Sweet – The Ballroom Blitz

Sweet performing “The Ballroom Blitz” on the the German TV show
Sylvester-Tanzparty from the 31st December, 1974.

“The Ballroom Blitz” – Single by The Sweet from the album Desolation Boulevard (US version).
Released 14 September 1973 in UK and June 1975 in US.

“The Ballroom Blitz” was inspired by an incident on 27 January 1973 when the band were performing at the Grand Hall in Kilmarnock, Scotland, and were driven offstage by a bottling.

This version features the original line-up.
Brian Connolly – lead vocals
Andy Scott – guitar, synthesizer, vocals
Steve Priest – bass, vocals
Mick Tucker – drums, percussion, vocals

The recording was produced by Phil Wainman.
The song was written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn

Single Chart Positions:
Germany: 1
Australia: 1
Canada: 1
Denmark: 1
Ireland: 1
Great Britain: 2
Norway: 2
Switzerland: 3
Sweden: 3
South Africa: 3
Netherlands: 4
Austria: 5
USA: 5
Finland: 10

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