Sweet like Chocolate

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"Sweet like Chocolate"
File:Shanksbigfoot sweetlikechocolate.jpg
Single by Shanks & Bigfoot
from the album Swings and Roundabouts
Released17 May 1999 (1999-05-17)[1]
StudioSoul II Soul (London, England)
GenreUK garage
Length3:37
Label
Songwriters
  • Danny Langsman
  • Steven Meade
ProducersShanks & Bigfoot
Shanks & Bigfoot singles chronology
"Straight from the Heart"
(1998) 		"Sweet like Chocolate"
(1999) 		"Straight from the Heart"
(1999)

"Sweet like Chocolate" is a song by British garage music duo Shanks & Bigfoot with vocalist Sharon Woolf. It was released as a single on 17 May 1999 and was included on the duo's debut album, Swings and Roundabouts (2000). Vocals on the track are sung by Sharon Woolf, who had also sung on their track "Straight from the Heart", which was released under their previous band name, 'Doolally'.

Background

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"Sweet like Chocolate" was originally released on vinyl in 1998 as a promotional single, which had a short-run pressing of 1,000 copies. By January 1999, "Sweet Like Chocolate" was already a KISS FM priority track and "at the centre of a bidding war".[2] When released as an official single four months later, it topped the UK Singles Chart for two weeks and reached the top 10 in Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand. The song was the first UK garage track to hit number one on the UK Singles Chart. In 2019, The Guardian listed the song at number 20 in their list of "The Best UK Garage Tracks".[3]

Music video

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A music video, which is animated, was produced for the song by graphic designers "Visualisation Services".[4] It is set in a surreal world where every object, except for the protagonist, is constructed out of chocolate.

Chart performance

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"Sweet like Chocolate" topped the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in May 1999, selling 251,000 copies during its first week and 142,000 copies during its second week.[5] It achieved platinum status in the UK and was the country's eighth biggest-selling single of 1999.[6][7] It was the first song to top the UK Singles, Dance, R&B, and Indie charts, though not simultaneously.[5] Internationally, the song was a top-10 hit in Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand; in the latter two countries, the song was certified platinum and gold, respectively.[8][9] It also charted in Flanders, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland. In Canada, the song peaked at number 14 on the RPM Dance 30 chart in September 1999.[10]

Track listings

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Credits and personnel

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Credits are adapted from the UK CD single liner notes.[11]

Studios

  • Recorded at Soul II Soul Studios (London, England)
  • Mastered at Battery Studios (London, England)

Personnel

  • Shanks & Bigfoot – production
    • Danny Langsman – writing
    • Steven Meade – writing
  • Sharon Woolf – vocals, backing vocals
  • David Newell – engineering
  • Streaky Gee – mastering

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[8] Platinum 70,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[9] Gold 5,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[6] Platinum 707,000[35]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Cover versions

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In 2016, English singer Tulisa interpolated the chorus of "Sweet like Chocolate" in her song of the same name which features English rapper Akelle.

A reggae version by Hollie Cook reached No. 41 on the UK Physical Singles Chart in November 2018.[36]

In 2019, DJ Spoony and Lily Allen recorded their version for the UK garage orchestral covers album Garage Classical.

References

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