"Sweetheart" | ||||
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Single by Franke and the Knockouts | ||||
from the album Franke & the Knockouts | ||||
B-side | "Don't Stop" | |||
Released | March 1981 | |||
Genre | Soft rock [1] | |||
Length | 4:11 | |||
Label | Millennium | |||
Songwriter(s) | Franke Previte, William Elworthy [2] | |||
Producer(s) | Steve Verroca | |||
Franke and the Knockouts singles chronology | ||||
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"Sweetheart" is the debut single by Franke and the Knockouts. It is their greatest hit, reaching the U.S. top 10 during the spring of 1981. The song is from their self-titled debut album, also released that year.
The song was the group's first of three U.S. top 40 hits, the others being "You're My Girl" (#27) and "Without You (Not Another Lonely Night)" (#24).
It spent 19 weeks on the charts and is ranked as the 50th biggest hit of 1981. [3] "Sweetheart" also charted moderately on both the U.S. Adult Contemporary and Mainstream Rock charts. Internationally, "Sweetheart" charted in Canada at No. 18 and in Australia at No. 63.
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