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Echo & the Bunnymen

Lips Like Sugar

1987 · via A Flock of Seagulls

Echo & the Bunnymen recorded “Lips Like Sugar” in 1987. Pete de Freitas, Ian McCulloch, Les Pattinson and Will Sergeant wrote it. This is the first recording of the song. Also recorded by Shades of Grey (2001), Coldplay (2002) and Seal feat. Mikey Dread (2004), among 58 recordings on file.

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.

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Written by Pete de Freitas, Ian McCulloch, Les Pattinson and Will Sergeant.

First recorded by Echo & the Bunnymen in 1987: this is the first recording.

Other recordings on file

58 recordings of “Lips Like Sugar” on MusicBrainz in all.

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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
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