Interlude

"Interlude" is a 1968 song written and composed by Georges Delerue and Hal Shaper and originally performed by American soul singer Timi Yuro. It is the title track for the 1968 film of the same name. In 1994, the song was covered in a duet by Morrissey and Siouxsie Sioux and released as a single in August of that year by EMI. It was presented under the banner of "Morrissey & Siouxsie". Morrissey and Siouxsie version Background "Interlude" was recorded during the recording sessions for Morrissey's Vauxhall and I album in summer 1993 at Hook End Manor, and was produced by Morrissey guitarist and musical director Boz Boorer. Morrissey first contacted Siouxsie in the early 1990s with a view to recording a duet with her. In 1993, he sent her a tape with some potential songs he had selected. All were numbers initially sung by female singers like Nancy Sinatra and Dionne Warwick. Siouxsie picked this ballad and Morrissey agreed. The sessions went well and Boorer later described his collaboration with Siouxsie as "complete joy". The strings section were played by members of My Life Story. Morrissey and Siouxsie each recorded a solo version of the entire track and the final result with their two voices together was created in the final mix from these two solo versions.