Sweetheart (Franke and the Knockouts song)

"Sweetheart"
"Sweetheart"
Single by Franke and the Knockouts
from the album Franke & the Knockouts
B-side	"Don't Stop"
Released	March 1981
Genre	Soft rock
Length	4:11
Label	Millennium
Songwriter(s)	Franke Previte, William Elworthy
Producer(s)	Steve Verroca
Franke and the Knockouts singles chronology

"Sweetheart" is a 1981 song by Franke and the Knockouts. It was their debut single and greatest hit, reaching the U.S. Top 10 during the spring of that year.

Background[]

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).

Chart history[]

It spent 19 weeks on the charts and is ranked as the 50th biggest hit of 1981.^[3]"Sweetheart" also charted moderately on both the U.S. Adult Contemporary and Mainstream Rock charts. Internationally, "Sweetheart" charted only in Canada (#18).

Weekly charts[]

Chart (1981)	Peak position
Australia Kent Music Report^[4]	63
Canada RPM Top Singles^[5]	18
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[6]	10
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock	27
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary^[7]	40
U.S. Cash Box Top 100	13

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1981)	Rank
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[3]	50

References[]

^ "Albums from the Lost and Found: Franke and the Knockouts / Silver Condor". The Great Albums.
^ "discogs.com". discogs.com. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Top 100 Hits of 1981/Top 100 Songs of 1981". musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 118. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1981-06-13. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 92.

External links[]

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[1] "Albums from the Lost and Found: Franke and the Knockouts / Silver Condor". The Great Albums.

[2] "discogs.com". discogs.com. Retrieved May 25, 2021.

[auto-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Top 100 Hits of 1981/Top 100 Songs of 1981". musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 1 December 2017.

[aus-4] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 118. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[5] "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1981-06-13. Retrieved 2018-06-09.

[6] Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X

[7] Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 92.

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