Puppet on a String (Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons song)

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"Puppet on a String"
Single by Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons
from the album Hats Off Step Lively
ReleasedJuly 1980
Studio Armstrong Studios, Melbourne
Genre Rock
Length3:20
Label Mushroom Records
Songwriter(s) Joe Camilleri, Jeff Burstin, Tony Faehse
Producer(s) Peter Solley
Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons singles chronology
"All I Wanna Do"
(1980)
"Puppet on a String"
(1980)
"I Will Return"
(1980)

"Puppet on a String" (sub-titled "Let Her Go") is a pop song written by Joe Camilleri, Jeff Burstin and Tony Faehse and recorded by Australian blues, rock and R&B band Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons. The song was released in July 1980 as the second single from the band's fifth studio album Hats Off Step Lively (1980).

Contents

The song peaked at number 53 on the Kent Music Report in Australia.

Track listing

7" (K 7993)

Charts

Chart (1980)Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report [1] 53

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References

  1. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 156. ISBN   0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.