Sugar and Spice (The Searchers song)

"Sugar and Spice" is a 1963 song by Merseybeat band The Searchers written by Tony Hatch under the pseudonym Fred Nightingale. It made number two on the UK charts (on Pye) and number 44 in the USA charts.

A chorus "Sugar and spice and all things nice" contains a reference to a nursery rhyme What Are Little Boys Made Of?.

Covers included a hit for The Cryan' Shames, whose version was released in 1966 on the Chicago-based Destination label. The song became a local and regional hit for the band and finally peaked at number 49 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The Cryan' Shames' recording of the song was included on the influential 1972 compilation Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968.