"The Bells" is the fifth single by the English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 electronic music

Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 band Fluke

Fluke (band)

Fluke are an English electronic music group formed in the late 1980s by Mike Bryant, Jon Fugler and Mike Tournier with Julian Nugent as the band's manager...

. Taken from their previous album, Out (In Essence)

Out (In Essence) (album)

Out is the second album by British electronica group Fluke, first released in 1991.-About the album:The tracks on this album all came from Fluke's first album, The Techno Rose of Blighty. The album was recorded live at Destination Moon, an Acid House party held at the Rolling Stones’ manor house...

 the track also featured on their other live album, The Peel Sessions

The Peel Sessions (Fluke album)

The Peel Sessions is the fourth album by British electronica group Fluke, first released in 1994.The album is a compilation of performances recorded live at the BBC for John Peel's radio show...

, from which the album's linguistic pun subtitle (The Peal Sessions) is derived, and Progressive History XXX

Progressive History XXX (album)

Progressive History XXX is a three-disc compilation album by British electronica group Fluke, first released in September 2002. It is not to be confused with Progressive History X, their previous compilation album, which is only one disc...

, which contains Mix 1.

The lyrics to this track contain references to Jesus

Jesus

Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...

 and as a result call into question the band's personal beliefs.

Versions

The Bells (The Peal Sessions)	FLPCD1
Format:	Promotional CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
Label:	Circa Virgin Records Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...
Released:	1991
Tracklisting:	1. The Bells (Mix 1) (5 minutes 51 seconds) 2. The Bells (Mix 2) (5 minutes 31 seconds) 3. The Bells (Mix 3) (5 minutes 36 seconds)
The Bells (The Peal Sessions)	FLPR1
Format:	12" Promotional Vinyl Gramophone record A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
Label:	Circa Virgin Records Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...
Released:	1991
Tracklisting:	1. The Bells (Mix 1) (5 minutes 51 seconds) 2. The Bells (Mix 2) (5 minutes 31 seconds) 3. The Bells (Mix 3) (5 minutes 36 seconds)