# Shadowtime

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For the 2004 opera by Brian Ferneyhough, see [Shadowtime (opera)](/source/Shadowtime_(opera)).

"**Shadowtime**" is a song written and recorded by English rock band [Siouxsie and the Banshees](/source/Siouxsie_and_the_Banshees) and produced by [Stephen Hague](/source/Stephen_Hague). It was released in July 1991 by [Polydor Records](/source/Polydor_Records) as the second single from the band's 10th studio album, *[Superstition](/source/Superstition_(Siouxsie_and_the_Banshees_album))* (1991).

## Music and reception

The song is an up-tempo, [pop](/source/Pop_music)-oriented tune that received moderate airplay on [alternative rock](/source/Alternative_rock) radios in the US in 1991.[1] "Shadowtime" was [remixed](/source/Remix) slightly for its single version, giving it a fuller, synthesized sound and adding some background vocals by Siouxsie Sioux.

Bassist [Steven Severin](/source/Steven_Severin) said that "Shadowtime" was a kind of tribute to [Roxy Music](/source/Roxy_Music)'s *[For Your Pleasure](/source/For_Your_Pleasure)*.[2]

"Shadowtime" reached number 57 in the [UK Singles Chart](/source/UK_Singles_Chart).[3] In the United States, it spent six weeks on the [Modern Rock Tracks](/source/Alternative_Songs) chart, peaking at number 13 for the week of 12 October 1991.[4]

## Charts

Chart (1991) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[5] 148 UK Singles (OCC) 57 UK Airplay (Music Week)[6] 34 US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard) 13

## References

1. ["Awards – US Modern rock tracks – Siouxsie and the Banshees"](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/siouxsie-and-the-banshees-mn0000748222/awards). Allmusic. Retrieved 8 July 2015.

1. Unsworth, Cathi. "Through the past, darkly". *Melody Maker*. 17 October 1992. "Shadowtime". "This wasn't intended to be a single," Severin reveals. "It's a Roxy Music *For Your Pleasure* tribute for all you trainspotters out there!"

1. ["Siouxsie & the Banshees \[UK charts\]"](http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/17098/SIOUXSIE-AND-THE-BANSHEES). *[officialcharts.com](/source/Official_Charts_Company)*. Retrieved 29 April 2013.

1. [Alternative songs chart - week 1991-10-12](http://www.billboard.com/charts/1991-10-12/alternative-songs) Billboard.com. Retrieved 15 August 2015

1. ["Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 9 December 1991"](https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2022/12/week-commencing-9-december-1991.html). *Bubbling Down Under*. Retrieved 11 December 2022.

1. ["Playlist Chart"](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1991/MW-1991-07-27.pdf). *[Music Week](/source/Music_Week)*. 27 July 1991. p. 14. Retrieved 14 October 2025.

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