Sweet '69 | |
Cover: | Sweet '69 babes in toyland.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Babes in Toyland |
Album: | Nemesisters |
Released: | 1995 |
Recorded: | 1994 |
Genre: | Punk rock, alternative rock |
Length: | 4:03 |
Label: | Reprise |
Producer: | Tim Mac |
Prev Title: | Catatonic |
Prev Year: | 1993 |
Next Title: | We Are Family |
Next Year: | 1995 |
"Sweet '69" is a song by Babes in Toyland, released in 1995. B-sides, "S.F.W." and "Swamp Pussy", are live recordings from the Danish Roskilde Festival in 1994 by Radiomafia. "Sweet '69" is the first single by Babes in Toyland to get a lot of radio airplay in the US, reaching #37 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart. The single also peaked at #173 on the UK's Official Singles Chart.[1] The song is unique in its extensive use of melodic cowbells by drummer Lori Barbero. An accompanying video was also released.[2]