Hell Raiser (The Sweet song)

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"Hell Raiser"
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Single by The Sweet
from the album The Sweet
Released1973
Genre Glam rock
Length3:15
Label RCA
Songwriter(s)
The Sweet singles chronology
"Block Buster!"
(1973)		"Hell Raiser"
(1973)		"The Ballroom Blitz"
(1973)

"Hell Raiser" is a 1973 song by The Sweet. Written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, who wrote many hit songs for the band, it was released by RCA. It is featured on The Sweet , a 1973 compilation of the bands material released between 1971 and 1973.

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Reception

Hell Raiser peaked at number two for three weeks in the UK charts in May 1973, losing out to number one by two songs: Tony Orlando's "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" for one week and Wizzard's "See My Baby Jive" for the remaining two. [1] [2] [3] [4] It also went to number two in Ireland. [5] It became their fifth of eight songs to reach the top of the charts in Germany (the fifth highest artist to have the most number ones in that contry, tying with Boney M. [6] ). [7] Additionally, it went to number five in Norway and number four in both Austria and the Netherlands; it was a minor hit in Australia, only charting at nubmer forty-nine. [8] [9] [10] [11]

Charts

ChartPeak
position
Australia Kent Music Report [8] 49
Germany GfK Entertainment charts [7] 1
Ireland Singles Chart [5] 2
Netherlands Dutch Single Top 100 [10] 4
Norway VG-lista [11] 5
UK Official Singles Chart [1] 2

References

  1. 1 2 "HELL RAISER". Official Charts. 5 May 1973. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  2. ↑ "Official Singles Chart on 6/5/1973". Official Charts. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  3. ↑ "Official Singles Chart on 13/5/1973". Official Charts. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  4. ↑ "Official Singles Chart on 20/5/1973". Official Charts. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  5. 1 2 "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  6. ↑ See List of number-one hits (Germany)
  7. 1 2 "Suche – Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  8. 1 2 Australian Chart Book 1970 - 1992 - David Kent 1993 - page 302 - ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  9. ↑ "Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  10. 1 2 "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  11. 1 2 "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
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