Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops

Did You Know?

• The song was Cocteau Twins' highest-charting single, peaking at No. 29 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 1 on the UK Indie Chart.
• The title may reference a line from A Midsummer Night's Dream: "I must go seek some dew-drops here And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear."

Release and promotion

During the song's early weeks of release, it quickly became a prominent feature on European radio stations. In the United Kingdom, across all BBC radio stations and other broadcasters such as Capital Radio, "Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops" was the 12th most frequently played song on British radio stations. In the week of May 14, 1984, it 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

A music video for the song, directed by John Scarlett-Davis, was filmed at The Chapel in Holloway Sanatorium in Virginia Water, 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 Music Box, the video was ranked amongst the top ten videos to be played in May 1984.