"Little Willy" is a song written by songwritersNicky 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[6] and also appeared on their US debut album The Sweet and became their biggest hit in the US, reaching #3 on the Billboard Hot 100.[7]Billboard ranked it as the #18 song for 1973.
In a retrospective review of glitter rock, Bomp! noted that although rock music journalists almost uniformly "loathed it", the song was a huge commercial success and "helped launch the essential glitter rock formula sound".[8]
"Little Willy" was used extensively in the pilot of the television series Life on Mars.
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little, willy, song, little, willy, song, written, songwriters, nicky, chinn, mike, chapman, performed, british, glam, rock, band, sweet, released, 1972, album, single, peaking, best, seller, charts, released, september, 1972, also, appeared, their, debut, alb. 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 6 and also appeared on their US debut album The Sweet and became their biggest hit in the US reaching 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 7 Billboard ranked it as the 18 song for 1973 Little Willy Single by The Sweetfrom the album The SweetB side Man from Mecca Released19 May 1972 UK September 1972 US Recorded1972GenreGlam rock 1 2 power pop 3 bubblegum pop 4 Length3 13LabelRCA UK Bell US amp Canada 5 Songwriter s Nicky Chinn Mike ChapmanProducer s Phil WainmanThe Sweet singles chronology Poppa Joe 1972 Little Willy 1972 Wig Wam Bam 1972 Official audio Little Willy on YouTubeIn a retrospective review of glitter rock Bomp noted that although rock music journalists almost uniformly loathed it the song was a huge commercial success and helped launch the essential glitter rock formula sound 8 Little Willy was used extensively in the pilot of the television series Life on Mars Contents 1 Chart performance 1 1 Weekly charts 1 2 Year end charts 2 Personnel 2 1 Little Willy 2 2 Man from Mecca 3 Parody versions 4 References 5 External linksChart performance EditWeekly charts Edit Chart 1972 73 PeakpositionAustralia citation needed 65Belgium Flanders 9 7Belgium Wallonia 9 19Canada 10 1Denmark citation needed 1Finland citation needed 2Germany 9 1Ireland citation needed 9Netherlands citation needed 7New Zealand 11 7Norway 9 7South Africa Springbok 12 9Switzerland 9 2UK 13 4US Billboard Hot 100 14 3 Year end charts Edit Chart 1973 RankCanada 15 17UK 16 41US Billboard Hot 100 17 18Personnel Edit Little Willy Edit Brian Connolly lead vocals Andy Scott backing vocals Steve Priest backing vocals Mick Tucker backing vocals Pip Williams guitar John Roberts bass guitar Phil Wainman drums timbales Man from Mecca Edit Brian Connolly lead vocals Andy Scott backing vocals guitar Steve Priest backing vocals bass guitar Mick Tucker backing vocals drumsParody versions EditBob Rivers recorded a parody called Little Billy s Willy about President Bill Clinton and the Lewinsky scandal References Edit Popoff Martin 2014 The Big Book of Hair Metal The Illustrated Oral History of Heavy Metal s Debauched Decade Voyageur Press p 16 ISBN 978 1 62788 375 7 Sendra Tim Golden Groups amp Glitter Sounds Various Artists Songs Reviews Credits AllMusic Retrieved 29 June 2019 Cantwell David 4 November 1998 Power Pop It Ain t MTV News Retrieved 10 May 2016 Erlewine Stephen Thomas Sweet Biography amp History AllMusic Retrieved 20 October 2015 The Sweet Little Willy Discogs Retrieved 26 November 2018 Little Willy Man from Mecca US 45cat Little Willy by Sweet Songfacts Retrieved 15 March 2013 Barnes Ken March 1978 The Glitter Era Teenage Rampage Bomp Retrieved 25 January 2019 via Rock s Backpages a b c d e Dutch Charts dutchcharts nl Image RPM Weekly Library and Archives Canada Bac lac gc ca 17 July 2013 Retrieved 7 October 2016 flavour of new zealand search listener Flavourofnz co nz Retrieved 7 October 2016 SA Charts 1965 March 1989 Retrieved 5 September 2018 UK Official Charts Official Charts Company 2019 Retrieved 25 January 2019 Hot 100 The Sweet Billboard 2019 Retrieved 25 January 2019 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 20 October 2015 External links EditSweet Little Willy on YouTube Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Little Willy song amp oldid 1104695038, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
