| Sweetheart | |
| Cover: | Sweetheart_-_Franke_&_the_Knockouts.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Franke and the Knockouts |
| Album: | Franke & the Knockouts |
| B-Side: | Don't Stop |
| Released: | March 1981 |
| Genre: | Soft rock[1] |
| Length: | 4:11 |
| Label: | Millennium |
| Producer: | Steve Verroca |
| Next Title: | You're My Girl |
| Next Year: | 1981 |
"Sweetheart" is the debut single by Franke and the Knockouts. It is their greatest hit, reaching the U.S. top 10 during the spring of 1981. The song is from their self-titled debut album, also released that year.
The song was the group's first of three U.S. top 40 hits, the others being "You're My Girl" (#27) and "Without You (Not Another Lonely Night)" (#24).
It spent 19 weeks on the charts and is ranked as the 50th biggest hit of 1981.[2] "Sweetheart" also charted moderately on both the U.S. Adult Contemporary and Mainstream Rock charts. Internationally, "Sweetheart" charted in Canada at No. 18 and in Australia at No. 63.
| Chart (1981) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia Kent Music Report[3] | 63 |
| Canada RPM Top Singles[4] | 18 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[5] | 10 |
| US Billboard Adult Contemporary[6] | 40 |
| US Billboard Top Rock Tracks | 27 |
| US Cash Box Top 100 | 13 |
. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 118.
. Joel Whitburn . 1993 . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 . Record Research . 92.
