MORRISSEY & SIOUXSIE – "INTERLUDE [Harmonium Version]" (Unreleased 1993)

"Interlude" is a cover version by Morrissey and Siouxsie of a song that was originally recorded in 1968 by female singer Timi Yuro as the title track for the film of the same name.

Morrissey first contacted Siouxsie in the early 90s suggesting a duet together, sending her letters and finally a tape with some potential songs by female singers like Nancy Sinatra and Dionne Warwick that he had selected. Siouxsie picked the Timi Yuro ballad, Morrissey agreed and the duet was recorded in 1993 during the recording sessions for Morrissey's "Vauxhall and I" album. "Interlude" was produced by his guitarist and musical director Boz Boorer who later described the collaboration with Siouxsie as "complete joy".

Soon after the recording, however, the two singers fell out with each other regarding the content of the promo video which never materialised and the whole project was put on ice for months. EMI threatened to not promote it without a supporting video but finally "Interlude" was released on 08 August 1994 as a 'one-off' single under the banner of 'Morrissey & Siouxsie' including a 7" short version (3:48), a 12" extended version (5:49) and an instrumental only version (7:36).

It entered the UK charts on 20 Aug 1994 at #25, which happened to be its highest position and stayed in the charts for a total of two weeks only, before exiting for good on 27 Aug 1994 at #46.

The top collectible item of "Interlude" is an extremely rare UK reference 5" CD-R [Abbey Road] featuring 10 different versions of the song. Among the 10 versions are found the three officially released ones, the one with 'Morrissey-only vocals', the one with 'Siouxsie-only vocals' plus some with fewer vocals or with alternate instrumentation like this one titled 'Harmonium Version'.

The solo version with 'Morrissey-only vocals' (3:39) is a "Vauxhall & I" studio outtake which leaked on the internet in 2007 and was eventually officially released in 2011 included in "The Very Best Of Morrissey" compilation.

[Note: This video originally created by Peter Routley. Thank you Peter!]