Hell Raiser (The Sweet song)

Hell Raiser peaked at number two for three weeks in the UK charts in May 1973, losing out to number one by two songs: Tony Orlando's "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" for one week and Wizzard's "See My Baby Jive" for the remaining two.^[2][3][4][5] It also went to number two in Ireland.^[6] It became their fifth of eight songs to reach the top of the charts in Germany (the fifth highest artist to have the most number ones in that country, tying with Boney M.^[7]).^[8] Additionally, it went to number five in Norway and number four in both Austria and the Netherlands; it was a minor hit in Australia, only charting at number 49.^{[9][10][11][12]}