Siouxsie and the Banshees “Kiss Them For Me” 1991. 12″ promo-only release. The groovy and exotic “Kiss Them For Me” was the Banshees first single from Superstition and became their biggest hit in the US, going to #23 on the Hot 100 chart (#1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and #8 on the Hot Dance chart); it hit #32 in the UK. This promo edition has a few versions of the song: “Kiss Them For Me (Kathak Mix),” “Kiss Them For Me (Loveappella Mix),” “Kiss Them For Me (Snapper Mix),” and “Kiss Them For Me (Ambient Mix).” The “Kathak Mix” is probably my favorite of the four: extra extra groovy and infectiously danceable; it was remixed by Youth (of Killing Joke), features samples of speeches by mystic Robert Anton Wilson and appeared on some UK 12″ singles (along with “Staring Back” and “Return”) and on the US maxi-CD single release (basically the CD version of a 12″). My second favorite is the “Snapper Mix” which appeared on a second UK 12″ single version; it has some lovely acoustic-ish strumming, lots of percussion variation, is extra-exotic and includes a sample of Jayne Mansfield from Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (according to Wiki the lyrics of “Kiss Them For Me” are “an ode to Jayne Mansfield – using the actress’s catchword ‘divoon,’ referring to her heart-shaped swimming pool and her love of champagne and parties, and to the grisly automobile accident which claimed her life in 1967. Kiss Them for Me was also the name of a 20th Century Fox motion picture made in 1957 starring Mansfield and Cary Grant). Also on that second UK 12″ version are “Loveappella Mix” – a bit more sparse and industrial-goth than the other mixes, like it was recorded in whispers and fog – and “Ambient Mix” which is all instrumental electronica with a repetitive synth line running throughout that reminds me a lot of Duran Duran’s intro to “Planet Earth” (never a bad thing, by the way) – couldn’t find a like to “Ambient” unfortunately.