The Archies were perhaps the most popular animated band in the late '60s, with a cartoon that aired every Saturday morning and one chart-topping single, "Sugar, Sugar." It was the #1 song of 1969 in the US. It beat out songs by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Jackson 5, Elvis Presley, David Bowie, and Stevie Wonder. It was also a huge hit in the UK, where it stayed at #1 for 8 weeks.
Sugar, Sugar" by the Archies was produced by Jeff Barry, and the song was originally released on the album Everything's Archie. The album is the product of a group of studio musicians managed by Don Kirshner. Ron Dante's lead vocals were accompanied by those of Toni Wine and Andy Kim. Together they provided the voices of the Archies using multitracking. The song was initially released in late May 1969, on the Calendar label (the same label as the two previous Archies singles), achieving moderate chart success in the early summer in some radio markets, and was re-released mid-July 1969, on the Kirshner label, when it then attained massive success nationwide by late summer/early fall.
The song is said to have been earlier offered to The Monkees, but they refused.A week after topping the RPM 100 national singles chart in Canada on September 13, 1969 (where it spent three weeks), it went on to spend four weeks at the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 from September 20. It spent a total of 22 weeks in the Billboard Hot 100 and was the 1969 US number-one single of the year. It was classified by the RIAA as a gold record in August 1969, meaning it sold 1 million units (the gold threshold was later lowered to 500,000). It is ranked at number 78 on Billboard's Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Singles.
Tracklist
| A1 | Feelin' So Good (S.K.O.O.B.Y. - D.O.O.) | |
| A2 | Melody Hill | 2:27 |
| A3 | Rock & Roll Music | 2:34 |
| A4 | Kissin' | 2:27 |
| A5 | Don't Touch My Guitar | 2:16 |
| A6 | Circle Of Blue | 2:17 |
| B1 | Sugar, Sugar | 2:48 |
| B2 | You Little Angel, You | 2:39 |
| B3 | Bicycles, Roller Skates And You | 2:34 |
| B4 | Hot Dog | 2:19 |
| B5 | Inside Out - Upside Down | 2:14 |
| B6 | Love Light“Sugar, Sugar”
Sugar, honey, honey
You are my candy girl And you got me wanting you Honey, sugar, sugar You are my candy girl And you got me wanting you
I just can’t believe the loveliness of loving you
(I just can’t believe it’s true) I just can’t believe the wonder of this feeling, too (I just can’t believe it’s true)
Sugar, honey, honey
You are my candy girl And you got me wanting you Honey, sugar, sugar You are my candy girl And you got me wanting you
When I kissed you girl I knew how sweet a kiss could be
(I know how sweet a kiss can be) Like the summer sunshine pour you sweetness over me (Pour your sweetness over me)
(Oh, sugar)
Pour your sugar on me, honey Pour your sugar on me, baby I’m gonna make your life so sweet, yeah, yeah, yeah
Pour your sugar on me, oh, yeah
Pour your sugar on me, honey Pour your sugar on me, baby I’m gonna make your life so sweet, yeah, yeah, yeah Pour your sugar on me, honey
Sugar, honey, honey
You are my candy girl And you got me wanting you Honey, sugar, sugar You are my candy girl | 2:30 |
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