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Playground Twist

<p>"<b>Playground Twist</b>" is a song by English <a href="/en/Post-punk" title="Post-punk" class="wl">post-punk</a> band <a href="/en/Siouxsie_and_the_Banshees" title="Siouxsie and the Banshees" class="wl">Siouxsie and the Banshees</a>. It was released in 1979 as the sole single from the band's second album, <i><a href="/en/Join_Hands" title="Join Hands" class="wl">Join Hands</a></i> (1979).</p>

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font-size: 125%;">"Playground Twist"</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size"><a href="/en/File:Siouxsie_Playground.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Siouxsie_Playground.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/39/Siouxsie_Playground.jpg/220px-Siouxsie_Playground.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" data-file-type="bitmap" height="220" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/39/Siouxsie_Playground.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/39/Siouxsie_Playground.jpg 2x" alt="Siouxsie_Playground.jpg"></a></span></td></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description notheme" style="background-color: khaki;"><a href="/en/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)" class="wl">Single</a> by <a href="/en/Siouxsie_and_the_Banshees" title="Siouxsie and the Banshees" class="wl">Siouxsie and the Banshees</a></th></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description notheme" style="background-color: khaki;">from the album <i> <a href="/en/Join_Hands" title="Join Hands" class="wl">Join Hands</a> </i></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/en/A-side_and_B-side" title="A-side and B-side" class="wl">B-side</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">"Pulled to Bits"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">29 June 1979</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">1978</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Music_genre" title="Music genre" class="wl">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/en/Post-punk" title="Post-punk" class="wl">Post-punk</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><span class="duration"><span class="min">3</span>:<span class="s">00</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Record_label" title="Record label" class="wl">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/en/Polydor_Records" title="Polydor Records" class="wl">Polydor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/en/Songwriter" title="Songwriter" class="wl">Songwriter(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/en/Siouxsie_Sioux" title="Siouxsie Sioux" class="wl">Susan Ballion</a>, <a href="/en/Kenny_Morris_(musician)" title="Kenny Morris (musician)" class="wl">Kenny Morris</a>, <a href="/en/John_McKay_(musician)" title="John McKay (musician)" class="wl">John McKay</a> and <a href="/en/Steven_Severin" title="Steven Severin" class="wl">Steven Severin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/en/Record_producer" title="Record producer" class="wl">Producer(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist">Nils Stevenson, Mike Stavrou</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description notheme" style="background-color: khaki;"><a href="/en/Siouxsie_and_the_Banshees" title="Siouxsie and the Banshees" class="wl">Siouxsie and the Banshees</a> singles chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">
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<td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0;">"<a href="/en/The_Staircase_(Mystery)" title="The Staircase (Mystery)" class="wl">The Staircase (Mystery)</a>" <br>(1979)</td>
<td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding:.2em .1em;">"<b>Playground Twist</b>" <br>(1979)</td>
<td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em;">"<a href="/en/Mittageisen" title="Mittageisen" class="wl">Mittageisen</a>" <br>(1979)</td></tr>
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"Playground Twist" is a song by English post-punk band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was released in 1979 as the sole single from the band's second album, Join Hands . 