Puppy Love (Paul Anka song) explained

Puppy Love
Cover:Puppy_Love_-_Paul_Anka.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Paul Anka
Album:Paul Anka Sings His Big 15
B-Side:Adam & Eve
Released:February 13, 1960
Recorded:1960
Genre:Pop
Length:2:45
Label:ABC-Paramount
Producer:Sid Feller
Prev Title:It's Time to Cry
Prev Year:1959
Next Title:My Home Town
Next Year:1960

"Puppy Love" is a popular song written by Paul Anka in 1960 for Annette Funicello, a Mouseketeer, on whom he had a crush. Anka's version reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 behind Percy Faith's "Theme from A Summer Place",[1] No. 4 on the Canadian CHUM Charts,[2] and No. 33 on the UK Singles Chart.[3]

Donny Osmond version

Puppy Love
Cover:puppyloveosmond.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Donny Osmond
Album:Portrait of Donny
B-Side:Let My People Go
Released:February 19, 1972
Recorded:September 20, 1971
Genre:Pop
Length:3:05
Producer:Mike Curb
Don Costa[4]
Prev Title:Hey Girl
Prev Year:1971
Next Title:Too Young
Next Year:1972

Twelve years later, the song was revived by Donny Osmond. It was released on February 19, 1972, and reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 1, 1972. It peaked at No. 1 on both the Canadian RPM singles chart during April 15 - 29, 1972, and the UK Singles Chart during July 8 - August 5, 1972.[5] Billboard ranked this version as the No. 67 song for 1972.[6] It was certified Gold by the RIAA on March 24, 1972. It also topped the Mexican charts in 1972. The song was also covered by British pop group S Club Juniors in 2002.

On March 15, 1972, DJ Robert W. Morgan played the Donny Osmond version for 90 minutes straight on KHJ in Los Angeles. After receiving numerous calls from listeners, LAPD raided the station studios. The officers left without making arrests.[7]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1972)Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report)1
Canada RPM Top Singles[8] 1
Mexico (Billboard Hits of the World)[9] 1
New Zealand (Listener)[10] 1
South Africa (Springbok)[11] 11
US Billboard Hot 1003
US Cash Box Top 100[12] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (1972)Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report)[13] 1
Canada 4
UK[14] 3
US Billboard Hot 100[15] 67
US Cash Box[16] 47

Certifications

S Club Juniors version

Puppy Love" / "Sleigh Ride
Cover:Puppy Love Sleigh Ride.jpg
Type:single
Artist:S Club Juniors
Album:Together
Released:[17]
Length:
  • 3:05 ("Puppy Love")
  • 2:55 ("Sleigh Ride")
Label:Polydor, 19
Producer:Jewels & Stone
Prev Title:New Direction
Prev Year:2002
Puppy Love
Title2:Sleigh Ride
Next Title:Fool No More
Next Year:2003

In 2002, British pop group S Club Juniors covered "Puppy Love" and released it as a double A-side single alongside a cover of "Sleigh Ride", the 1948 song written by Leroy Anderson and Mitchell Parish. "Puppy Love" / "Sleigh Ride" was released on 9 December 2002 as the fourth single from the group's debut album, Together (2002). It peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart.

Composition

Calvin Goldspink sang lead vocals for "Puppy Love". The other members, Frankie Sandford, Aaron Renfree, Stacey McClean, Rochelle Wiseman, Daisy Evans, Hannah Richings and Jay Asforis did not have any solos in the song.

Music videos

The video for "Puppy Love" features Goldspink looking through a Rachel Stevens calendar and making a snow stature shaped like her whilst the others are playing in the snow. Later the group are indoors decorating the house with decorations before finding their presents where Goldspink finds a present for him from Stevens: a puppy. At the end of the video, words come up saying: "Remember a dog is for life, not just for Christmas."

The video for "Sleigh Ride" features clips from the previous video with the group playing in the snow and the lyrics to song appear to sing-a-long to.

Track listings

UK CD single[18]

  1. "Puppy Love"
  2. "Sleigh Ride"
  3. "Sleigh Ride" (karaoke version)
  4. "Puppy Love" (video)

UK cassette single[19]

  1. "Puppy Love"
  2. "Sleigh Ride"
  3. "Puppy Love" (karaoke version)

Credits and personnel

"Puppy Love"

Credits are lifted from the Together album booklet.[20]

Studio

Personnel

"Sleigh Ride"

Credits are lifted from the UK CD single liner notes.[18]

Studio

Personnel

Charts

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Artist Biography by John Bush . Paul Anka | Awards . AllMusic . July 30, 1941 . May 1, 2014 . March 3, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140303153905/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/paul-anka-mn0000745915/awards . live .
  2. Web site: CHUM Top 20 Singles - March 21, 1960. March 17, 2022. August 15, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220815095636/http://hitsofalldecades.com/chart_hits/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=851&Itemid=52. live.
  3. Web site: Paul Anka – Full Official Chart History. Official Charts Company. January 20, 2016. February 22, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160222113104/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/29047/paul-anka/. live.
  4. Web site: Images for Donny Osmond – Puppy Love . discogs . May 1, 2014.
  5. Web site: Donny Osmond – Full Official Chart History. Official Charts Company. January 20, 2016. July 6, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170706112621/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/18377/donny-osmond/. live.
  6. [Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1972]
  7. Web site: Triple A Radio . June 27, 2017 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20140810162759/http://www.triplearadio.com/show_prep/ . August 10, 2014 .
  8. Web site: Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . April 22, 1972 . December 21, 2018 . December 6, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171206163100/http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.7738&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.7738.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.7738 . live .
  9. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World". 17 June 1972. 62. 20 September 2022. December 11, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221211031832/https://books.google.com/books?id=mkUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA62. live.
  10. Web site: Flavour of New Zealand, 30 October 1972 . December 20, 2018 . December 20, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181220230301/http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qsongid=3718#n_view_location . dead .
  11. Web site: SA Charts 1965 – March 1989. September 5, 2018. September 21, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921152757/http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(N).html. live.
  12. Web site: Cash Box Top 100 Singles, April 8, 1972 . March 17, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180526112831/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19720408.html . May 26, 2018 . dead .
  13. Book: Kent, David . David Kent (historian) . . Australian Chart Book . St Ives, N.S.W. . 1993 . 0-646-11917-6.
  14. [1972 in British music#Best-selling singles]
  15. Web site: Musicoutfitters.com . March 17, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170614204937/http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1972.htm . June 14, 2017 . dead .
  16. Web site: Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 30, 1972 . March 17, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180928150812/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1972YESP.html . September 28, 2018 . dead .
  17. New Releases: For Week Starting 9 December 2002: Singles. Music Week. 20. 7 December 2002. 1 September 2021. January 14, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240114052340/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2002/Music-Week-2002-12-07.pdf. live.
  18. Puppy Love / Sleigh Ride. S Club Juniors. 2002. UK CD single liner notes. Polydor Records, 19 Recordings. 0658442.
  19. Puppy Love / Sleigh Ride. S Club Juniors. 2002. UK cassette single sleeve. Polydor Records, 19 Recordings. 065 844-4.
  20. Together. Together (S Club Juniors album). S Club Juniors. 2002. UK CD album booklet. Polydor Records, 19 Recordings. 0652502.
  21. Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. Music & Media. 21. 2–3. 20. 11 January 2003. See last week column.