Lips Like Sugar

"Lips Like Sugar" is a single by the English rock band Echo & the Bunnymen, which was released in July 1987.

Initially dismissed by Ian McCulloch as too commercial, "Lips Like Sugar" became a chart success in the UK, Ireland, and New Zealand.

A music video for the song, directed by Anton Corbijn, features the band performing the song and ends with the band "transport[ing] from the sound studio to a garish set straight out of Star Trek, where the Bunnymen are hunted by a couple of women in lurid space suits".

[7] David Cleary of AllMusic noted that "Pete de Freitas' solid drumming at times veered toward the danceable" on the track.

[10] A photo gallery accompanied by audio of Coldplay performing "Lips Like Sugar" live in Paris is included on their 2002 DVD single "The Scientist".

[11][12] Seal recorded a version of the song featuring the reggae singer Mikey Dread for the soundtrack of the 2004 film 50 First Dates.

A version of the song, performed by Solina, is included on the 2005 Spanish tribute album Play the Game: Un Tributo a Echo & the Bunnymen.

David Hasselhoff recorded a version of the song featuring A Flock of Seagulls on his 2019 album Open Your Eyes.