Taking the Veil
1986 single by David Sylvian
"Taking the Veil" | ||||
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Single by David Sylvian | ||||
from the album Gone to Earth | ||||
B-side | "Taking the Veil" (remix)/"Answered Prayers"/"A Bird of Prey Vanishes Into a Bright Blue Cloudless Sky" | |||
Released | 28 July 1986 (1986-07-28)[1] | |||
Recorded | 1985–1986 in London and Oxfordshire | |||
Genre | Art rock | |||
Length | 4:40 | |||
Label | Virgin | |||
Songwriter(s) | David Sylvian | |||
Producer(s) | Steve Nye, David Sylvian | |||
David Sylvian singles chronology | ||||
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"Taking the Veil" is a song by the English singer-songwriter David Sylvian. It is the first single released in support of his album Gone to Earth.
The song's title was inspired by Sylvian's encounter with the Max Ernst collage novel A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil. However, whereas Ernst's volume deals with various forms of angst undergone by its main character, the lyrics to Sylvian's song are much more positive.
Chart positions
Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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Irish Singles Chart[2] | 28 |
UK Singles Chart[3] | 53 |
References
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David Sylvian
- Brilliant Trees
- Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities
- Gone to Earth
- Secrets of the Beehive
- Dead Bees on a Cake
- Blemish
- When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima
- Manafon
- There's a Light That Enters Houses with No Other House in Sight
- Weatherbox
- Approaching Silence
- Everything and Nothing
- Camphor
- Sleepwalkers
- A Victim of Stars 1982–2012
- "Red Guitar"
- "The Ink in the Well"
- "Pulling Punches"
- "Words with the Shaman"
- "Taking the Veil"
- "Silver Moon"
- "Let the Happiness In"
- "Orpheus"
- "Pop Song"
- "I Surrender"
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Compilation albums |
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- "Bamboo Houses"
- "Forbidden Colours"
- "Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II)"
- World Citizen
- Ember Glance: The Permanence of Memory
- The First Day
- "Jean the Birdman"
- Darshan
- Damage: Live