put the M in Manchester? Live at the Hollywood Bowl Morrissey: 25 Live

Books	The New York Dolls James Dean Is Not Dead Exit Smiling Autobiography List of the Lost

Tours	Kill Uncle Tour Your Arsenal Tour ¡Oye Esteban! Tour

Bands	The Nosebleeds The Smiths

Personnel	Boz Boorer Alain Whyte Jesse Tobias Vini Reilly Stephen Street Mick Ronson Steve Lillywhite Jerry Finn Tony Visconti Solomon Walker

Siouxsie Sioux

Studio album	Mantaray

Singles	"Interlude" "Into a Swan" "Here Comes That Day" "About to Happen" "Love Crime"

Video/DVD	Dreamshow Finale: The Last Mantaray & More Show

Related articles	Siouxsie and the Banshees The Creatures Bromley Contingent

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