Little Willy (song)

"Little Willy" is a song written by songwriters Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman and performed by the British glam rock band The Sweet, released in 1972 as a non-album single in the UK, peaking at #4 in the best seller charts. It was released in the United States in May 1973,^[3] from the album The Sweet and became Sweet's biggest hit in the United States, reaching No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.^[4]

This is the last single on which Steve Priest, Andy Scott, and Mick Tucker did not perform, as on "Little Willy" and all previous singles, producer Phil Wainman played drums, and session musicians John Roberts and Pip Williams were on bass and guitars respectively.

"Little Willy" was used extensively in the pilot of the television series Life on Mars.

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1973)	Peak position
Australia	65
Canada	1
Denmark	1
Finland	2
Germany	1
Ireland	9
The Netherlands	7
Norway	7
Switzerland	2
UK	4
U.S. (Billboard Hot 100)	3

Year-end charts

Chart (1973)	Rank
Canada	14
UK ^[5]	41
US Billboard Hot 100^[6]	18

Cover versions

U.S. glam metal band Poison recorded a cover version of "Little Willy" on their album Poison'd!
Bob Rivers recorded a parody called "Little Billy's Willy", about President Bill Clinton and the Lewinsky scandal.

References

↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Sweet | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
↑ Power Pop It Ain't - MTV
↑ https://web.archive.org/20110828233811/http://www.sweetlife.dk:80/871. Archived from the original on August 28, 2011. Retrieved November 5, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ "Little Willy by Sweet". Songfacts. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
↑ "Top 100 1973 - UK Music Charts". Uk-charts.top-source.info. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1973/Top 100 Songs of 1973". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2015-10-20.

The Sweet

Mick Tucker Steve Priest Brian Connolly Andy Scott Frank Torpey Mick Stewart Mal McNulty Paul Mario Day Phil Lanzon Malcolm Pearson Jeff Brown Ian Gibbons Steve Mann

Studio albums	Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be Sweet Fanny Adams Desolation Boulevard Give Us a Wink Off the Record Level Headed Cut Above the Rest Waters Edge Identity Crisis

Live albums	Strung Up Live in Denmark 1976 Live at the Rainbow 1973

Compilation albums	Gimme Dat Ding The Sweet's Biggest Hits The Sweet The Sweet Singles Album Strung Up The Golden Greats The Ballroom Blitz & More Sweet Hits Platinum Rare Action: The Sweet Anthology

Singles	"Little Willy" "Wig-Wam Bam" "Block Buster!" "The Ballroom Blitz" "The Six Teens" "Fox on the Run" "Action" "Love Is Like Oxygen"

Related articles	Discography

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