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1 Fox on the Run
2 Cover versions
3 Rearranged the article
4 Influences and contemporaries
5 Connollys ashes
6 Connolly
7 What about Chad Brown?
8 Fair use rationale for Image:Cd level ger a.jpg
9 Fair use rationale for Image:Giveusawink.jpg
10 Fair use rationale for Image:Lp funny uk a.jpg
11 Fair use rationale for Image:Offrecordsweet.jpg
12 Sweet redirects to sweetness???
13 The Sixteens was a bigger hit than it is given credit for.
14 Added heavy metal

[edit] Fox on the Run

This bit:

In 1975, Sweet's first self-written and produced single, Fox on the Run, was released worldwide and instantly became their biggest selling hit, going to number 1 on many of the world's charts.

Has now been changed, removing reference to Fox on the Run being the band's biggest ever hit. However it does roughly appear, based on the general info on the page, to be the biggest hit, or at least similar in magnitude to other big hits like Ballroom Blitz. I think the current wording deemphasised just how big a hit FOTR was. Also it was the biggest selling single in Australia for 1975. Precinct13 21:57, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

Sweet's "Glitz, Blitz, & Hitz" 2003 DVD includes an interview with Sweet guitarist Andy Scott. On the DVD, Andy states that Fox on the Run was their biggest ever selling chart single. Who is going to argue with him? Hence, I have now reverted this paragraph to what I originally submitted.

Regards, Bivariate-correlator 14:02, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

"A second album was released during 1974, called Desolation Boulevard. One of the tracks off this album was a cover of The Who's "My Generation"." What is this??? My copy of Desolation Boulevard (vinyl) doesn't have this song on it. JoeMystical 05:26, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

There were two released versions of the Desolation Boulevard LP. The Australian/European version includes "My Generation". The U.S. version is a mixture of the Sweet Fanny Adams & Desolation Boulevard LPs.

Regards, Bivariate-correlator 04:46, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

The paragraph that commences "In 1975, RCA ...." does not make any sense to me. Would someone care to re-visit it ?

Derek R Bullamore 17:15, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cover versions

The contents box lists both 'Cover Versions of Sweet Material' and 'Famous Cover Versions', which seem to deal with the same subject. For simplicity, should these not be merged ?

Derek R Bullamore 15:34, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rearranged the article

I've given the article a whole new layout, and I hope everyone likes the new arrangement. If there's anyone that has any suggestions or objections to it, I'd love to hear your views :) HK51 21:59, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Influences and contemporaries

Normally this isn't part of a Wiki article. I will delete it as so. --Soetermans 21:57, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Connollys ashes

In the article it states "his ashes were scattered over the water".. what water? A cup of water? A sinkfull of water? A font of holy water? This should be clarified.

[edit] Connolly

Anyone think Brian deserves his own article? As I certainly do, a great and tragioc rock hero, SqueakBox 17:12, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What about Chad Brown?

Wasn't Chad Brown the lead singer of Andy Scott's Sweet for several years in the mid - late 90's? He's not mentioned at all on the Sweet page. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by GenkiSugiru (talk • contribs) 12:07, 14 May 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Cd level ger a.jpg

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Giveusawink.jpg

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[edit] Sweet redirects to sweetness???

If you search for sweet it redirects to sweetness. That ain't right. We need disambiguation. Ozmaweezer 15:09, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Sixteens was a bigger hit than it is given credit for.

It was used several times as backing to porn movies. It rates a bigger mention

[edit] Added heavy metal

as some of their albums are labeledheavy metal and they had some heavy metal songs i added it as an extra genre please dont revert71.17.159.25 (talk) 23:59, 2 June 2008 (UTC)