Block Buster!

"Block Buster!" (also sometimes listed as "Blockbuster!") is a 1973 single by The Sweet. Written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, and produced by Phil Wainman, "Block Buster!" was the band's sole UK No. 1 hit. Released in January 1973, it spent five weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart,^[1] and also made #1 in the Netherlands, Germany, New Zealand, Austria and Ireland, and #3 in Finland, Switzerland, Denmark and Norway. Outside Europe it fared less well as it peaked at #29 in Australia and at #73 on the American Billboard Hot 100.

Music and lyrics

Its riff was considered markedly similar to fellow RCA act David Bowie's "The Jean Genie", released shortly before, but all parties maintain that this was pure coincidence.^[2]

TV performances

Some controversy rose after the band's performance of the song on the British television program Top of the Pops at December 25 1973. In this performance, Sweet's bassist Steve Priest wore a Swastika.^[3]

References

↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 282–3. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
↑ Nicholas Pegg (2000). The Complete David Bowie: p.110
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Preceded by "Long Haired Lover from Liverpool" by Little Jimmy Osmond	UK Singles Chart number one single January 27, 1973 (5 weeks)	Succeeded by "Cum on Feel the Noize" by Slade

The Sweet

Mick Tucker Steve Priest Brian Connolly Andy Scott Frank Torpey Mick Stewart Mal McNulty Paul Mario Day Phil Lanzon Malcolm Pearson Jeff Brown Ian Gibbons Steve Mann

Studio albums	Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be Sweet Fanny Adams Desolation Boulevard Give Us a Wink Off the Record Level Headed Cut Above the Rest Waters Edge Identity Crisis

Live albums	Strung Up Live in Denmark 1976 Live at the Rainbow 1973

Compilation albums	Gimme Dat Ding The Sweet's Biggest Hits The Sweet The Sweet Singles Album Strung Up The Golden Greats The Ballroom Blitz & More Sweet Hits Platinum Rare Action: The Sweet Anthology

Singles	"Little Willy" "Wig-Wam Bam" "Block Buster!" "The Ballroom Blitz" "The Six Teens" "Fox on the Run" "Action" "Love Is Like Oxygen"

Related articles	Discography

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