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Sweetheart (Franke and the Knockouts song)







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"Sweetheart"
SinglebyFranke and the Knockouts
from the album Franke & the Knockouts
B-side"Don't Stop"
ReleasedMarch 1981
GenreSoft rock[1]
Length4:11
LabelMillennium
Songwriter(s)Franke Previte, William Elworthy[2]
Producer(s)Steve Verroca
Franke and the Knockouts singles chronology
"Sweetheart"
(1981) 		"You're My Girl"
(1981)

"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.

Background

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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).

Chart history

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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.

References

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  1. ^ "Albums from the Lost and Found: Franke and the Knockouts / Silver Condor". The Great Albums.
  • ^ "discogs.com". discogs.com. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  • ^ a b "Top 100 Hits of 1981/Top 100 Songs of 1981". musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  • ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 118. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  • ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1981-06-13. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  • ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  • ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 92.
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