Artist:The Soup Dragons f/Junior Reid
Song:I'm Free
Album:20 Golden Greats
This 1990 cover of The Rolling Stones classic I'm Free was the biggest hit from the Scottish group The Soup Dragons. They had success mostly in England but were making progress in the US when they split up. The Soup Dragons were formed in 1985 in Belshill, Scotland which is south of Glasgow. The group name comes from the British children's TV show Clangers. The band for most of their run was lead singer, lead guitarist and main songwriter Sean Dickson, Jim McCulloch on guitar, Sushil K. Dade on bass and Paul Quinn on drums. Their first demo got them a record deal with The Subway Organisation. When some of their songs appeared on a US various artists album Hang Ten, they signed with Sire Records for the 1988 album This Is Our Art. I'm Free is from the 1990 album Lovegod. Dickson wrote and produced the album. I'm Free reached #5 on the British Singles chart. It reached #79 on the Billboard Hot 100. That gave Sire Records hope that The Soup Dragons could have success in America. Divine Thing from the 1992 album Hotwired reached #35 on the Billboard Hot 100. But as the band got more commercial, the guys didn't like it and they left in 1995. Dickson recorded one more album as The Soup Dragons. He hired studio musicians. Dickson formed The High Fidelity and these days he is DJ HiFi Sean. This comp from the British label Recall is a good intro to their music. Here's the video for I'm Free by The Soup Dragons featuring Junior Reid from Black Uhuru.
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