Sweet Sticky Thing Explained

Sweet Sticky Thing
Type:	single
Artist:	The Ohio Players
Album:	Honey
B-Side:	Alone
Released:	August 9, 1975
Genre:	Funk^[1]
Length:	3:25 (Single version) 6:12 (Album version)
Label:	Mercury
Producer:	The Ohio Players
Prev Title:	I Want to Be Free
Prev Year:	1975
Next Title:	Love Rollercoaster
Next Year:	1975

"Sweet Sticky Thing" is the name of a popular song by funk band Ohio Players, and released on the classic 1975 album, Honey. The song spent a week at number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart. It peaked at number 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.^[2] It was the third of five songs that they would take to the top of the R&B chart.

Chart positions

Charts	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	33
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles	1

Cover Versions

• In 1993, French pianist Alex Bugnon covered the song on his album "This Time Around."^{[3] [4]}
• In 2012, American flutist Ragan Whiteside covered the song on her album "Evolve".
• In 2020, Japanese trumpeter Takuya Kuroda covered the song on his album "Fly Moon Die Soon".

External links

• [{{Allmusic|class=song|id=t954334|pure_url=yes}} Song Review] on the Allmusic website

Notes and References

1. Book: Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. Don. Breithaupt. Jeff. Breithaupt. October 15, 1996. Carnal Knowledge: Sexual Revolution. 90. St. Martin's Griffin. 031214704X.
2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

   . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 437.

3. Web site: [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r236407|pure_url=yes}} This Time Around overview]. Allmusic.com.
4. Web site: Berks Jazz Fest 2008: Alex Bugnon. SmoothVibes.com.