Gimme Dat Ding Album: 1971

A Sweet & Pipkins Split MFP Release

Released as a vinyl LP in the UK on January 15, 1971, on Music for Pleasure (catalogue: MFP 5571), The Sweet’s Gimme Dat Ding was a split album with The Pipkins on side two. The album took its name from The Pipkins' 1970 hit song “Gimme Dat Ding.” In North America, The Pipkins released a full-length album of the same title, featuring the six tracks from this UK release plus four additional songs, which reached No. 27 on the Canadian charts and No. 132 on the U.S. charts.

This unexpected partnership between two groups with such opposing views is due to the fact that, at that time, they both had the same record producer (John Burgess) and shared the same team of composers.

In 1971, following unsatisfactory commercial outcomes with Burgess, The Sweet chose to chart their own course by partnering with the successful songwriting duo Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, and a new producer, Phil Wainman. Meanwhile, The Pipkins disbanded that year, as their comedy act experienced only fleeting success in their home country, Britain.

The CD version booklet for this album claims that Gimme Dat Ding is regarded as "the first rap album," primarily due to The Pipkins' contributions.

Album Overview

Release Details

Label: Music for Pleasure.

Format: Vinyl LP, Album.

Track Listing (UK split edition)

(The Pipkins tracks, including “Gimme Dat Ding”)

Side one

The Sweet

"Lollipop Man"

"Time"

"All You'll Ever Get from Me"

"The Juicer"

"Get on the Line"

"Mr. McGallagher"

Side two

The Pipkins

"Gimme Dat Ding"

"Yakety Yak"

"The People That You Wanna Phone Ya"

"My Baby Loves Lovin'"

"Busy Line"

"Sunny Honey Girl"

Chart Performance (North American full-length version)

- Canada: 27

- US: 132

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Sources

Information is drawn from my personal knowledge and supplemented by web sources, including Discogs, 45cat, AllMusic, Rate Your Music, Wikipedia, BBC Official Charts Company, Billboard Chart History

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