from Austin, TxAlso, for the record, I'm not a big fan of "Tracey", "Claire", "Billy Don't Be a Hero" or "Yummy, Yummy, Yummy, I Got Love In My Tummy"! Oooo! Is it hot in here, or just me?!! Mercy!! It's a kind of moderately slow, sexy tempo. Babbling Babette from Tulsa OkI love the tempo of this hit song.I heard from Ron Dante himself who said so. Wilson Pickett made a different version of the song, but the definitive version belongs to The Archies.Īlso, "Sugar, Sugar" was NEVER offered to The Monkees. Tom from San FranciscoWhat kind of idiotic remark is this? "Wilson Pickett recorded an R&B version the next year, which gave the song some credibility." The song is plenty credible.Obviously the singing and production would have been different than The Archies production was. Tom from San FranciscoNot only was "Sugar, Sugar" NOT ever offered to The Monkees, there was no guarantee that it would have been a worldwide phenomenon.The only other song from any Archies singles to appear on the 17 episodes was Love Light (Episode 12) which was the b-side of Feelin' So Good (S.K.O.O.B.Y.-D.O.O.). The b-side of Bang-Shang-A-Lang, Truck Driver, also appeared on one of the original 17 episodes (Episode 3). Actually, only ONE of their singles, Bang Shang-A-Lang, appeared on any of the original 17 episodes (Episode 1). Henry from Orlando, Fl UsaIt's interesting to point out that Sugar, Sugar did not appear on any of the original 17 episodes of the cartoon "The Archies Show".I CAN’T GET NEXT TO YOU by The Temptations. I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN by Tom Jones GREEN RIVER by Creedence Clearwater Revival "Sugar, Sugar" prevented two records from reaching #1, during it's second week at #1, the #2 record was "Green River" by Creedence Clearwater Revival, and for it's 3rd and 4th weeks in the top spot, "Jean" by Oliver was at #2 for both weeks, position #2 was the peak position for both "Green River" and "Jean".Īnd from the 'For What It's Worth' department the Billboard's Top 10 for fifty years ago today was: Barry from Sauquoit, NyFifty years ago today on September 14th, 1969 "Sugar, Sugar" by the Archies peaked at #1 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart, it spent a total of four weeks at #1.I still have the Archie comic book containing the story of how Kirshner (aka "the Man with the Golden Ear"), who appears in it, agrees to manage the group. He then fabricated a new group that made a ton of money, yet would never challenge him, because they didn't actually exist! No denying that the guy was a marketing genius, but the pushback from the Monkees led to a fun song like this. The Monkees (especially Mike Nesmith) got tired of Kirshner manipulating them like a group of children, so they helped force him out at Screen Gems. Seventh Mist from 7th Heaven The backstory about how this song came to be has always made me laugh.
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