The Soup Dragons were a Scottish alternative rock band of the late 1980s an… Read Full Bio ↴The Soup Dragons were a Scottish alternative rock band of the late 1980s and early 1990s, named after a character in the 1970s children's TV show The Clangers. The band is best known in the UK for their cover of the Rolling Stones' "I'm Free" and in America for their Top 40 hit "Divine Thing".

The Soup Dragons formed in Bellshill, Scotland a town very near to Glasgow (which would later spawn another popular band, Teenage Fanclub) in 1985. The line up was Sean Dickson (vocals, lead guitar), Jim McCulloch (guitar, second voice) and Sushil K. Dade (bass). The original drummer, Ross A. Sinclair, left the group after the first proper album, This Is Our Art, to pursue a career in art, and was replaced by Paul Quinn. Most of their songs were written by Dickson, while some were co-written Dickson/McCulloch.

Originally lumped in with the C86 movement, along with fellow members of the Bellshill Sound, such as the BMX Bandits and Teenage Fanclub, they went through a number of stylistic changes in their career.

Their debut was Buzzcocks-inspired pop-punk, and over the course of six singles (collected in 1987 on a US-only compilation, Hang Ten), they gradually developed a more complex rock guitar which culminated in their first album proper This Is Our Art.

In the year following This Is Our Art their sound got heavier and heavier. Suddenly they underwent a major change from an indie rock sound, to the rock-dance crossover baggy sound, popular at the time with the release of the album Lovegod. This change mirrored that of fellow Scottish band Primal Scream, and can be attributed to the rise of the ecstasy-fueled acid house rave scene in the UK. This led to accusations that they were jumping on the "baggy" bandwagon. However, in 1990, it produced their most notable hit single in the UK, "I'm Free", a cover of a Rolling Stones song.

Subsequent albums continued the rock-dance crossover sound, as they concentrated on trying to break America, succeeding in 1992, when "Divine Thing" hit #35 on the American pop chart.

But the band split in 1995. Paul Quinn joined fellow Bellshill band Teenage Fanclub. Sushil K. Dade formed the experimental post rock band Future Pilot AKA, and singer Sean Dickson formed The High Fidelity.

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The Soup Dragons Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by The Soup Dragons:

Automatic Speed Queen And she puts me through her cycle Don't you know what…
Backwards Dog Street walking little speed machine Backwards into forwards …
Contact High The higher that she takes you up the wall The further…
Divine Thing You are the one supreme being Just dressed to kill…
Don't Get Down Don't ever get down (oh yeah) Don't ever, ever get down…
Drive The Pain I take a ride and hit the city Just like you…
Getting Down Every way you move And everything you choose Has a certain s…
I Don't be afraid of your freedom Freedom I'm free to do what…
I'm Free (12" version) Don't be afraid of your freedom Freedom I'm free To do what…

I'm Free - Don't be afraid of your freedom Freedom I'm free to do what…
Im Free Don't be afraid of your freedom Freedom I'm free to do w…
I`m Free Don't be afraid of your freedom Freedom I'm free to do what…
Mindless I love the way your golden hair carresses on my…
Mother Universe She's in love with heaven above Well i think she is…
One Way Street …
Pleasure Take it to the limit Live it to the full Everybody's got…
Soft As Your Face What about the time You were counting ninety nine For I go…

Softly All I wanted to Was to be with you To live inside…

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