Sugar, Sugar
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"Sugar, Sugar" was a 1969 hit song, originally released on the album Everything's Archie, supposedly by fictional characters The Archies, actually the product of a group of studio musicians managed by Don Kirshner, with lead vocals by Ron Dante. It was produced by Jeff Barry and written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim.
Ron Dante's vocals were accompanied by those of Toni Wine, Andy Kim, and Ellie Greenwich and together they provided the voices of the various Archies using multitracking.
"Sugar, Sugar" was the number one single of 1969, according to Billboard. It spent four weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 from September 20, 1969. The following year, in 1970, singer Wilson Pickett hit the U.S. Top Forty with his own version of the song. Later, it was covered by Bob Marley and the Wailers.
In 1980, co-composer Andy Kim recorded "Sugar, Sugar" under the name Baron Longfellow, as a track on his self-titled LP.
On February 5, 2006, "Sugar, Sugar" was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame (Andy Kim is originally from Montreal, Quebec).
Blue Orchids covered the song on their "Mystic Bud" album, released in 2004.
The song is considered a canonical example of Bubblegum Pop.
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References
- The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, fifth edition.
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