Sweet - Little Willy - Top Of The Pops/Disco 1972 (OFFICIAL)
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- Опубліковано 20 лис 2014
- Sweet performing "Little Willy" on BBC's Top Of The Pops in 1972.
The song was written by Mike Chapman & Nicky Chinn and produced by Phil Wainman
The single was originally released by RCA Records in June 1972.
Single Chart Positions:
UK: 4
Germany: 3
Canada: 1
Denmark: 1
Finland: 2
Switzerland: 2
USA: 3
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9/9/2023. My parents educated me about glam rock. They've always said that Sweet was one of the greatest bands of the 70's that nobody talks about. I love glam rock!
One of their best hits of the 1970s❤
You can't beat glam rock. These were fabulous. 60s and 70s unbeatable
You can beat it but depends on your taste
These early appearances are pure gold.
Brian Conolly - The ONLY rocker who could pull off yellow slacks and shirt with a vest sweater and still look cool. The 70's were the best. So glad I was a teen back then.
Me too we had the best years in the 60s and 70s
Can't stop listening at. 65 years young lol
know what it means?
Me neither❤
That was right in your era
You can tell by their smiles they enjoyed this song!
cuz they know what it means
Sweet is cool! 1972 I was five.
Man what time to be young and having fun at that time. No phones, all vibes ✌🏻
Who's still listening in April 2024? 👨🎤👩🎤🧑🎤🤘❤️
What...do you want all our names, stupid?
Me. I’m still listening to this great band
I'm listening to the Official playlist, so count me in.
Me
May 2024
Who's still listening???, Seriously!!! Fox On The Run rules. Glamrock at its best.
Sweet was a great band who deserves much, much more accolades then they get. You couldn't find a better drummer than Mick Tucker , plus all four had lead voice qualities. Just a great band . One of my favorites as a youth , and they still are.
Idk man, Francesco Paoli seems to put a lot more in to drums than Mr Tucker.
Agree about Mick, the king of the big kit. This bilge doesn't even get close to their real identity as a hard rock band. "Desolation Boulevard" was a great album. My sister was a T-Rex nut, so Sweet were verboten but not long before she died, I sent her a bunch of videos of Sweet on UA-cam and I guessed correctly that as a later fan of heavy rock that Sweet impressed her more than she ever would've believed.
The identification with British Glam Rock sadly condemned them in the eyes of idiots who don't even remember the era, when we all wore platforms etc. Andy, Mick and Steve were great musicians, sang better than most of the competition and Brian was the archetypal front man. Who sums up the fun of rock 'n' roll more than Steve Priest did? He sent himself up, wonderfully well, no pretentious "Hey...I'm a serious musician..." and maybe he (as well as those well worked harmonies) set Sweet apart from all the others.
@@sMansGuitars Chapman and Chinn wrote ' Sugar Sugar' (later done by ' The Archies' cartoon band) for them I think and Sweet thought it a step WAAY too far for who the band really was (after little willy 🙄🙄🙄🙄) - I bought their singles for the B sides mainly ( still have them) Burn on the Flame was just the best ua-cam.com/video/Ql-qofNdtbE/v-deo.html
This was one of the songs I butchered growing up .😅
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I’m (38) playing this song rn because my 6yr old son wants to listen to it. He’s been singing it for days. 🤣 He has excellent taste in music.
how funny, i also sang it with my son when he was 6. that was 19 years ago.
52 years ago. Who's still listening in 2019? (now 2020!) (now 2021) (now 2022) (now 2023) (now 2024) Loyal Sweet fans will listen to this song for Decades.
I was born in 1994 and I love The Sweet!
Still listening in 2019.
Alan Finlayson me,,every time I come back from work👌👌👌
I just loved the B sides👍
@@Pete90125 im still listening
Me! I’m still listening! And btw, it’s 2023! I’m 68, a mommaw, and my 21 yr old and 3 yr old granddaughters LOVE this, too!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤
I have been a fan since I was about 12, and I am 60 now.
I'm 66, I loved this song in Junior High School, and still do!
61 here
I first heard this in 1977 when I was 14 years old. It still puts a smile on my face!
Let’s all go back to the 70’s❗️❗️
Wonderful times,fashion and music. Take me back now and leave this complete madness 2022 .😜👍 when we knew what a real woman was.
Süss, noch ganz am Anfang. Ich war damals 14, bis heute Fan und höre die Songs noch immer.❤😊
LITTLE WILLY - THE SWEET (1972) . 51 YEARS AGO !
Brings tears to my eyes to think that 3 out of four of this legendary band are no longer with us. I went through several records due to being overplayed. What a fun and great band. Great time to be alive.
I have the same feelings, when I listen to the great music or read stories of Sweet. They were the greatest and underestimated.
One of my favorite bands to skate at the old skating rink. Such great times.
skate to
This was the first record I ever bought. I was 10 maybe. It was a "45" with Man from Mecca on the "B" side. Still have it. It's got a crack in it so it pops every time the needle hits it. Still sounds better than some of today's crap.
Very possible that Brian May and Freddie Mercury got a lot of their musical inspiration from Sweet.
Ich war damals 9 Jahre alt und hatte alle Singles von Sweet, Slade, T. Rex und Middle of the Road. ❤ Es war so eine fröhliche und unbeschwerte Zeit! 🌈✌️
Hast du ein kleinen Willy
61 and still full of memories
Das war noch Musik und die Sendung habe ich nie verpasst ,ich war und bin immer noch ein Riesen grosser Sweet Fan bin 63 Jahre und damit aufgewachsen
Loved some Sweet in the 70s and now
Brian was handsome and pretty at the same time....that hair sums up the 70's.
When music was something to enjoy. Nowadays, it’s become more a chore to listen to what is on the radio.
Who else had this haircut??😊 Loved it!
2024 and I still know all the words!! I was 10 years old in 1972…
A hell I was 12
Another song I loved. I married and had my first child. I'm a 71 year old great grandma now. Their music is still infectious.
65 here
Rock on, Grandma!
64 here.
Bin 66 und liebe diese Musik und diese Jungs noch immer. Wenn ich Sweet höre, bin ich sofort 50 Jahre jünger. Sweet for ever❤❤❤❤
We play Sweet at all family events. Everyone gets up to dance to Little Willy and Ballroom Blitz, my 87 mom leads us all on the dance floor. Our brother Roger just passed a few weeks ago and we all danced to Sweet in the parking lot at the funeral luncheon. He always kept us rockin....Love and miss you Rog!!!
Sorry to hear about Roger but it's wonderful you honored him as he would have wanted. My niece wants us to play Brick House!
RIP Roger!!
Roger was dancing right there with you in the parking lot.
One thing for sure is that Roger had excellent music taste.
Awesome!
Wenn ich heute Songs von den sweet höre kommt es mir vor als wäre ich erst 14 Jahre alt, als wäre es erst gestern gewessen. Bin jetzt 62 und höre sie immer noch. Das war meine Jugend, mit der Musik bin ich gross geworden. Ich liebe sie heute noch und du kannst diese Musik auch heute noch hören.
1973: These guys are awesome
2020: These guys are awesome
They're going to stay awesome forever
This song came out in 72
I agree with you 100%. Their music brings back wonderful memories of growing up in the 70's.
#AwesomeFoursome
RIP Brian, Mick and Steve
this level of talent is timeless.....sad that people take generations to realize what's lasting
yes
Criminally underrated band. They were glam rock!
This song never gets old!
@Richard. I never get tired of their song: Love Is Like Oxygen either. 😊
Bona fide classic🎶🎶🎶🎸
I'm 66 and introducing Sweet to my 15 yr old granddaughter 🥰
Now, THAT's music!:)
You rock!
God Bless real music. I AM DANCING WOO HOO..
I'm listening 2021.
Loved them then.
Love them now.
Year my youngest child was born, I really like this song.
Love this band fantastic xxxx
Absolutely love this song as much as I did when I was a teen. I'm 62 and still love it. Great band!
I am 63 yrs old and feel the same way . LOVE THIS TUNE !❤
My sister played this daily I believe in the Summer ☀️ 😅
😂 gleiches Alter, gleicher Geschmack!!!
Rock Trivia - Little Willy was a cat.
64 here! Loved this group! So many great memories of the good old days!!!!
1972 is one of R&R's greatest years.
When I was a kid I absolutely loathed this type of pop music. It wasn't serious enough for 13 year old me. I'm 61 now, and I love this stuff.
Also easier to appreciate as the whole world had turned into an absolute shithole since then. Especially over the last two years.
@@smartfart9003 The world today is a much better place than it was when I was growing up, by nearly every measure.
JD Goodwin
You were more mature as a 13 year-old then, but now you're degrading!
@@redblade8160 Mom?
Memories when LIFE was simple in the goodie old 1970s... 🤔
Because of UA-cam I’m reliving my childhood! The 70s were the best time to grow up. With our current world turning upside down, it’s nice to escape and remember a simple, happier time.
Sad but True
ABSOLUTELY I JUST TYPED EXACT SAME THING
'83 baby and I wish this would be immortalized forever and always instead of the crud today
I love tris song and listen now in summer 2022. Greetings from Sweden 🇸🇪
I love this band. They were rock stars.
Rest in Peace, Steve Priest...
Your GLAM STAR will shine forever.
So SWEET ...
I'd no idea until a few minutes ago that he'd died. He and his pals here gave us some great music to remember.
Harmonies of angels
Sweet rule. Always will
2022!! I've been a dog groomer for 41 years, and every pup named Willy I'd sing this song to!! I love Sweet!💖😃
wasn't Willy a cat?
@@keithslade9379 I always thought Willy was a guy, who loved to shuck and jive!😄🎼🎶
R.I.P. Steve Priest Andy: Last man standing.
One of my favorites.
we will always remember the top tunes 4 ever
I can’t believe it been Almost 50 years gone.....since this came out.....👍🇬🇧🤓
Probably showing my age, but God dang I wish pop music could sound like this again. Sweet is as fresh sounding now as they were back in my youth!
I totally agree. At least you can understand what they are singing......
Theres a few modern bands that are capturing the 60s/70s pop style in their music. The Lemon Twigs are one of my favourite bands of all time and they're just kids, their new album is coming out in August
Yep
I have been enjoying this song since it first came out,and yes,I also wish the "music" today sounded like this.It is sad,that out of all of the different types of music we had,true rock and roll,was the one we lost.
@Mango Roxx I grew up listening to everything from Hank Williams,to Alice Cooper.Loved Johnny Cash,and Iron Butterfly equally.Still enjoy some of the music today,but sure do miss the music from back then.
Still lovin'Sweet in 2023 won't ever stop loving Steve Priest was my first and forever crush😊
I'm 64 and still in lo❤e with Sweet!! Rock On!!
It's amazing that we can remember every word to every song we've listened to since we were 5, but we can't remember why we went in the kitchen. AmIRight? 😊
Anyway. sometimes I'll wake up with words to songs from when I was very little in my head, and this was the one I woke up with this morning. 😊 Thank you Sweet and UA-cam!
Totally agree Liz, I was 13 and know every word. But last week went in my garage to get a box. Buggered if I could remember when I got there. Lol. Old age I guess.. well 60 now, but feeling 13 still.. lol. X
Elizabeth Clothier
Music does that to all of us,lol
I was LITERALLY 5 when I first heard this song. It had special meaning to me since my name is William. I just now found out that the band Sweet did this song plus other songs from my childhood. Memory is a strange thing
I would have been 6 years of age when 'Little Willy' was a hit in the UK. I always get great joy from listening to my childhood favourites !
Such a true comment...
I was just a kid in the 70's but I have always loved listening to the radio. I can remember this music and I'm sorry to say I didn't know that name of the band until now. "Sweet" but now I do. That's what I'll be listening to while I run errands in my truck today. Thank you for the music and memories of my childhood. David. ✌🏼❤💋 🌵🛻 🌵
There's alot to choose from. Alot of hits
Loved them when in my teens& still do, xx
Still listening, then, now. Best music is from the 60s, 70s
WHY is this group still not in the rock and roll hall of fame???????
Great song, I love it
R.I.P Steve Priest, forever in Memory - great‘s from Austria🇦🇹
The 50s , 60s and 70s were the three greatest decades of music ever and always will be!! Modern music can’t even come close to comparing!!
Those decades had a lot of great songs, I agree, but at the risk of being called a heretic, Little Willy isn't one of them. It's pretty corny even by early 70s standards. Sweet had much better singles.
The 80s weren't too bad either.
I always liked this band but I now just appreciate them alot more. They sound excellent live and they had alot of hits. Great band!
Great music still listening
One of my favorite songs of 1972. Blast from the past.
This song came out when I was about 10, just love it. I found it here on UA-cam about 2 months ago and decided to play it for my 2 grandkids who are 3 and 1. They loved it! We dance around the house and they’ll say, “Play it again, Grammy”! Such great memories!😃
Just the best
Uu888
That's great...I remember this infectious song also. I didn't realize it was Sweet though....when Sweet had their second coming with Ballroom Blitz.
we're the same age! LOL ... and I only found out that they were also responsible for Ballroom Blitz!
Rock Trivia - Little Willy was a cat.
I listen to it all the time like right now‼️
🎸
Never get them days back , the youth club disco great times , love from Dublin ☘️☘️
I've been listening to Sweet since I was about 8yrs old. It never gets old.
same! they're handily in my top 10, possibly still in my top 5.
Me too ❤
These guys are in my Heart ❤
War einfach eine Geile Zeit!!!!
I Love That song i was around 12 years old
Loved this song as a kid. Still have the 45!
How sad when we lost Brian to alcoholism. As Glam British rockers they were the best of them!
OH MERCY!!! The memories of when that song came out. 1972, I was in Vietnam.
OMG! Welcome to the 70's! So much fun!! Put on headphones and dance!
Many years later still listen to this song tells you how good it actuality is
Oh boy! Bring them back!😊
IAM 62 YRS OLD ,AND THIS SONG IS STILL A CLASSIC 😎
1972, love to be 17 years old again. We had Great music like this.
Do you remember that this song (in the U.S.) didn't come out until about April '73? I didn't realize before it was already a hit in the U.K. the previous year.
@@robmcgowan4034 not sure why it was a hit the year before in the UK. According to Wikipedia, the song was released in the UK May 1972 and the States September 1972. Makes no difference to me, it was a great song and I really enjoyed it and the memories.
I was around 13 yrs. old when I heard this...all the sudden I'm 57...this song still kicks ASS!,,,:).
ALWAYS LOVED THE SWEET AWESOME BEEN LISTENING TO THEM 51 YEARS
2022 Baby!!!! They were definitely one of a kind. The best.
When I was 5 years old this song came on the radio and it Rocked! My favorite song for years. My name was William and I wasn't taken shit from Nobody!!! Long live the Sweet!
That's awesome 😊
Still love Sweet's songs!!!! 🎶👍💟☮️✌️☮️
I’m still listening 👍😎
I was 6 years old, and they were the bomb!
R.I.P. Steve Priest June 2020 only Andy left
😭
Love to all, Mick, Brian and Steve. Andy, keep the flame burning ..
Rest in power Steve Priest. I was able to get his book "Are You Ready Steve" personally autographed with my name in it. I hoped that I'd get to see him in concert with his band when they were touring; it wasn't meant to be. When the band's Facebook page mentioned that Steve was moved from the hospital to a facility "better suited for his needs," it sounded like his health was failing--it already had been. Love to Brian, Mick and Steve.
🌹👑🌹
Now Andy has a wig that would make any horse proud
I have become totally obsessed with The Sweet. 11/12/2020
I only discovered them 4 years ago, one of my favorite bands now.
Me too. April 2021.
I remember playing this on my older brothers' record player in the mid-70s. ❤ One of my fav songs ever!
Why was music just so perfect back then? Probably bec it was made by the artists .
Forgotten how much I like these guys!
I grew up in the 70's and I'm now 57 years old and I listen to all old music only ! It was the best and still is the best 😂
Excellent group they could make music
When music was music
Is anyone listening in 2020? Because I am. Sadly I was born in 2005 so I wasn't brought up with this amazing band. But im so glad i can listen now.
Me 13 01 2020
Love it
Yes IAM
Yep me too😀
Love this song. Has since I been growing up.
Happy days :)
I love all these oldies!!❤️
Great Scottish band sadly Brian died too young. Had lots great songs not forgotten. 😧xxx
Brian was Scottish, the rest of the band weren't, Mick and Steve were English, Andy was Welsh, or at least from Wales.