| "Sweet Like Chocolate" | ||||
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| Single by Shanks & Bigfoot | ||||
| from the album Swings and Roundabouts | ||||
| Released | 21 May 1999 | |||
| Format | CD | |||
| Recorded | 1999 | |||
| Genre | dance, garage | |||
| Length | 3:37 | |||
| Writer(s) | Steven Meade, Danny Langsman | |||
| Producer | Shanks & Bigfoot | |||
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"Sweet Like Chocolate" is a number 1 hit single by the musical duo Shanks & Bigfoot with vocalist Sharon Woolf. The track was later added to the duo's album Swings and Roundabouts.
Vocals on the track were sung by Sharon Woolf, who also sung on the their track "Straight from the Heart" with them the year before under the name Doolally.
"Sweet Like Chocolate" was originally released in a limited brown vinyl pressing of 1,000 copies, and demand quickly exceeded supply. The shortage of copies and delayed promo mailouts saw copies changing hands for as much as £80 each.
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"Sweet Like Chocolate" went platinum and was top 10 in a number of countries in 1999. It hit number 1 in the United Kingdom, reaching the top spot on the chart from 25 May to 23 June and knocking off "You Needed Me" by Boyzone. According to Music Week industry magazine, "Sweet Like Chocolate became the first record ever to top the independent, R&B, dance and main CIN charts simultaneously."
The single was a hit even before commercial release, receiving months of club play before debuting at number 1 and remaining there for two weeks. The song had charmed over the UK, becoming one of the most popular singles of the late 1990s. Many journalists commented on the song's unavoidable presence on the streets of London. The single was the 8th biggest seller of 1999 in the UK. It remains the biggest record the UK Garage scene produced.
| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
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| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 6[1] |
| Belgian Singles Chart | 42[1] |
| Netherlands Singles Chart | 24[1] |
| New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart | 9[1] |
| UK Singles Chart | 1 |
| Sweden Singles Chart | 25[1] |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 32[1] |
A computer animated music video was made for the song and was made by Darren Lee of Visualisation Services Ltd.[2] It features a little girl walking down a street where almost everything is made out of chocolate.
| Preceded by "You Needed Me" by Boyzone |
UK Singles Chart number one single 23 May 1999 – 5 June 1999 |
Succeeded by "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)" by Baz Luhrmann |