Up in a Puff of Smoke

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"Up in a Puff of Smoke"
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Single by Polly Brown
B-side"I'm Saving All My Love"
Released
  • August 1974 (UK)
  • December 1974 (U.S.)
Recorded1974
GenrePop, Disco
Length3:20
LabelGTO Records
SongwritersGerry Shury, Phillip Swern
ProducersGerry Shury, Phillip Swern
Polly Brown singles chronology
"Up in a Puff of Smoke"
(1974) 		"You're My Number One"
(1974)

"Up in a Puff of Smoke" is a song recorded in 1974 by Polly Brown, released as a non-album single to become an international Top 40 hit in 1975.

Overview

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The songwriting/production team of Gerry Shury and Ron Roker had admired Brown's voice from her Pickettywitch recordings. Shury, who had arranged Brown's 1972 self-titled album release, described her as a cross "between Diana Ross and Dionne Warwick".[1] In 1974, Shury and Roker had Brown record the neo-Motown number "Up in a Puff of Smoke". In the same session Brown, with Roker as co-vocalist, recorded a cover of the ABBA song "Honey, Honey", which was released under the name Sweet Dreams.[1]

Canadian blue-eyed soul singer Charity Brown turned down the chance to cover "Up in a Puff of Smoke" for the Canadian market,[2] but she did record the B-side song of the Polly Brown single, the mid-tempo Shury/Swern ballad "I'm Saving All My Love", as "Saving All My Love". Introduced on Brown's 1975 album release Rock Me, the track was released as a single, reaching #61 on the Canadian singles chart in February 1976.[3]

Chart history

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"Up in a Puff of Smoke" proved to be a UK Top 40 shortfall although it did spend five weeks in the Top 50, peaking at #43.[4] However, the track became a hit in several English speaking countries: Australia (#22),[5] Canada (#11),[6] New Zealand (#13),[7] and the US (#16).[8]

Cover versions

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  • In 2018, Linda Martin remade "Up in a Puff of Smoke", with Nicki French on backing vocals. Issued in January 2018, the track was included on Martin's All Woman album released September 2018.[17]

References

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