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Echo & the Bunnymen

Lips Like Sugar

1987 · via A Flock of Seagulls and 1 more

Echo & the Bunnymen’s 1987 recording of “Lips Like Sugar” is the earliest release on file. Pete de Freitas, Ian McCulloch, Les Pattinson and Will Sergeant of Echo & the Bunnymen are credited as its writers. Also recorded by Coldplay (released 2002), Seal feat. Mikey Dread (released 2004) and The Smashing Pumpkins (released 2008), among 58 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

Echo & the Bunnymen – Lips Like Sugar
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Echo & the Bunnymen cut it first in 1987, and since then it has been handed around to Seal, Coldplay and The Smashing Pumpkins. Hear the original, then put the Seagulls back on and listen for what they kept.

Four Bunnymen split the credit on this one, and it carried far enough that Coldplay took a run at it, with The Smashing Pumpkins doing the same down the line. Hear the band's own take first, then listen for what survives the handoff.

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Credited writers: Pete de Freitas, Ian McCulloch, Les Pattinson and Will Sergeant.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1987.

Other recordings on file · first release year

58 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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A Flock of Seagulls recorded "Lips Like Sugar," a song Coldplay and The Smashing Pumpkins also took on. Which band recorded it first?Echo & the Bunnymen
a knot from A Flock of Seagulls · next: Echo & the Bunnymen
Echo & the Bunnymen's own Ian McCulloch, Will Sergeant, Les Pattinson and Pete de Freitas wrote "Lips Like Sugar." Which of these bands later recorded it?Coldplay
a knot from Echo & the Bunnymen · next: Coldplay
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