The Sweet

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Sweet
Sweet in the mid-1970s. Left to right: Steve Priest, Brian Connolly, Andy Scott, Mick Tucker.
Background information
Also known as	The Sweetshop[1]
Origin	London, England
Genres	bubblegum (early) glam rock hard rock power pop
Years active	1968 (1968)–1982 (1982) 1985 (1985)–present
Labels	RCA Capitol Polydor
Spinoffs	Andy Scott's Sweet Brian Connolly's Sweet Steve Priest's Sweet New Sweet
Members	Andy Scott's Sweet: Andy Scott Bruce Bisland Paul Manzi Lee Small Tom Cory
Past members	Brian Connolly Steve Priest Mick Tucker Frank Torpey Mick Stewart Paul Day Phil Lanzon Mal McNulty Jeff Brown Steve Mann Bodo Schopf Chad Brown Steve Grant Tony O’Hora Peter Lincoln
Website	Andy Scott's Sweet: thesweet.com

Sweet (known as The Sweet until the early 1970s^[1]) is a British glam rock band that rose to prominence in the 1970s. Their best-known line-up consisted of lead vocalist Brian Connolly, bassist Steve Priest, guitarist Andy Scott and drummer Mick Tucker.

The band was formed in London in 1968, originally with the name The Sweetshop, and achieved their first hit, "Funny, Funny", in 1971, after teaming up with songwriters Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman and record producer Phil Wainman. During 1971 and 1972, their musical style showed a marked progression, from the Archies-like bubblegum style of "Funny, Funny" to a Who-influenced hard rock style, supplemented by a striking use of high-pitched backing vocals.

The band first achieved success in the UK charts, having thirteen Top 20 hits during the 1970s alone, with "Block Buster!" (1973) topping the chart, followed by three consecutive number-two hits: "Hell Raiser" (1973), "The Ballroom Blitz" (1973) and "Teenage Rampage" (1974). The band turned to a more hard rock style with their mid-career singles, such as 1974's "Turn It Down". "Fox on the Run" (1975) also reached number two on the UK chart. Those results were topped in West Germany and other countries on the European mainland. The group also achieved success in the US with the top ten hits "Little Willy", "The Ballroom Blitz", "Fox on the Run", and "Love is Like Oxygen".

Sweet had their last international success in 1978 with "Love Is Like Oxygen". Connolly left the group in 1979 to start a solo career, and the remaining members continued as a trio until they disbanded in 1981. From the mid-1980s, Scott, Connolly and Priest each played with their own versions of Sweet at different times. Connolly died in 1997, Tucker in 2002 and Priest in 2020. Andy Scott is still active with his version of the band. Sweet have sold over 35 million albums worldwide.