Block Buster!
1973 single by Sweet
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"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,[8] and also made No. 1 in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Ireland, and No. 3 in Finland, Switzerland, Denmark and Norway. Outside Europe it peaked at No. 1 in New Zealand, No. 29 in Australia and at No. 73 on the American Billboard Hot 100.
| "Block Buster!" | ||||
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| Single by Sweet | ||||
| from the album The Sweet | ||||
| B-side | "Need a Lot of Lovin'" | |||
| Released | 5 January 1973[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1972 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:13 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Songwriters | Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman | |||
| Producer | Phil Wainman | |||
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| Video | ||||
| "Blockbuster" - Top Of The Pops on YouTube | ||||
Music and lyric
Its Muddy Waters-inspired blues riff is markedly similar to that featured on fellow RCA act David Bowie's "The Jean Genie", released shortly before, but all parties maintained this was a coincidence.[9]
TV performances
Some controversy arose after the band's performance of the song on the British television program Top of the Pops on 25 December 1973, for which bassist Steve Priest wore a swastika arm band, a painted Hitler moustache and a Pickelhaube.[10]