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Little orphans in the snow
With nowhere to call a home
Start their singing, singing
Waiting through the summertime
To thaw your hearts in wintertime
That's why they're singing, singing

Waiting for a sign to turn blood into wine
The sweet taste in your mouth, turned bitter in its glass
Israel, in Israel
Israel, in Israel

Shattered fragments of the past
Meet in veins on the stained glass
Like the lifeline in your palm
Red and green reflects the scene
Of a long forgotten dream
There were princes and there were kings

Now hidden in disguise, cheap wrappings of lies
Keep your hearts alive with a song from inside

Even though we're all alone
We are never on our own when we're singing, singing
Home, home

There's a man who's looking in
And he smiles a toothless grin
Because he's singing, singing
See some people shine with glee
But their song is jealousy
Their hate is clanging, maddening
In Israel, will they sing Happy Noel
In Israel, in Israel
Israel, in Israel
In Israel, will they sing Happy Noel.

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Israel" is a song by English聽post-punk聽band聽Siouxsie and the Banshees, released as a stand-alone single in 1980 by record label聽Polydor. The track was written by Siouxsie and the Banshees and co-produced with Nigel Gray.

Released: 28 November 1980
Format: 7" and 12" vinyl
Recorded:1980
Genre: Postpunk, Gothic rock.
Label: Polydor
Songwriter(s): Susan Ballion,聽Peter Edward Clarke,聽John McGeoch聽and聽Steven Severin
Producer(s): Nigel Gray, Siouxsie and the Banshees.

Release

"Israel" was released as a stand-alone single in between the albums聽Kaleidoscope聽(1980) and聽Juju聽(1981) on 28 November 1980 by record label聽Polydor. It peaked at number 41 in the聽UK Singles Chart.

Although it reached No. 64 on the U.S.聽National Disco Action Top 100聽chart as an import,"Israel" did not appear on a Siouxsie and the Banshees album until the release of the聽Once Upon a Time: The Singles聽compilation the following year, although some copies of the U.S. release of聽Juju聽on PVC Records included a free copy of this single. The track lengths on both sides of the 7" were the same as on the 12" version.

The song was remastered in 2002 for the compilation聽The Best of Siouxsie and the Banshees聽and was also featured as a bonus track on the 2006聽Kaleidoscope reissue.

Nocturne聽is a live double album by English rock band聽Siouxsie and the Banshees, produced by聽Mike Hedges. It was released 25 November 1983 by聽Polydor Records聽in the UK, and by聽Geffen Records聽in the United States.聽Nocturne聽featured performances recorded at two shows at the聽Royal Albert Hallin London, on 30 September and 1 October 1983, featuring聽Robert Smith聽(of聽the Cure) on guitar. The album was聽remastered聽in 2009.
Most of the material came from 1981's聽Juju聽and 1982's聽A Kiss in the Dreamhouse. It also contained a couple of聽B-sides聽("Pulled to Bits" and "Eve White/Eve Black") as well as a live version of聽the Beatles' "Dear Prudence", a song the Banshees had recorded in the studio earlier that year in聽Stockholmand issued as a single in September.

A video version of聽Nocturne聽was released on聽DVD聽in 2006. Bonus features included the聽Play at Home聽TV special from 1983, the "Dear Prudence" music video and performances from聽The Old Grey Whistle Test.

The music heard at the introduction of "Israel" is an excerpt of "The Rite of Spring", composed in 1913 by聽Igor Stravinsky, in a version later performed by the London Philarmonic orchestra.
The Banshees had already performed live with RobertSmith on guitar in September and October 1979, when he and his band the Cure served as tour support for the Banshees. A friendship had started at the time between the members of the Cure and the Banshees. In late 1982, when guitarist聽John McGeoch聽left the band prior to the聽A Kiss in the Dreamhouse聽tour,聽Steven Severin聽asked Smith to join the band for the British and European tour. In 1983, the band toured in Japan for the second time in less than a year and also visited Australia and New Zealand. With the September 1983 release of the "Dear Prudence" single, Smith became an official member of the Banshees; a few weeks later, they recorded聽Nocturne聽in London.

DVD Bonus

Bonus 1:聽Play at Home聽( a 45-minute show broadcast on Channel 4, also featuring聽the Creatures聽and聽the Glove)Bonus 2:聽Old Grey Whistle TestBonus 3: "Dear Prudence" (promotional film)

Personnel 1983
Siouxsie Sioux聽- vocals
Steven Severin聽- bass guitar
Budgie聽- drums, percussion
Robert Smith聽- guitar Technical
Mike Hedges聽- producer
Siouxsie and the Banshees-producers

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