This was the first time they had publicly performed the song together. On September 4, 2006, Dante and Wine performed the song together on the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon. Rumors have circulated that the song was earlier offered to The Monkees, with Davy Jones singing on a demo that was never releasedĭon Kirshner says in an interview that Mike Nesmith put his fist through the wall of the Beverley Hills hotel refusing to do "Sugar, Sugar." ― Cunga, Sunday, 16 August 2009 21:20 (twelve years ago) link "Sugar, Sugar" is considered the canonical example of the bubblegum pop musical genre Rumors have circulated that the song was earlier offered to The Monkees, with Davy Jones singing on a demo that was nev The Archies' "Sugar, Sugar" was the 1969 number-one single of the year. The song lists at #63 on Billboard's Greatest Songs of All Time.
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The song was adapted for a TV commercial for Equal brand artificial sweetener in the late '80s - "Sugar (no no no Ray Stevens, the comic singer, provided the hand claps to the song. The song is featured in The Simpsons episodes "Boy-Scoutz N the Hood" and "Sweets and Sour Marge".Ī live punk rock version is included on the 1981 LP Live At The Whisky, First Show Ever by The Germs. Pop-rap artist Nitty sampled "Sugar, Sugar" for his 2004 single "Nasty Girl".
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In the TV Movie Archie: To Riverdale and Back again (VHS reissued title, Return to Riverdale), the now-older Jughead plĮnglish hard rock band Def Leppard got the idea for their 1987 hit "Pour Some Sugar on Me" from the song.[cit Bush has said "Sugar, Sugar" is one of his favorite songs.
In 1970, Bob Marley And The Wailers released their version of the song as a Jamaican only single.
Don Kirshner says in an interview that Mike Nesmith put his fist through the wall of the Beverley Hills hotel refusing