| Puppet Man | |
| Cover: | Puppet_Man_-_The_5th_Dimension.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The 5th Dimension |
| Album: | Portrait |
| B-Side: | A Love Like Ours |
| Released: | March 1970 |
| Genre: | Soul |
| Label: | Bell Records |
| Producer: | Bones Howe |
| Prev Title: | The Girls' Song |
| Prev Year: | 1970 |
| Next Title: | Save the Country |
| Next Year: | 1970 |
"Puppet Man" is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield. It was originally recorded by Sedaka on his 1969 Workin' on a Groovy Thing LP. The first hit version was by The Fifth Dimension in 1970. The following year it was also a hit for Tom Jones.
The Fifth Dimension's original of "Puppet Man" reached #24 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in the spring of 1970.
| Chart (1970) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report) | 19 | |
| Canada RPM Top Singles[1] | 31 | |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[2] | 24 | |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 31 | |
| U.S. Cash Box Top 100[3] | 22 |
| Puppet Man | |
| Cover: | Puppet_Man_-_Tom_Jones.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Tom Jones |
| Album: | Tom Jones Sings She's a Lady |
| B-Side: | "Every Mile" "Resurrection Shuffle" |
| Released: | May 1971 |
| Recorded: | 1970 |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Length: | 2:53 |
| Label: | Decca (UK), Parrot (US and Canada) |
| Producer: | Gordon Mills |
| Chronology: | Tom Jones UK |
| Prev Title: | She's a Lady |
| Prev Year: | 1971 |
| Next Title: | Till |
| Next Year: | 1971 |
Tom Jones' version was released the following spring. It reached No. 26 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, spending 10 weeks on the chart. For the first six weeks the single was backed with "Every Mile," then was changed to "Resurrection Shuffle", which also became a U.S. top 40 hit, reaching No. 38 and keeping the record on the charts an additional five weeks.
| Chart (1971) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada RPM Top Singles[4] | 9 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 26 |
| US Cash Box Top 100[5] | 14 |
