Funny, Funny Explained

Funny, Funny
Type:single
Artist:the Sweet
Album:Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be
B-Side:You're Not Wrong for Loving Me
Genre:
Label:RCA Victor
Producer:Phil Wainman
Prev Title:Get on the Line
Prev Year:1970
Next Title:Co-Co
Next Year:1971

"Funny, Funny" is a song by British band the Sweet released in January 1971. It was the first single from their debut album Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be and became their first chart hit, peaking at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart.

Robin Carmody of Freaky Trigger described the "particularly fine" song as the strongest example of the Sweet's early bubblegum sound, before the group's music became heavier.[1]

Track listing

7-inch single

  1. "Funny, Funny" – 2:46
  2. "You're Not Wrong for Loving Me" – 2:45

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1971)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 93
Denmark (IFPI)[3] 2
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[4] 5
Rhodesia (Lyons Maid)[5] 2
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[6] 1
Spain (Promusicae)[7] 12
Sweden (Kvällstoppen)[8] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1971)Position
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[9] 12
Denmark (IFPI)[10] 6
Germany (GfK Entertainment)[11] 23
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[12] 15
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[13] 17
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[14] 4

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Carmody . Robin . The Cottage Industry of Moments . Freaky Trigger . 20 November 2022 . 2 . 1 January 2002.
  2. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 302.
  3. 17 June 1971. Hitlisten. Ekstra Bladet. 47.
  4. Book: Nyman, Jake. 2005. Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja. 1st. Tammi. Helsinki. 951-31-2503-3. Finnish.
  5. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: Singles Chart Book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
  6. Web site: SA Charts 1969–March 1989. 25 January 2022.
  7. Book: Salaverri, Fernando. Sólo éxitos: Año a año, 1959–2002. 2005. Fundación Autor-SGAE. Spain. 978-84-8048-639-2.
  8. Web site: Sweet - Se alla låtar och listplaceringar. 2022-01-25. NostalgiListan. sv.
  9. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 1971. Ultratop. 25 January 2022.
  10. Web site: 2016-03-28. danskehitlister.dk. 2022-01-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20160413132847/http://danskehitlister.dk/?hitlist_id=10&y=1971&hitlist_item_id=910. 13 April 2016.
  11. Web site: Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts. de. GfK Entertainment. offiziellecharts.de. 25 January 2022.
  12. Web site: Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1971. Dutch Top 40. 25 January 2022.
  13. Web site: Jaaroverzichten - Single 1971. www.dutchcharts.nl. 25 January 2022.
  14. Web site: South African Rock Lists Website - Hits 1971. 2022-01-25. www.rock.co.za.