Little Willy (song)
| "Little Willy" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Single by The Sweet | ||||
| from the album The Sweet | ||||
| B-side | "Man from Mecca" | |||
| Released |
19 May 1972 (UK) September 1972 (US) | |||
| Format | 7" vinyl | |||
| Recorded | 1972 | |||
| Genre | Bubblegum pop,[1] glam rock,[2] power pop[3] | |||
| Length | 3:13 | |||
| Label |
RCA (UK) Bell (US & Canada)[4] | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman | |||
| Producer(s) | Phil Wainman | |||
| The Sweet singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
"Little Willy" is a song written by songwriters Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman and performed by the British glam rock band The Sweet, released in 1972 as a non-album single in the UK, peaking at #4 in the best seller charts. It was released in the US in September 1972[5] and also appeared on their US debut album The Sweet and became their biggest hit in the US, reaching No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.[6]
"Little Willy" was used extensively in the pilot of the television series Life on Mars.
Chart performance
Personnel
- Brian Connolly - lead vocals
- Andy Scott - backing vocals, guitar on "Man from Mecca"
- Steve Priest - backing vocals, bass guitar on "Man from Mecca"
- Mick Tucker - backing vocals, drums on "Man from Mecca"
- Pip Williams - guitar on "Little Willy"
- John Roberts - bass guitar on "Little Willy"
- Phil Wainman - drums on "Little Willy"
Cover versions
- U.S. glam metal band Poison recorded a cover version of "Little Willy" on their album Poison'd!
- Bob Rivers recorded a parody called "Little Billy's Willy", about President Bill Clinton and the Lewinsky scandal.
References
- ↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Sweet | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
- ↑ Martin Popoff. The Big Book of Hair Metal: The Illustrated Oral History of Heavy Metal?s ... Books.google.no. p. 16. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
- ↑ "Power Pop It Ain't". MTV News. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ↑ https://www.discogs.com/The-Sweet-Little-Willy/master/172830
- ↑ Little Willy / Man from Mecca (US) - 45cat
- ↑ "Little Willy by Sweet". Songfacts. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- ↑ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
- ↑ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
- ↑ Canada, Library and Archives (December 26, 2017). "Image : RPM Weekly".
- ↑ "Top Selling Singles for 1973". Sounds. London, England: Spotlight Publications: 4. 5 January 1974.
- ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1973/Top 100 Songs of 1973". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
External links
| |
| Studio albums | |
| Live albums | |
| Compilation albums | |
| Singles | |
| Related articles | |
| |
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.