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The Sweet (also referred to as Sweet, and originally called Sweetshop) are a British/American glam rock band that rose to worldwide fame in the 1970s with their most prolific line-up: lead vocalist Brian Connolly, bass player Steve Priest, guitarist Andy Scott, and drummer Mick Tucker.
The band were formed in 1968 and achieved their first hit "Funny Funny" in 1971 after teaming up with songwriters Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman and record producer Phil Wainman. During 1971 and 1972, their musical style followed a marked progression from the Archies-like bubblegum style of "Funny Funny" to a Who-influenced hard rock style supplemented by a striking use of high-pitched backing vocals.
The band achieved notable success in the UK charts, with thirteen Top 20 hits during the 1970s alone, with "Block Buster!" (1973) topping the chart, followed by three consecutive number two hits in "Hell Raiser" (1973), "The Ballroom Blitz" (1973) and "Teenage Rampage" (1974). The band turned to more hard rock style with their mid-career singles like 1974's "Turn It Down". Their first self-written and produced single, "Fox on the Run" (1975), also reached number two on the UK charts. These results were topped in West Germany and other countries on the European mainland, where the band was very popular. They also achieved success and popularity in the United States with the top ten hits Little Willy, The Ballroom Blitz, and Fox on the Run.
If I could escape I would but,
First of all, let me say
I must apologize for acting
stank & treating you this way
Cause I've been acting like
sour milk all on the floor
It's your fault you didn't shut the refrigerator
Maybe that's the reason I've been acting so cold?
[CHORUS]
If I could escape
& recreate a place that's my own world
& I could be your favourite girl (forever), Perfectly
together
Tell me boy now wouldn't that be sweet?
If I could be sweet,
I know I've been a real bad girl
I didn't mean for you to get hurt
We can make it better, Tell me boy wouldn't that be
sweet? (sweet escape)
I want to get away, to our sweet escape
I want to get away
You held me down,
I'm at my lowest boiling point
Come help me out,
I need to get me out of this joint
Come on let's bounce,
counting on you to turn me around
Instead of clowning around,
let's look for some common ground
So baby, times get a little crazy
I've been gettin' a little lazy,
waitin' on you to come save me
I can see that you're angry
by the way that you treat me
Hopefully you don't leave me,
wanna take you with me
If I could escape
& recreate a place that's my own world
& I could be your favourite girl (forever), Perfectly
together
& tell me boy now wouldn't that be sweet?
If I could be sweet
I know I've been a real bad girl
I didn't mean for you to get hurt
We can make it better
& tell me boy now wouldn't that be sweet? (sweet
escape)
Woohoo, Yeehoo
Woohoo, Yeehoo (sweer escape)
Woohoo, yeehoo (sweet escape)
Woohoo, Yeehoo
Cause I've been acting like
sour milk all on the floor
It's your fault you didn't shut the refrigerator
Maybe that's the reason I've been acting so cold?
If I could escape
& recreate a place that's my own world
& I could be your favourite girl
Perfectly together
& tell me boy now wouldn't that be sweet?
If I could be sweet (
I know I've been a real bad girl
I didn't mean for you to get hurt
We can make it better
& tell me boy now wouldn't that be sweet? (sweet
escape)
Woohoo, Yeehoo
(I wanna get away, get away)
Woohoo, Yeehoo
(To our sweet escape)
Woohoo, Yeehoo
(I wanna get away)
Woohoo, Yeehoo
Woohoo, Yeehoo