| Sweet like Chocolate | |
| Cover: | Shanksbigfoot sweetlikechocolate.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Shanks & Bigfoot |
| Album: | Swings and Roundabouts |
| Released: | [1] |
| Studio: | Soul II Soul (London, England) |
| Genre: | UK garage |
| Length: | 3:37 |
| Producer: | Shanks & Bigfoot |
| Prev Title: | Straight from the Heart |
| Prev Year: | 1998 |
| Next Title: | Straight from the Heart |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
"Sweet like Chocolate" is a song by British garage music duo Shanks & Bigfoot with vocalist Sharon Woolf. It was released as a single on 17 May 1999 and was included on the duo's debut album, Swings and Roundabouts, the following year. Vocals on the track are sung by Sharon Woolf, who had also sung on their track "Straight from the Heart", which was released under their previous band name, 'Doolally'.
"Sweet like Chocolate" was originally released on vinyl in 1998 as a promotional single, which had a short-run pressing of 1,000 copies. When released as an official single in 1999, it topped the UK Singles Chart for two weeks and reached the top 10 in Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand. The song was the first UK garage track to hit number one on the UK Singles Chart. In 2019, The Guardian listed the song at number 20 in their list of "The Best UK Garage Tracks".[2]
A music video, which is animated, was produced for the song by graphic designers "Visualisation Services".[3]
It is set in a surreal world where every object, except for the protagonist, is constructed out of chocolate.
"Sweet like Chocolate" topped the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in May 1999, selling 251,000 copies during its first week and 142,000 copies during its second week.[4] It achieved platinum status in the UK and was the country's eighth biggest-selling single of 1999. It was the first song to top the UK Singles, Dance, R&B, and Indie charts, though not simultaneously.[4] Internationally, the song was a top-10 hit in Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand; in the latter two countries, the song was certified platinum and gold, respectively. It also charted in Flanders, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland. In Canada, the song peaked at number 14 on the RPM Dance 30 chart in September 1999.
UK CD single[5]
UK 12-inch single[6]
A. "Sweet like Chocolate" (Shanks & Bigfoot original mix) – 6:55
B. "Sweet like Chocolate" (Ruff Driverz vocal) – 5:46
UK cassette single[7]
European CD single[8]
Australasian CD single[9]
Credits are adapted from the UK CD single liner notes.[5]
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| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[10] | 10 |
| Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[11] | 28 |
| Chart (1999) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[12] | 46 | |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[13] | 157 | |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[14] | 22 | |
| UK Singles (OCC)[15] | 8 |