Ballroom Blitz by Sweet

Genre: Rock
Year: 1973

"The Ballroom Blitz" (on some releases "Ballroom Blitz") is a song written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman and originally recorded by the English rock band Sweet (then known as The Sweet). It was released as a single in 1973, where it reached #1 in Australia and entered at #2 in the UK singles chart. In North America, it was a 1975 hit, reaching #1 in Canada and #5 in the United States, making it one of the years biggest chart successes. "The Ballroom Blitz" appeared on the U.S./Canadian version of The Sweets 1974 album Desolation Boulevard. This song was inspired by an incident in 1973 when the band was performing at the Grand Hall in Kilmarnock, Scotland and were driven offstage by a barrage of bottles. Read full article at wikipedia.org

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