The Sweet / discography

The Sweet  - discography
The Sweet (2006)
Publications
Studio albums	12
Live albums	5
Compilations	15th
Singles	36
Video albums	13
Box sets	4th

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the British glam rock - band The Sweet and its offshoots such as Andy Scott's Sweet . According to the sources and record awards, the band has sold more than 15.5 million records to date, over 1.3 million of them in their homeland alone. The Sweet's most successful releases are the singles Co-Co and Fox on the Run , each with around two million units sold. All chart hits up to and including Turn It Down in 1974 were written by the songwriter duo Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn . The quartet from Middlesex wrote all other hit parade successes of the 1970s themselves.

In Germany, the band is one of the most successful singers in the single charts with its eight number one hits . Until 1982, the band ranked second among the performers with the most number one hits in Germany, only the Beatles had more number one successes to date (11). First, Boney M. caught up in 1979, followed by ABBA in 1980 , which passed two years later with another number one hit, with Boney M. and The Sweet now ranking third. They occupied this place in the all-time ranking until 2019, when the two rappers Capital Bra and Samra passed them. Since then they have been ranked fifth among the performers, with the most number one hits in Germany. With 36 weeks at the top of the chart, the band ranks sixth in terms of the longest time spent there. In addition, with 15 top 10 hits, the band is one of the performers with the most top 10 hits in Germany .

Albums

Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1971	Funny Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be RCA Records	-	-	-	-	-	First published: November 26, 1971
1974	Sweet Fanny Adams BMG Records	DE2 (2½ months) DE	AT6 (3 months) AT	-	UK27 gold (2 weeks)UK	-	First published: April 1974 Sales: + 100,000
	Desolation Boulevard Capitol Records / RCA Records	DE9 (2 months) DE	-	-	UK- silver UK	US25th gold (44 weeks)US	First published: November 1, 1974 Sales: +610,000
1976	Give Us a Wink RCA Records	DE9 (1 month) DE	-	-	-	US27 (13 weeks) US	First published: February 16, 1976
1977	Off the Record RCA Records	DE11 (2 months) DE	AT5 (1 month) AT	-	-	US151 (4 weeks) US	First published: April 1977
1978	Level Headed Polydor	DE15 (1½ months) DE	AT17 (1 month) AT	-	-	US52 (28 weeks) US	First published: January 1978
1979	Cut above the rest of Polydor	DE49 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	-	US151 (5 weeks) US	First published: March 1979
1980	Water's Edge (also known as: Sweet VI ) Polydor	-	-	-	-	-	First published: April 1980
1982	Identity Crisis Polydor	-	-	-	-	-	First published: November 1982
1992	A SPV Records	-	-	-	-	-	First publication: 1992
2002	SweetLife Delicious Records	-	-	-	-	-	First published: April 29, 2002
2012	New York Connection self-distribution	-	-	-	-	-	First published: April 27, 2012

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Live albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1975	Strung Up RCA Records	DE17 (1 month) DE	AT10 (1 month) AT	-	-	-	First published: November 1975
1989	Live at the Marquee SPV Records	-	-	-	-	-	First published: November 1, 1989
1995	Alive & Giggin '! Pseudonym records	-	-	-	-	-	First published: 1995
2003	100% Live 2003 (also known as: Glitz Blitz & Hitz - Live in Concert ) self-distribution	-	-	-	-	-	First published: 2003
2011	100% Live 2010 self-distribution	-	-	-	-	-	First published: 2011

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Compilations (selection)

The following list contains a selection of the band's compilations. The list only includes sound carriers that are listed in the official band discography on the band's homepage, that have achieved positions in the charts or that have been awarded gold and platinum awards. Furthermore, a large number of regional and unauthorized publications appeared.

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1972	The Sweet's Biggest Hits Bell Records / RCA Records	DE30 (½ month) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: December 1972
1973	The Sweet Bell Records	-	-	-	-	US191 (4 weeks) US	First published: July 1973
1984	Sweet 16 - It's… It's… Sweet's Hits Anagram Records	-	-	-	UK49 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 1984
1987	Hard Centers - The Rock Years Zebra Records	-	-	-	-	-	First published: 1987
1988	Strong times Ariola	DE26 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: March 1988
1993	Gold - 20 super hits Ariola / BMG Records	DE44 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: October 1993
1995	Ballroom Hitz Polygram	-	-	-	UK15th silver (6 weeks)UK	-	First published: October 26, 1995 Sales: + 60,000
	Platinum Rare Repertoire Records	-	-	-	-	-	First published: 1995
	Glitz, Blitz & Hitz CNR Records	-	-	-	-	-	First published: 1995
1998	Sweet Originals BMG Records	-	-	-	-	-	First published: November 30, 1998
1999	The Greatest Hits Brilliant Records	-	-	-	UK- silver UK	-	First published: November 8, 1999 Sales: + 60,000
2002	Chronology Delicious Records	-	-	-	-	-	First published: September 30, 2002
2005	The Very Best of Sweet Sony BMG	-	-	-	UK72 (1 week) UK	-	First published: October 25, 2005
2012	The hits self-distribution	-	-	-	-	-	First published: 2012
2015	Action - The Ultimate Story RCA Records	DE17 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: September 18, 2015

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Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1968	Slow Motion Club	-	-	-	-	-	First published: July 19, 1968
1969	Lollipop Man Gimme Dat Ding	-	-	-	-	-	First published: September 5, 1969
	All You'll Ever Get from Me Gimme Dat Ding	-	-	-	-	-	First published: January 23, 1970
1970	Get on the Line Gimme Dat Ding	-	-	-	-	-	First published: June 12, 1970
1971	Funny, Funny Funny Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be	DE5 (21 weeks) DE	-	-	UK13 (14 weeks) UK	-	First published: Jan 29, 1971 Sales: + 1,000,000
	Co-Co Funny Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be	DE1 (27 weeks) DE	-	CH1 (14 weeks) CH	UK2 (15 weeks) UK	US99 (2 weeks) US	First published: June 4, 1971 Sales: +2,000,000
	Alexander Graham Bell The Sweet's Biggest Hits	DE24 (11 weeks) DE	-	-	UK33 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 1, 1971
1972	Poppa Joe The Sweet's Biggest Hits	DE3 (22 weeks) DE	-	CH2 (14 weeks) CH	UK11 (12 weeks) UK	-	First published: Jan 28, 1972 Sales: + 1,000,000
	Little Willy The Sweet's Biggest Hits	DE1 (20 weeks) DE	-	CH2 (12 weeks) CH	UK4 (14 weeks) UK	US3 gold (23 weeks)US	First published: May 19, 1972 Sales: + 1,500,000
	Wig-Wam Bam The Sweet's Biggest Hits	DE1 (24 weeks) DE	AT5 (3 months) AT	CH2 (14 weeks) CH	UK4 (13 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 1, 1972 Sales: + 1,000,000
1973	Block buster! The Sweet featuring "Little Willy" & "Blockbuster"	DE1 (20 weeks) DE	AT1 (5 months) AT	CH3 (13 weeks) CH	UK1 (15 weeks) UK	US73 (7 weeks) US	First published: Jan 5, 1973 Sales: + 1,000,000
	Hell Raiser The Sweet featuring “Little Willy” & “Blockbuster”	DE1 (19 weeks) DE	AT4 (1 month) AT	CH3 (14 weeks) CH	UK2 (11 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 27, 1973 Sales: + 1,000,000
	The Ballroom Blitz Sweet Singles Album	DE1 (20 weeks) DE	AT5 (3 months) AT	CH3 (11 weeks) CH	UK2 silver (9 weeks)UK	US5 (25 weeks) US	First published: September 14, 1973 Sales: + 1,000,000
1974	Teenage Rampage Sweet Singles Album	DE1 gold (18 weeks)DE	AT16 (2 months) AT	CH2 (12 weeks) CH	UK2 silver (8 weeks)UK	-	First published: Jan 11, 1974 Sales: + 1,500,000
	The Six Teens Desolation Boulevard	DE4 (19 weeks) DE	AT9 (1 month) AT	CH6 (7 weeks) CH	UK9 (7 weeks) UK	-	First published: July 5, 1974
	Turn It Down Desolation Boulevard	DE4 (18 weeks) DE	AT14 (1 month) AT	-	UK41 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 29, 1974
1975	Fox on the Run Desolation Boulevard	DE1 (25 weeks) DE	AT3 (5 months) AT	CH3 (11 weeks) CH	UK2 silver (10 weeks)UK	US5 gold (16 weeks)US	First published: March 7, 1975 Sales: +2,000,000
	Action Give Us a Wink	DE2 (20 weeks) DE	AT3 (2 months) AT	CH4 (11 weeks) CH	UK15 (6 weeks) UK	US20 (14 weeks) US	First published: June 1975 Sales: + 1,500,000
1976	The Lies in Your Eyes Give Us a Wink	DE5 (18 weeks) DE	AT17 (1 month) AT	-	UK35 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: January 9, 1976
	Lost Angels / Funk It Up (David's Song) Off the Record	DE13 (18 weeks) DE	AT11 (1 month) AT	-	-	US88 (5 weeks) US	First published: September 29, 1976
1977	Fever of Love Off the Record	DE9 (14 weeks) DE	AT12 (2 months) AT	-	-	-	First published: February 12, 1977
	Stairway to the Stars Off the Record	DE15 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: July 12, 1977
1978	Love Is like Oxygen Level Headed	DE10 (18 weeks) DE	AT23 (1 month) AT	CH6 (10 weeks) CH	UK9 silver (10 weeks)UK	US8 (25 weeks) US	First published: Jan 6, 1978 Sales: + 250,000
	California Nights Level Headed	DE23 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	-	US76 (14 weeks) US	First published: June 4, 1978
1979	Call Me Cut Above the Rest	DE29 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: March 1, 1979
	Big Apple Waltz Cut Above the Rest	-	-	-	-	-	First published: August 31, 1979
1980	Give the Lady Some Respect Waters Edge	-	-	-	-	-	First published: April 4, 1980
	Sixties Man Waters Edge	-	-	-	-	-	First published: October 4, 1980
1985	It's… it's… the Sweet Mix single track	-	-	-	UK45 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: December 1984
	Sweet 2th - The Wigwam Willy Mix single track	-	-	-	UK85 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 1985
1988	Love Is like Oxygen (Live) Live at the Marquee	-	-	-	-	-	First published: 1988
1991	X-Ray Specs The Answer	-	-	-	-	-	First publication: 1991
1992	Stand Up A	-	-	-	-	-	First publication: 1992
	Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again A	-	-	-	-	-	First publication: 1992
2002	Do it All Over Again SweetLife	-	-	-	-	-	First published: July 2002
2012	Join Together New York Connection	-	-	-	-	-	First published: 2012

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Video albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1989	Ballroom Blitz Castle Hendring	-	-	-	-	-	First published: 1989
	Live at the Marquee Sound & Vision	-	-	-	-	-	First published: November 1, 1989
1993	Gold jeepster	-	-	-	-	-	First published: October 1993
2002	The Devinitive Collection Carinco	-	-	-	-	-	First published: 2002
2003	Sweetlike - Most Famous Hits Medusa Entertainment	-	-	-	-	-	First published: 2003
	Here and Now Waterfall Studios	-	-	-	-	-	First published: August 19, 2003
2004	Glitz, Blitz & Hitz Wienerworld	-	-	-	-	-	First published: February 28, 2004
	The Greatest Hits Delta Music	-	-	-	-	-	First published: 2004
2005	Sweetlive MCP Records	-	-	-	-	-	First published: July 1, 2005
	The Very Best Of Wienerworld	-	-	-	-	-	First published: September 26, 2005
2007	Video Collection 1971–1980 No Remorse Records	-	-	-	-	-	First published: 2007
2015	Action - The Ultimate Story RCA Records	-	AT3 (2 weeks) AT	CH2 (6 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: September 18, 2015
	Finale - Live in Berlin 2015 Stuff Records	-	-	-	-	-	First published: December 18, 2015

Special publications

Split life

year	Title music label	Remarks
1970	Gimme Dat Ding EMI Music	First published: December 1970 Split compilation with The The Pipkins
1973	Club Ariola	First published: 1973 split compilation with Middle of the Road

Promo publications

Promo singles

year	Title album	Remarks
1970	The Juicer Gimme Dat Ding	First published: 1970
1972	Santa Monica Sunshine Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be	First published: 1972
1973	I'm on my way club	First published: March 19, 1973
	It's Lonely Out There Club	First published: June 17, 1973
	Paperback Writer The Sweet Anthology	First published: December 8, 1973 Original: The Beatles
1974	Peppermint Twist Sweet Fanny Adams	First published: March 15, 1974 Original: Joey Dee & the Starliters
1976	4th of July Give Us a Wink	First published: April 2, 1976
1978	Air on 'A' Tape Loop Level Headed	First published: October 30, 1978
1979	Mother Earth Cut Above the Rest	First published: June 15, 1979
1994	Tom Tom Turnaround Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be	First published: December 12, 1994 Original: New World
1998	Are You Coming to See Me Desolation Boulevard	First published: December 12, 1998 Sales: 500 (limited)
1999	Allright Now single track	First publication: 1999 Original: Free
2010	I Saw Her Standing There single track	First published: April 10, 2010 Original: The Beatles

Box sets

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1995	Hannover Sessions Pseudonym Records	-	-	-	-	-	First published: 1995
2017	Are you ready? - The RCA Era Sony Music	DE61 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: April 14, 2017
	Sensational (Chapter One: The Wild Bunch) Sony Music	DE28 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: November 10, 2017
	The Polydor Albums Capitol Records / Caroline Records / Polydor	-	-	-	-	-	First published: December 1, 2017

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE  AT  CH  UK  US Number one albums DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US-US Top 10 albums DE3DE AT3AT CH-CH UK-UK US-US Albums in the charts DE13DE AT4thAT CH-CH UK4thUK US6thUS

DE  AT  CH  UK  US Number one singles DE8thDE AT1AT CH1CH UK1UK US-US Top 10 singles DE16DE AT7thAT CH12CH UK10UK US4thUS Singles in the charts DE21stDE AT13AT CH12CH UK18thUK US9US

	DE	AT	CH	UK	US
Number one video albums	DE-DE	AT-AT	CH-CH	UK-UK	US-US
Top 10 video albums	DE-DE	AT1AT	CH1CH	UK-UK	US-US
Video albums on the charts	DE-DE	AT1AT	CH1CH	UK-UK	US-US

Awards for music sales

Golden record

•  Canada
  • 1976: for the single Fox on the Run
  • 1976: for the album Desolation Boulevard
  • 1976: for the single The Ballroom Blitz

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Germany (BVMI)	-	gold1	-	500,000	Taurus Press
Canada (MC)	-	3 × gold3	-	200,000	musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA)	-	3 × gold3	-	2,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	6 × silver6th	2 × gold2	-	1,320,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	6 × silver6th	9 × gold9	-

Web links

Charts

• Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US

Discography:

• The Sweet at 45cat.com (English)
• The Sweet at Discogs (English)
• The Sweet at MusicBrainz (English)
• The Sweet at Musik-Sammler.de
• The Sweet in Rate Your Music (English)
• The Sweet at thesweet.com

swell

1. Jump up ↑ Joseph Murrells: The Book of Golden Discs: The Records That Sold a Million . 2nd Edition. Limp Edition, London 1978, ISBN 0-214-20512-6 , pp. 304-305 .
2. Jump up ↑ Joseph Murrells: The Book of Golden Discs: The Records That Sold a Million . 2nd Edition. Limp Edition, London 1978, ISBN 0-214-20512-6 , pp. 305 .
3. Jump up ↑ Joseph Murrells: The Book of Golden Discs: The Records That Sold a Million . 2nd Edition. Limp Edition, London 1978, ISBN 0-214-20512-6 , pp. 321-322 .
4. ^ ^{A b} Joseph Murrells: The Book of Golden Discs: The Records That Sold a Million . 2nd Edition. Limp Edition, London 1978, ISBN 0-214-20512-6 , pp. 322 .
5. Jump up ↑ Joseph Murrells: The Book of Golden Discs: The Records That Sold a Million . 2nd Edition. Limp Edition, London 1978, ISBN 0-214-20512-6 , pp. 337 .
6. ^ ^{A b} Joseph Murrells: The Book of Golden Discs: The Records That Sold a Million . 2nd Edition. Limp Edition, London 1978, ISBN 0-214-20512-6 , pp. 338 .
7. Jump up ↑ Joseph Murrells: The Book of Golden Discs: The Records That Sold a Million . 2nd Edition. Limp Edition, London 1978, ISBN 0-214-20512-6 , pp. 351 .
8. ^ ^{A b} Joseph Murrells: The Book of Golden Discs: The Records That Sold a Million . 2nd Edition. Limp Edition, London 1978, ISBN 0-214-20512-6 , pp. 365 .
9. ↑ The Sweet - Are You Coming To See Me. Austriancharts.at, accessed on January 21, 2020 . 
10. ^ Günter Ehnert (Ed.): Hit balance sheet German Chart Singles 1956–1980. Taurus Press 1987, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 .