Sweet Sticky Thing

"Sweet Sticky Thing"
Single by The Ohio Players
from the album Honey
B-side	"Alone"
Released	August 9, 1975
Genre	Funk [1]
Length	3:25 (Single version) 6:12 (Album version)
Label	Mercury
Songwriter(s)	William "Billy" Beck, Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner, Marshall "Rock" Jones, Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce, Clarence "Satch" Satchell, James "Diamond" Williams
Producer(s)	The Ohio Players
The Ohio Players singles chronology
"I Want to Be Free" (1975) "Sweet Sticky Thing" (1975) "Love Rollercoaster" (1975)

"Sweet Sticky Thing" is the name of a popular song by funk band Ohio Players, and released on the classic 1975 album, Honey . The song spent a week at number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart. It peaked at number 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. ^[2] It was the third of five songs that they would take to the top of the R&B chart.

Chart positions

Charts	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	33
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles	1

Cover versions

• In 1993, French pianist Alex Bugnon covered the song on his album "This Time Around." ^{[3] [4]}
• In 2012, American flutist Ragan Whiteside covered the song on her album "Evolve".
• In 2020, Japanese trumpeter Takuya Kuroda covered the song on his album "Fly Moon Die Soon".

External links

1. Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "Carnal Knowledge: Sexual Revolution". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 90. ISBN   031214704X.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 437.
3. "This Time Around overview". Allmusic.com .
4. "Berks Jazz Fest 2008: Alex Bugnon". SmoothVibes.com.

• Song Review on the Allmusic website