Funny, Funny

"Funny, Funny"
German release picture sleeve
Single by the Sweet
from the album Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be
B-side	"You're Not Wrong for Loving Me"
Released	29 January 1971 (1971-01-29)
Genre	Bubblegum [1] [2] pop rock [2] glam rock [3]
Length	2:46
Label	RCA Victor
Songwriter(s)	Nicky Chinn Mike Chapman
Producer(s)	Phil Wainman
The Sweet singles chronology
"Get on the Line" (1970) "Funny, Funny" (1971) "Co-Co" (1971)

"Funny, Funny" is a song by English glam rock band the Sweet, released in 1971 as the first single from their debut album Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be . It became their first chart hit, peaking at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart. ^[4]

Robin Carmody of Freaky Trigger described the "particularly fine" song as the strongest example of the Sweet's early bubblegum sound, before the group's music became heavier. ^[1]

Track listing

7-inch single

1. "Funny, Funny" – 2:46
2. "You're Not Wrong for Loving Me" – 2:45

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1971) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report) [5] 93 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [6] 1 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [7] 4 Denmark (IFPI) [8] 2 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [9] 5 Germany (GfK) [10] 5 Ireland (IRMA) [11] 7 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [12] 1 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [13] 1 Norway (VG-lista) [14] 2 Rhodesia (Lyons Maid) [15] 2 South Africa (Springbok Radio) [16] 1 Spain (Promusicae) [17] 12 Sweden (Kvällstoppen) [18] 1 UK Singles (OCC) [4] 13

Year-end charts Chart (1971) Position Belgium (Ultratop Flanders) [19] 12 Denmark (IFPI) [20] 6 Germany (GfK Entertainment) [21] 23 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [22] 15 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [23] 17 South Africa (Springbok Radio) [24] 4

References

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2. Dolan, Joe; Martoccio, Angie; Sheffield, Rob (November 20, 2024). "The 74 Best Albums of 1974". Rolling Stone . Retrieved November 29, 2024. Sweet started out as the Sweet, doing bubblegum pop-rock tunes like "Funny, Funny," "Little Willy," and the even-more-problematic-than-it-sounds "Wig Wam Bam
3. Philo, Simon (October 15, 2018). Glam Rock: Music in Sound and Vision. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 174. ISBN   978-1-4422-7148-7 . Retrieved March 26, 2025.
4. "Sweet: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 302. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
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7. "The Sweet – Funny, Funny" (in French). Ultratop 50.
8. "Hitlisten". Ekstra Bladet . 17 June 1971. p. 47.
9. Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN   951-31-2503-3.
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15. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: Singles Chart Book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
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17. Salaverri, Fernando (2005). Sólo éxitos: Año a año, 1959–2002. Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN   978-84-8048-639-2.
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20. "danskehitlister.dk". 2016-03-28. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
21. "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
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