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31: 732: 320:: "Again a companion piece to the A side 'Christine'. Eve White and Eve Black were two of Christine Sizemore's more extraordinary personalities, constantly at war." 897: 778: 573: 1239: 746: 697: 273: 51: 1118: 871: 863: 904: 785: 1076: 978: 725: 1157: 1132: 992: 890: 771: 328: 1186: 1048: 1254: 1249: 1229: 1164: 971: 566: 206: 1006: 704: 1181: 1062: 911: 817: 831: 810: 559: 538: 468: 1234: 1069: 289:. The song begins with a distinctive riff played on an acoustic guitar. The post-chorus instrumentation includes 803: 1055: 509: 235: 1090: 651: 582: 256: 175: 42: 711: 631: 1097: 936: 929: 641: 626: 514: 1083: 985: 299: 1224: 1150: 1111: 636: 347: 1013: 545:. setlist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' concert performing "Christine" at the V2001 festival 661: 8: 1244: 753: 683: 304: 1034: 838: 608: 464: 60: 1202: 943: 739: 656: 335: 334:"Christine" was released as a single on 30 May 1980. It peaked at number 22 in the 324: 290: 285:"Christine" marked a change in musical direction for the band, with new guitarist 1020: 999: 542: 351: 268: 153: 120: 1041: 856: 601: 594: 311: 264: 260: 142: 137: 38: 496: 229: 1218: 1191: 1027: 666: 616: 487:
by Siouxsie and the Banshees" Booklet- CD Box set. Universal 982 182-3. 2004.
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The B-side, "Eve White/Eve Black", continues with the theme. Bassist
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as the second single from the then-unreleased third album,
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The band shot a music video for the song with director
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on guitar at their V2001 Festival performance, and by
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Index


Single
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Kaleidoscope
B-side
Genre
Post-punk
Label
Polydor
Songwriter(s)
Siouxsie Sioux
Steven Severin
Producer(s)
Nigel Gray
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Happy House
Israel
"Christine"
YouTube
rock
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Siouxsie Sioux
Steven Severin
Polydor
Kaleidoscope
John McGeoch
electronic organ
flanging
The Three Faces of Eve
Christine Sizemore

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