Sweet Pea (song)
1966 single by Tommy Roe
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"Sweet Pea" is a bubblegum pop song written and performed by Tommy Roe. It was produced by Gary S. Paxton[2] and featured on his 1966 album, Sweet Pea.[3] In the lyrics, the singer spots a girl at a dance whom her friends call "Sweet Pea." There's no explanation of how she got this nickname. After dancing with her, he suggests they go for a walk where he tells her he loves her and wants her to be his girl.[4]
| "Sweet Pea" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Tommy Roe | ||||
| from the album Sweet Pea | ||||
| B-side | "Much More Love" | |||
| Released | 1966 | |||
| Genre | Bubblegum pop[1] | |||
| Length | 2:19 | |||
| Label | ABC Records 10762 | |||
| Songwriter | Tommy Roe | |||
| Producer | Gary S. Paxton | |||
| Tommy Roe singles chronology | ||||
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The song contains a drum break at the start of the recording.
Chart performance
Other versions
- The Ventures included an instrumental version on their 1966 album, Wild Things![9]
- Roger Williams made it the B-side to his single "Love Me Forever" in April 1967.[10]
- Friar Tuck recorded it as the B-side to his single "Alley-Oop" in May 1967.[11]
- Manfred Mann released it as a single in May 1967 that reached number 36 in the United Kingdom.[12]
- Donald Lautrec put out a single in 1967.[13]
- Gang Starr sampled Roe's version on their 1989 song "Movin' On" from the album No More Mr. Nice Guy.
- Big Audio Dynamite's song "Rush" samples the drum break from Roe's "Sweet Pea".
- The 2007 re-release of Cub's 1993 album Betti-Cola featured a cover of the song.
In media
- Samantha Mathis performs a frenetic dance to the tune in the 1999 film Jesus' Son.[14]
- The song is also played in the background in two episodes of the Hulu drama mini series, The Girl from Plainville (2022).
