The Ballroom Blitz

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For other uses, see Ballroom Blitz (disambiguation).
"The Ballroom Blitz"
Cover of the 1973 Germany single
Single by The Sweet
from the album Desolation Boulevard
B-side "Rock and Roll Disgrace" (RCA)
"Restless" (Capitol)
Released September 1973 (1973-09) (Europe)
July 1975 (1975-07) (US)
Format 7" single
Recorded 1973
Genre
Length 4:06
Label RCA
Capitol (US)
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
  • Nicky Chinn
  • Mike Chapman
The Sweet singles chronology
"Hell Raiser"
(1973)		 "The Ballroom Blitz"
(1973)		 "Teenage Rampage"
(1974)
Desolation Boulevard US release track listing
"Ballroom Blitz"
(1)		 "The Six Teens"
(2)
Music sample
"The Ballroom Blitz"
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"The Ballroom Blitz" is a song by the English rock band the Sweet, written and produced by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman.

Background

"The Ballroom Blitz" was recorded at Audio International Studio, 18 Rodmartin Street, London.[5][6] The song was produced by songwriters Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman.[7]

The song appeared on the U.S./Canadian version of Desolation Boulevard but never appeared on a Sweet album in the UK, other than hits compilations.[8]

This song was inspired by an incident on 27 January 1973 when the band was performing at the Grand Hall in Kilmarnock, Scotland and were driven offstage by a barrage of bottles.[9]

The initial guitar and drum riff of the song has some similarity to a 1963 song by Bobby Comstock called "Let's Stomp".[10]

Cover versions

The first known cover of "The Ballroom Blitz" was by The Les Humphries Singers in 1975, which was the first German single to reach #1 in New Zealand.[11] In 1979, the song was covered by The Damned, which featured Lemmy from Motörhead on bass guitar. It was released as a B-side to "I Just Can't Be Happy Today" and featured as a bonus track on their CD reissue of Machine Gun Etiquette.[1][12] Another notable cover was by Swiss heavy metal band Krokus, which was released on their album The Blitz in 1984.[13][14] Other covers include renditions by Christian rock band Calibretto 13 on their album Enter the Danger Brigade in 2000, Tia Carrere on the soundtrack to Wayne's World in 1992, and thrash metal band Nuclear Assault on their 1991 album Out of Order.[15][16] A 2015 cover by unsigned Canadian band Motion Device[17] is available to watch on Youtube.[18]

Personnel

Chart performance

References

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External links

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  17. ↑ http://www.motiondevice.net
  18. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTy3PZBRy-0
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=35092
  20. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – The Sweet – The Ballroom Blitz" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  21. ↑ "Ultratop.be – The Sweet – The Ballroom Blitz" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  22. ↑ "Officialcharts.de – The Sweet – The Ballroom Blitz". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  23. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – The Sweet – The Ballroom Blitz" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  24. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – The Sweet – The Ballroom Blitz". VG-lista. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  25. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – The Sweet – The Ballroom Blitz". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  26. ↑ "Archive Chart: 1973-09-22" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  27. ↑ Billboard Singles at AllMusic. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  28. ↑ http://www.uk-charts.top-source.info/top-100-1973.shtml
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