Dark Entries

"Dark Entries"
Single by Bauhaus
Released	18 January 1980[1]
Genre	Post-punk gothic rock
Length	3:52
Label	Axis Beggars Banquet 4AD
Songwriter(s)	Peter Murphy Daniel Ash Kevin Haskins David J
Bauhaus singles chronology
"Bela Lugosi's Dead" (1979) "Dark Entries" (1980) "Terror Couple Kill Colonel" (1980)

"Dark Entries" is a song by the English gothic rock band Bauhaus, released as a stand-alone single in January 1980 by Axis (an early name for 4AD) and later issued on 4AD and Beggars Banquet.^[2] It features the 1944 painting Sleeping Venus by Paul Delvaux as cover art.^[3]

Dave Thompson of AllMusic noted that the "Dark Entries" was outside of the band's normal reputation, being "far punkier" and played at a "breakneck pace". A storm of feedback and percussion starts the song, continuing for 45 seconds before vocalist Peter Murphy "finally unveils one of his most breathless vocals".^[2]

The single was released six times, the first in January 1980 on Axis with the catalogue number AXIS 3.^[4] When Axis realized that there was another company claiming that name, it changed the label's name to 4AD.^[5] The single was reissued in February 1980 on Beggars Banquet (BEG 37) and later in several editions on 4AD (BEG 37 and AD 3).

In a feature for The Quietus, Mick Mercer included "Dark Entries" at No. 4 on his list of "The Thirty Best Goth Records of All Time".^[6]

The band Hole used the song's main riff for their song "Mrs. Jones" on their first album, Pretty on the Inside (1991).

The band Preoccupations released a cover of "Dark Entries" as the penultimate track of their debut EP, Cassette (2013).

"Dark Entries" was featured on an episode of Superman & Lois.

1. "Dark Entries (single edit)" - 3:52
2. "Untitled"

• Dark Entries at Discogs (list of releases)