Tim Burton requested the Banshees to write the song of the film: "I've always been a fan – Siouxsie is one of very few women who can create a realistic primal cat sound".

The strings were then recorded in Los Angeles with Danny Elfman, who composed and supervised the score for Batman Returns.

Consequently, Geffen, the band's US record company, didn't have the license and was not allowed to release the song on any other format.

Outside the US, Polydor found an agreement with Warner Bros to release the song as a single, on vinyl, 7-inch and 12-inch, and on cassette and CD.

At the time of its release as a single, the Stud Brothers wrote in Melody Maker: "It's a slow, heavily orchestral & sensuously tense piece with Siouxsie first tapt, then cracked and finally spiralling off into the ether".

[7] Burton initially wanted to direct the video but had to cancel after Warner Bros. asked for a new sequence to change the end of the movie.