Little Town Flirt
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| "Little Town Flirt" | ||||
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| Single by Del Shannon | ||||
| from the album Little Town Flirt | ||||
| B-side | "The Wamboo" | |||
| Released | December 1962 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 2:40 | |||
| Label | Bigtop | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Del Shannon, Maron McKenzie | |||
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"Little Town Flirt" is a song by Del Shannon, which was released as a single in 1962 from the album Little Town Flirt in 1963.[1]
It spent 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 12,[2] while reaching No. 1 on the Irish Singles Chart,[3] No. 1 in Australia,[4] No. 4 on the UK's Record Retailer chart,[5] No. 7 on New Zealand's "Lever Hit Parade",[6] and No. 9 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade.[7]
The song was ranked No. 88 on Billboard's end of year ranking "Top Records of 1963".[8]
| "Little Town Flirt" | ||||
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| Single by Smokie | ||||
| B-side | "I'm In Love With You" | |||
| Released | 1981 | |||
| Length | 3:25 | |||
| Label | RAK | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Del Shannon, Maron McKenzie | |||
| Producer(s) | Smokie | |||
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The British band Smokie released their version as a single in 1981. The cover spent a total of 17 weeks in the German chart, peaking at No. 30.[9]
Altered Images produced a version, first released as a promo single and as a music video in 1982, for the soundtrack album of the 1983 film Party Party. The A&M Records single was backed with "Yakety Yak" by Bad Manners, also from the soundtrack. The Altered Images cover has not re-appeared on any of the band's anthologies.
