Sweet like Chocolate

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"Sweet like Chocolate"
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Single by Shanks & Bigfoot
from the album Swings and Roundabouts
Released17 May 1999 (1999-05-17) [1]
Studio Soul II Soul (London, England)
Genre UK garage
Length3:37
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Danny Langsman
  • Steven Meade
Producer(s) Shanks & Bigfoot
Shanks & Bigfoot singles chronology
"Straight from the Heart"
(1998)		"Sweet like Chocolate"
(1999)		"Straight from the Heart"
(1999)

"Sweet like Chocolate" is a song by British garage music duo Shanks & Bigfoot with vocalist Sharon Woolf. It was released as a single on 17 May 1999 and was included on the duo's debut album, Swings and Roundabouts (2000). Vocals on the track are sung by Sharon Woolf, who had also sung on their track "Straight from the Heart", which was released under their previous band name, 'Doolally'.

Contents

"Sweet like Chocolate" was originally released on vinyl in 1998 as a promotional single, which had a short-run pressing of 1,000 copies. When released as an official single in 1999, it topped the UK Singles Chart for two weeks and reached the top 10 in Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand. The song was the first UK garage track to hit number one on the UK Singles Chart. In 2019, The Guardian listed the song at number 20 in their list of "The Best UK Garage Tracks". [2]

Music video

A music video, which is animated, was produced for the song by graphic designers "Visualisation Services". [3]
It is set in a surreal world where every object, except for the protagonist, is constructed out of chocolate.

Chart performance

"Sweet like Chocolate" topped the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in May 1999, selling 251,000 copies during its first week and 142,000 copies during its second week. [4] It achieved platinum status in the UK and was the country's eighth biggest-selling single of 1999. [5] [6] It was the first song to top the UK Singles, Dance, R&B, and Indie charts, though not simultaneously. [4] Internationally, the song was a top-10 hit in Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand; in the latter two countries, the song was certified platinum and gold, respectively. [7] [8] It also charted in Flanders, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland. In Canada, the song peaked at number 14 on the RPM Dance 30 chart in September 1999. [9]

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the UK CD single liner notes. [10]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [7] Platinum70,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [8] Gold5,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [5] Platinum707,000 [34]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Other cover versions

English singer and songwriter Tulisa heavily sampled the chorus to the song on her song of the same name in 2016 with English rapper Akelle.

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