Album · Cocteau Twins
Head Over Heels by Cocteau Twins
Head Over Heels is an album by Cocteau Twins, released in 1983. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 4 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Sugar Hiccup”, on 3 lists with a best position of #14.
Head Over Heels, Cocteau Twins' second album, came out on 4AD in October 1983, and it's where the Grangemouth outfit locked into the sound that would define them. John Fryer produced, and the recipe is deceptively simple: Robin Guthrie's guitars, drenched in effects and piled into great shimmering banks of cloud, with Elizabeth Fraser's soprano soaring through them, mostly singing in pure sound instead of words you could look up.
"Sugar Hiccup" and "Musette And Drums" are the proof, gorgeous and faintly eerie, like a gothic cathedral at the bottom of a swimming pool. The record is hailed as a blueprint for early ethereal wave, and you can hear the dream pop this band pioneered in every chiming overtone.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Head Over Heels on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sugar Hiccup | 3 | #14 | – | 1983–2003 | |
| 2 | Musette And Drums | 1 | #5 | – | 1983 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.