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| Name = Block Buster! |
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| Cover = Block Buster.JPG |
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| Artist = [[Sweet (band)|Sweet]] |
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| Released = January 1973 |
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| Recorded = 1972 |
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| Genre = [[Glam rock]] |
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| B-side = "Need a Lot of Lovin'" |
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| Length = 3:13 |
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| Label = [[RCA Records]] |
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| Writer = [[Nicky Chinn]]<br>[[Mike Chapman (record producer)|Mike Chapman]] |
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| Producer = Phil Wainman |
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"'''Block Buster!'''" is a popular song by [[Sweet (band)|Sweet]]. Written by [[Nicky Chinn]] and [[Mike Chapman (record producer)|Mike Chapman]], and produced by Phil Wainman, "Block Buster!" was the band's sole UK #1 hit. Released in January 1973, it spent five weeks at the top of the [[UK Singles Chart]], and also made #1 in the [[Netherlands]], [[Germany]], [[Austria]] and [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], and #3 in [[Switzerland]] and [[Norway]]. Outside [[Europe]] it fared less well as it peaked at #29 in [[Australia]] and at #73 on the [[United States|American]] [[Billboard Hot 100]]. |
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==Music and lyrics== |
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Even though the lyrics refer to a person (''"Nobody knows where Buster goes, He'll steal your woman out from under your nose .... there's got to be a way To Block Buster!"''), the song features the wailing sound of [[Siren (noisemaker)|air raid sirens]], alluding to the [[blockbuster bomb]]s dropped in World War II. |
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Its riff was considered markedly similar to fellow [[RCA Records|RCA]] act [[David Bowie]]'s "[[The Jean Genie]]", released shortly before, but all parties maintain that this was pure coincidence.<ref>[[Nicholas Pegg]] (2000). ''The Complete David Bowie'': p.110</ref> |
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==Appearances in popular culture== |
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In 1988 [[The Timelords]] (now known as [[KLF]]) had a UK #1 hit with "[[Doctorin' the Tardis]]", based heavily on Sweet's song. |
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In 2007, a version of the song was used to advertise Mars 'Planets' chocolates on UK television. |
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This song was used by [[The Macc Lads]] as the basis for their song "Fat Bastard". |
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| before = "[[Long Haired Lover from Liverpool]]" by [[Jimmy Osmond|Little Jimmy Osmond]] |
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| title = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]] |
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| years = [[January 23]] [[1973]] |
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| after = "[[Cum on Feel the Noize]]" by [[Slade]] |
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==Notes== |
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{{reflist}} |
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[[Category:Number-one singles in the United Kingdom]] |
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[[Category:Number-one singles in Ireland]] |
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[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]] |
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[[Category:Number-one singles in Austria]] |
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[[Category:Number-one singles in the Netherlands]] |
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[[Category:1973 singles]] |
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[[Category:Sweet songs]] |
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