Puppy Love (Paul Anka song)

"Puppy Love"
Single by Paul Anka
from the album Paul Anka Sings His Big 15
B-side	"Adam & Eve"
Released	February 13, 1960
Recorded	1960
Genre	Pop
Length	2:45
Label	ABC-Paramount
Songwriter(s)	Paul Anka
Producer(s)	Sid Feller
Paul Anka singles chronology
"It's Time to Cry" (1959) "Puppy Love" (1960) "My Home Town" (1960)

"Puppy Love" is a popular song written by Paul Anka in 1960 for Annette Funicello, a Mouseketeer, whom he had a crush on.^{[citation needed]} Anka's version reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 behind Percy Faith's "Theme from A Summer Place",^[1] No. 4 on the Canadian CHUM Charts,^[2] and No. 33 on the UK Singles Chart.^[3]

Donny Osmond version

"Puppy Love"
Single by Donny Osmond
from the album Portrait of Donny
B-side	"Let My People Go"
Released	February 19, 1972
Recorded	September 20, 1971
Genre	Pop
Length	3:05
Songwriter(s)	Paul Anka
Producer(s)	Mike Curb Don Costa[4]
Donny Osmond singles chronology
"Hey Girl" (1971) "Puppy Love" (1972) "Too Young" (1972)

Twelve years later the song was revived by Donny Osmond. It was released on February 19, 1972, and reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 1, 1972. It peaked at No. 1 on both the Canadian RPM singles chart during April 15 - 29, 1972, and the UK Singles Chart during July 8 - August 5, 1972.^[5] Billboard ranked this version as the No. 67 song for 1972.^[6] It was certified Gold by the RIAA on March 24, 1972. It also topped the Mexican charts in 1972. The song was also covered by British pop group S Club Juniors in 2002.

On March 15, 1972, DJ Robert W. Morgan played the Donny Osmond version for 90 minutes straight on KHJ in Los Angeles. After receiving numerous calls from listeners, LAPD raided the station studios. The officers left without making arrests.^[7]

Charts

S Club Juniors version

"Puppy Love" / "Sleigh Ride"
Single by S Club Juniors
from the album Together
Released	9 December 2002 (2002-12-09)[19]
Length	3:05 ("Puppy Love") 2:55 ("Sleigh Ride")
Label	Polydor, 19
Songwriter(s)	Paul Anka ("Puppy Love"), Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish ("Sleigh Ride")
Producer(s)	Jewels & Stone
S Club Juniors singles chronology
"New Direction" (2002) "Puppy Love" / "Sleigh Ride" (2002) "Fool No More" (2003)

In 2002, British pop group S Club Juniors covered "Puppy Love" and released it as a double A-side single alongside a cover of "Sleigh Ride", the 1948 song written by Leroy Anderson and Mitchell Parish. "Puppy Love" / "Sleigh Ride" was released on 9 December 2002 as the fourth single from the group's debut album, Together (2002). It peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart.

Composition

Calvin Goldspink sang lead vocals for "Puppy Love". The other members, Frankie Sandford, Aaron Renfree, Stacey McClean, Rochelle Wiseman, Daisy Evans, Hannah Richings and Jay Asforis did not have any solos in the song.

Music videos

The video for "Puppy Love" features Goldspink looking through a Rachel Stevens calendar and making a snow stature shaped like her whilst the others are playing in the snow. Later the group are indoors decorating the house with decorations before finding their presents where Goldspink finds a present for him from Stevens: a puppy. At the end of the video, words come up saying: "Remember a dog is for life, not just for Christmas."

The video for "Sleigh Ride" features clips from the previous video with the group playing in the snow and the lyrics to song appear to sing-a-long to.

Track listings

UK CD single^[20]

1. "Puppy Love"
2. "Sleigh Ride"
3. "Sleigh Ride" (karaoke version)
4. "Puppy Love" (video)

UK cassette single^[21]

1. "Puppy Love"
2. "Sleigh Ride"
3. "Puppy Love" (karaoke version)

Credits and personnel

Charts

See also

• List of number-one hits of 1972 (Mexico)

References