Sugar Free (song)

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"Sugar Free"
Sugar Free by Wa Wa Nee.jpg
Single by Wa Wa Nee
from the album Wa Wa Nee
Released1 December 1986 [1]
Studio Studios 301, Sydney
Genre Synth-pop
Length4:27
Label CBS Records
Songwriter(s) Paul Gray
Producer(s) Paul Gray, Jim Taig
Wa Wa Nee singles chronology
"I Could Make You Love Me"
(1986)
"Sugar Free"
(1986)
"One and One (Ain't I Good Enough)"
(1987)

"Sugar Free" is a song from Australian pop group Wa Wa Nee. The song was released in December 1986 as the third single from their self-titled debut studio album. The song peaked at number 10 on the Australian singles chart, [2] and number 35 in the US on the Billboard Hot 100. [3]

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The song is featured in the film, Cassandra .

The song was covered in Cantonese by Leslie Cheung 'Side Face'(側面)in 1989, recorded on the album Leslie '89

Track listing

7" (CBS – BA3516)

12"' (CBS – BA12233)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1986–1987)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [2] 10
US (Billboard Hot 100) [3] 35

Year-end charts

Chart (1987)Peak
position
Australia (Australian Music Report) [4] [5] 99

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References

  1. "Australian Music Report No 646 – 1 December 1986 > Singles: New Releases". Imgur.com (original document published by Australian Music Report). Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 331. ISBN   0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.
  3. 1 2 "Billboard > Artists / Wa Wa Nee > Chart History > The Hot 100". Billboard . Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  4. "Australian Music Report No 701 – 28 December 1987 > National Top 100 Singles for 1987". Kent Music Report, via Imgur.com. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  5. Scott, Gavin. "30 Years Ago This Week: December 20, 1987". blogspot.com.au. Retrieved 11 June 2017. N.B. The Kent Music Report annual charts were calculated using a points system based on chart runs rather than sales.