Song · Peter Murphy
“The Sweetest Drop” by Peter Murphy
From the album Holy Smoke (1992)
“The Sweetest Drop” by Peter Murphy appears on 5 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1992 and 2003. It was first released in 1992 on the album Holy Smoke. Its best result is #4 on the CFNY Top 102 Songs of 1992. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #42 alternative song of 1992 and #5,023 alternative song of all time.
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"The Sweetest Drop" was the first single from Holy Smoke, Peter Murphy's fourth solo album, released in 1992 on Beggars Banquet and RCA. Murphy wrote it with Paul Statham, and it opens in a murky, swirling fog of sound stacked sky-high before the chorus comes rolling in like a tank column. From there it's all thumping dance rhythms and choked wah-wah guitar, with Alison Limerick and Zoe Caryl lifting the backing vocals and Murphy presiding over the lot like a velvet-gloved preacher.
Tim Pope directed the video, the single climbed to number 2 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart, and AllMusic's Dave Thompson later likened it to a lost Roxy Music classic.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 31 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1992 | 105 |
| 1992 | 15 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1992 | 100 |
| 1992 | 4 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | CFNY Top 102 Songs of 1992 | 102 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1885 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 928 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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