Song · Cocteau Twins
“Peppermint Pig” by Cocteau Twins
Released 1983
“Peppermint Pig” by Cocteau Twins appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1983. It was first released in 1983. Its best result is #28 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1983. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #107 alternative song of 1983.
"Peppermint Pig" came out on 4AD on 4 April 1983, as a limited seven-inch and as a 12-inch EP, and it's a Cocteau Twins record the band themselves had little time for. It marks the only occasion the Scottish group let an outside producer take charge, Alan Rankine of the Associates, and nobody came away happy: Robin Guthrie's verdict in Sounds that year was "bad song, bad producer, bad band", while Elizabeth Fraser just shrugged that it was all they had at the time.
Musically it keeps close to the previous year's Lullabies EP, and it was the last release with original bassist Will Heggie. Both formats carry "Laugh Lines" on the flip; the 12-inch stretches the title track into an extended mix and throws in "Hazel" as well.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 28 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1983 | 50 |
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