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“Sugar Hiccup” by Cocteau Twins
From the album Head Over Heels (1983)
“Sugar Hiccup” by Cocteau Twins appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1983 and 2003. It was first released in 1983 on the album Head Over Heels. Its best result is #14 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1983. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #72 alternative song of 1983 and #3,748 alternative song of all time.
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"Sugar Hiccup" comes from Head Over Heels, the second Cocteau Twins album, which 4AD released on 24 October 1983, and it's a Robin Guthrie and Elizabeth Fraser co-write, produced by John Fryer with the band.
It's the first record the Scottish outfit made as a duo. After Garlands, two EPs and a European tour opening for Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, bassist and founder member Will Heggie left in mid-1983, and Guthrie and Fraser went back to Scotland unsure how to carry on. The answer came fast: they wrote most of the songs on the spot in the studio, quickly and with little planned, and Guthrie described the results as love songs, a turn from the religious imagery of the debut. The album's sound, Guthrie's guitars washing lushly beneath Fraser's largely wordless voice, became a template for ethereal wave.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 14 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1983 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 922 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 519 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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