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Blockbuster Single Chart:1973
Sweet's "Blockbuster" is up five places to number one on the NME British Singles Chart as published in New Musical Express, January 27, 1973. Sweet released "Block Buster!" (often stylized as "Blockbuster") in January 1973 as a single, later included on the US version of their album The Sweet (1973), on RCA Records in the UK and Bell Records in the US. Written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, the glam rock anthem features a wailing siren (inspired by air-raid warnings), Bria

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Jan 27, 19731 min read
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