"Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops" is a single by Scottish band

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, taken from their 1984 EP '' The Spangle Maker''. The song was written by Cocteau Twins, and recorded at Rooster Studios in

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. It was their highest-charting single, peaking at No. 29 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 1 on the

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Release and promotion

During the song's early weeks of release, it quickly become a prominent feature on European radio stations. In the United Kingdom, across all

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radio stations and other broadcasters such as

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, "Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops" was the 12th most frequently played song on British radio stations. In the week of May 14, 1984, "Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops" debuted at No. 53 on the European Airplay Top 60 chart, a chart compiled across Europe based on information received from individual European countries relating to radio airplay.

Music video

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for the song, directed by John Scarlett-Davis, was filmed at The Chapel in

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, and in nearby Virginia Waters Park. The music video was released and serviced to European television channels for broadcast. On the European continent itself, the music video received minimal airplay. However, in the United Kingdom, the music video for the song received considerable broadcast time. On the European music channel ''

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'', the video was ranked amongst the top ten videos to be played in May 1984.

In popular culture

The song was used on the soundtrack of the 2012 film ''

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''. The song was used in the final scene of the 2021

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miniseries ''Halston''. It is also used in Season 3 of ''The Bear'' on FX.

Charts

References

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