Paul Anka – Puppy Love

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“Puppy Love”
Single by Paul Anka
from the album Paul Anka Sings His Big 15
B-side“Adam & Eve”
ReleasedFebruary 13, 1960
Recorded1960
GenrePop
Length2:45
LabelABC-Paramount
Songwriter(s)Paul Anka
Producer(s)Sid Feller
Paul Anka singles chronology
“It’s Time To Cry”
(1959)”Puppy Love
(1960)”My Home Town
(1960)

Puppy Love” is a popular song written by Paul Anka in 1960 for Annette Funicello, a Mouseketeer, on whom he had a crush on. Anka’s version reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 behind Percy Faith‘s “Theme from A Summer Place” and No. 33 on the UK Singles Chart.

Donny Osmond version

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“Puppy Love”
Single by Donny Osmond
from the album Portrait of Donny
B-side“Let My People Go”
ReleasedFebruary 19, 1972
RecordedSeptember 20, 1971
GenrePop
Length3:05
Songwriter(s)Paul Anka
Producer(s)Mike Curb
Don Costa
Donny Osmond singles chronology
Hey Girl
(1971)”Puppy Love
(1972)”Too Young
(1972)

Twelve years later the song was revived by Donny Osmond. It was released on February 19, 1972, and reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 1, 1972. It peaked at No. 1 in April 1972 on both the Canadian RPM singles chart for three weeks and the UK Singles Chart for five weeks the following July. Billboard ranked this version as the No. 67 song for 1972. It was certified Gold by the RIAA on March 24, 1972. The song was also covered by British pop group S Club Juniors in 2002.

On March 15, 1972, DJ Robert W. Morgan played the Donny Osmond version for 90 minutes straight on KHJ in Los Angeles. After receiving numerous calls from listeners, LAPD raided the station studios. The officers left without making arrests.

Donny Osmond – Puppy Love ( TOTP ) 1972

Paul Anka, Donny Osmond & David Foster 

Paul Anka, Donny Osmond & David Foster – Puppy Love

Puppy Love (instrumental)

https://youtu.be/jDKaj16h4B8

S Club Juniors – Puppy Love

S Club Juniors – Puppy Love

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