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"Poppe Joe"
German release picture sleeve
Single by The Sweet
B-side"Jeannie"
Released28 January 1972
GenreBubblegum pop
Length3:07
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn
The Sweet singles chronology
"Alexander Graham Bell"
(1972) 		"Poppe Joe"
(1972) 		"Little Willy"
(1972)

Poppa Joe is a 1972 song recorded by The Sweet. Written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn,[1] it went to number eleven in the UK. It was released in the United Kingdom by RCA Records on 28 January 1972.[1] The single is a bubblegum pop song with elements of Caribbean thanks to the use of a steelpan throughout the song. It was featured as a bonus track on a 2005 re-release of the bands first album, Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be.

Covers

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The song has been covered by Graham Bonney, M-Kids, James Last, Waterloo and Robinson, Klaus and Servants, Kai Warner, Joachim Hübner & ABC Company, Party Animals, and Werner Twardy Orchestra, all mostly German artists.[2]

Reception

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The song charted in seven counties: number eleven in the UK, number seventy in Australia, number sixteen in Ireland, number three in Germany, number two in Norway, Switzerland and Sweden, and number one in the Netherlands and Belgium.[1][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Charts

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Country Peak Reference
Australia: Kent Music Report 70 [6]
Belgium: VRT Top 30 1 [4]
Germany: GfK Entertainment charts 3 [7]
Ireland: Irish Singles Chart 6 [8]
Netherlands: Dutch Single Top 100 1 [3][4]
Norway: VG-lista 2 [9]
Sweden: Sverigetopplistan 2 [10]
UK: Official Singles Chart 11 [5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Poppa Joe by The Sweet, retrieved 2025-08-02
  2. ^ "The Sweet - Poppa Joe - ultratop.be". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 2025-08-02.
  3. ^ a b "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2025-08-02.
  4. ^ a b c The Sweet - Poppa Joe, retrieved 2025-08-02
  5. ^ a b "SWEET". Official Charts. 1971-03-13. Retrieved 2025-08-02.
  6. ^ a b Australian Chart Book 1970 - 1992. - David Kent 1993 - page 302 - ISBN 0-646-11917-6
  7. ^ a b "Suche – Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2025-08-02.
  8. ^ a b "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2025-08-02.
  9. ^ a b "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2025-08-02.
  10. ^ a b "Sweet - Se alla låtar och listplaceringar". NostalgiListan (in Swedish). Retrieved 2025-08-02.
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