Horror Head

{{Infobox song

| name = Horror Head

| cover = Curve-Horror Head.jpg

| alt =

| type = EP

| artist = Curve

| album = Doppelgänger

| B-side = "Falling Free", "Mission from God", "Today Is Not the Day"

| released = 6 July 1992

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Alternative rock, shoegaze

| length = 3:40 (only the A-side)
15:53 (the whole single)

| label = Anxious Records

| writer = Dean Garcia, Toni Halliday

| producer = Curve, Flood

| prev_title = 'Faît Accompli'

| prev_year = 1992

| next_title = 'Blackerthreetracker'

| next_year = 1993

}}

"Horror Head" is an EP by the alternative rock band Curve.{{cite news |title=Chart Newcomers |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Week-IDX/IDX/1992/MW-1992-07-18-IDX-9.pdf |work=Music Week|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250624103929/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Week-IDX/IDX/1992/MW-1992-07-18-IDX-9.pdf|archive-date=24 June 2025|url-status=live|editor-last=Redmond|editor-first=Steve|page=9|publisher=Spotlight Publications|location=London|date=18 July 1992}} It was released on 6 July 1992{{cite web |title=Curve : Horror Head |url=http://curve-online.co.uk/discography/official/hhead.php}} and reached #31 in the UK singles chart.{{cite web | url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/curve/ | title=Official Charts | website=Official Charts }} The title track is a remixed version of a song from the band's debut studio album Doppelgänger. It is one of their most popular songs.

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = NME

|rev1Score = (positive){{cite web |url=http://curve-online.co.uk/archive/reviews/1992/hhead-nme.php |title=Curve : Horror Head review - New Musical Express}}

}}

Track listing

=12" & CD=

  1. "Horror Head" (remix) – 3:40
  2. "Falling Free" – 4:22
  3. "Mission From God" – 4:07
  4. "Today Is Not the Day" – 3:44

=MC=

  1. "Horror Head" (remix) – 3:40
  2. "Mission From God" – 4:07

Music video

The video for "Horror Head" features members of the band performing this song. It is full of fast colour changes. Toni Halliday is showing some Indian symbols in this clip and is swimming in the blurred water.

Credits

  • Written by Toni Halliday and Dean Garcia
  • "Horror Head" (remix) produced by Curve & Flood and remixed by Alan Moulder at The Church
  • Tracks 2, 3, 4 produced by Curve and mixed by Alan Moulder at Todal
  • Design and photography: Flat Earth

Charts

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!Chart (1992)

!Peak
position

{{singlechart|UKsinglesbyname|31|artist=Curve|accessdate=7 August 2017}}
{{singlechart|Billboardalternativesongs|23|artist=Curve|accessdate=7 August 2017}}

References