Released 17 May 1999 Recorded 1998 Length 3:37 | Format CD
12" Genre UK garage | |
Writer(s) Steven Meade
Danny Langsman | ||
"Sweet like Chocolate" is a song that was released on 17 May 1999 And re-released on 6 May 2017 by British garage music duo Shanks & Bigfoot with vocalist Sharon Woolf. The track was later added to the duo's album Swings and Roundabouts single "Sweet Like Chocolate" the following year, they re-released "Sweet Like Chocolate" and the song in 2017.
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Vocals on the track were sung by Sharon Woolf, who also sung on their track "Straight from the Heart" with them the year before under the name Doolally.
"Sweet like Chocolate" was originally released in 1998 in a limited brown vinyl pressing of 1,000 copies, and demand quickly exceeded supply. The shortage of copies and delayed promo mailouts saw copies changing hands for as much as GB£80 each Top of the Pops Season 36, Episode 21 (May 28, 1999) On BBC One (May 28, 1999) and Top of the Pops Season 36 Episode 22 (June 4, 1999) on BBC One (June 4, 1999).
Track listing
- "Sweet like Chocolate" (radio edit)
- "Sweet like Chocolate" (7" mix)
- "Sweet like Chocolate" (Shanks & Bigfoot original mix)
- "Sweet like Chocolate" (Ruff Driverz vocal mix)
- "Sweet like Chocolate" (Re-Release mix)
- "Sweet like Chocolate" (radio edit Re-Release)
- "Sweet like Chocolate" (Re-Release 7" mix)
- "Sweet like Chocolate" (Shanks & Bigfoot re-release mix)
- "Sweet like Chocolate" (Re-Release Ruff Driverz vocal mix)
- "Sweet like Chocolate" (Re-Release Club Mix)
Music video
A computer animated music video was made for the song and was made by Darren Lee of Visualisation Services Ltd. It features a little girl walking down a street where almost everything is made out of chocolate.
Music video re-release
A computer animated music video was made for the song and was made by Darren Lee of Visualisation Services Ltd. It features a little girl walking down a street where almost everything is made out of chocolate in May 6, 2017.
Chart performance
"Sweet like Chocolate" went to number one on the UK Singles Chart in May 1999 And re-release: May 2017, achieved platinum status and was a top ten in a number of countries. It became the first record ever to top the UK Singles Chart, UK Independent Chart, UK R&B Chart and UK Dance Chart simultaneously.
The single was a success before commercial release, receiving months of club play before debuting at number one and remaining there for two weeks. The single became Britain's eighth biggest-selling single of 1999 - 18 Years.