Poppa Joe

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"Poppe Joe"
Poppa Joe.jpg
German release picture sleeve
Single by The Sweet
B-side "Jeannie"
Released28 January 1972
Genre Bubblegum pop
Length3:07
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn
The Sweet singles chronology
"Alexander Graham Bell"
(1972)		"Poppe Joe"
(1972)		"Little Willy"
(1972)

"Poppa Joe" is a 1972 song recorded by The Sweet. Written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, [1] it went to number eleven in the UK. It was released in the United Kingdom by RCA Records on 28 January 1972. [1] The single is a bubblegum pop song with elements of Caribbean music due to the use of a steelpan throughout the song. It was featured as a bonus track on a 2005 re-release of the bands first album, Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be .

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Covers

The song has been covered by Graham Bonney, M-Kids, James Last, Waterloo and Robinson, Klaus and Servants, Kai Warner, Joachim Hübner & ABC Company, Party Animals, and Werner Twardy Orchestra, all mostly German artists. [2]

Reception

The song charted in seven counties: number eleven in the UK, number seventy in Australia, number sixteen in Ireland, number three in Germany, number two in Norway, Switzerland and Sweden, and number one in the Netherlands and Belgium. [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Charts

ChartPeak
position
Australia Kent Music Report [6] 70
Belgium VRT Top 30 [4] 1
Germany GfK Entertainment charts [7] 3
Ireland Singles Chart [8] 6
Netherlands Dutch Single Top 100 [3] [4] 1
Norway VG-lista [9] 2
Sweden Sverigetopplistan [10] 2
UK Official Singles Chart [5] 11

References

  1. 1 2 3 Poppa Joe by The Sweet , retrieved 2025-08-02
  2. ↑ "The Sweet - Poppa Joe - ultratop.be". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 2025-08-02.
  3. 1 2 "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2025-08-02.
  4. 1 2 3 The Sweet - Poppa Joe , retrieved 2025-08-02
  5. 1 2 "SWEET". Official Charts. 1971-03-13. Retrieved 2025-08-02.
  6. 1 2 Australian Chart Book 1970 - 1992. - David Kent 1993 - page 302 - ISBN   0-646-11917-6
  7. 1 2 "Suche – Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2025-08-02.
  8. 1 2 "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2025-08-02.
  9. 1 2 "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2025-08-02.
  10. 1 2 "Sweet - Se alla låtar och listplaceringar". NostalgiListan (in Swedish). Retrieved 2025-08-02.
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