"Spellbound" is a song recorded by British rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees in 1981. The track was written by the Banshees and co-produced with Nigel Gray. It was the first single released from the Banshees' fourth album Juju.

The Guardian

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hailed it as a "pop

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 marvel".

Johnny Marr

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, of The Smiths

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, stated on BBC Radio 2 in February 2008 that he rated guitarist John McGeoch

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 highly for his work on "Spellbound". Marr said:

In 2006, Mojo

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honoured John McGeoch by rating him in their list of 100 Greatest Guitarists Of All Time for his work on "Spellbound".

This song has rhythm courtesy of Budgie

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, who had recently joined the band as their new percussionist. The single peaked at number twenty-two on the UK singles chart

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 in 1981. The 12-inch extended version of the song appeared on compact disc on the 2006 remastered version of Juju.

On the HBO series True Blood

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, the song appears in the end credits to the fourth season episode of the same name.

Charts

Chart (1981)	Peak position
U.K. Singles Chart	22
U.S. Club Play Singles	64