Single:
Sugar Sugar entered the Australian singles chart* on 12 July 1969 and peaked at #6. It was the #39 song of 1969.
Songwriters:
Jeff Barry, Andy Kim
Producer:
Jeff Barry
Record label of Australian release:
RCA
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
BONUS CLIPS BELOW – Archies cartoon TV clip of Sugar Sugar, and Wilson Pickett singing the song
Wikipedia:
Sugar, Sugar written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim was originally recorded by the cartoon band the Archies.
The recording was the product of a group of studio musicians managed by Don Kirshner. Ron Dante’s lead vocals were accompanied by those of Toni Wine and Andy Kim. Together they provided the voices of the Archies using multi-tracking.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Sugar
Songfacts:
According to Jeff Barry, he and Andy Kim wrote this song with preschoolers in mind since that was the audience for the Archie TV show (Barry had children aged 3 and 4 at the time). The “You are my candy girl” line came from them thinking about what kids that age like (candy!).
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/the-archies/sugar-sugar
Lyrics:
Sugar
Oh, honey, honey
You are my candy girl
And you got me wanting you
Click for full lyrics
This song is also on our Spotify playlist Bang a Gong – the 60s
Also on Bang a Gong: Ron Dante is also lead vocalist on When Julie Comes Around by The Cuff Links
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BONUS CLIPS
Wilson Pickett with a different take on Sugar, Sugar:
Sugar, Sugar is one of 16 animated music segments created to be shown on The Archie Comedy Hour on America’s CBS-TV in 1969:
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