Overground (song)

"Overground" is a song by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees.

The band re-recorded the track with elaborate, lush orchestral instrumentation with a flamenco acoustic guitar for its inclusion on the four-track extended play The Thorn (1984).

"Just how far they've come is shown by the '84 reworking of 'Overground'", observed Dave Morrison in a review of Twice Upon a Time – The Singles, "where the teeth-grating abrasion of old gives way to a panoramic sound of martial drumming, strings and flamenco guitars".

[1] The Thorn version of "Overground" was later included on the 2004 box set Downside Up.

The Thorn version of "Overground" was released as a single on 19 October 1984 by Polydor, with "Placebo Effect", a track first appearing on Join Hands album, as its B-side.