The Soup Dragons were a Scottish alternative rock band. Named after a character in the 1970s children's television show Clangers, the group is best known for its cover of the Rolling Stones' song "I'm Free." The group consisted of Sean Dickson (vocals, guitar), Jim McCulloch (guitar), Sushil K. Dade (bass), Ross Sinclair (drums, originally '85-'89) and Paul Quinn (drums). They also had US Top 40 hit with "Divine Thing" in 1992.
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Jul 1990 5 I'm Free Oct 1990 26 Mother Universe
What happened next?
The Soup Dragons disbanded in 1995. Paul Quinn joined Teenage Fanclub. Sushil K. Dade formed the experimental post rock group Future Pilot A.K.A. and became a producer for BBC Radio 3. Sean Dickson formed The High Fidelity and established a successful career Djing as HiFi Sean. Jim McCulloch joined Superstar, wrote and recorded music with Isobel Campbell, and formed the folk group Snowgoose. Ross A. Sinclair had a successful career in art, winning a number of international awards and becoming a Research Fellow at Glasgow School of Art and still makes music to this day. The story of The Soup Dragons is traced as part of the 2017 documentary Teenage Superstars.
In 2019, Dua Lipa recorded a promo snippet cover version of "I'm free" as part of advertisement campaign for the YSL perfume, Libre but it doesn't appear it was ever released as a single.
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