The "Sweetest Girl"
1981 single by Scritti Politti / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses of "Sweetest Girl", see Sweetest Girl (disambiguation).
"The 'Sweetest Girl'" is a song written by the Welsh singer Green Gartside. It was originally performed by Gartside's band Scritti Politti, and released in October 1981 as a single. The single peaked at No. 64 in the UK Singles Chart.[2] The keyboards are played by Robert Wyatt.[3]
Quick Facts Single by Scritti Politti, from the album Songs to Remember ...
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Single by Scritti Politti | ||||
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Released | October 1981 | |||
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Length | 4:37 (single version) 6:18 (album version) | |||
Label | Rough Trade | |||
Songwriter(s) | Green Gartside | |||
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The song became a marginally bigger hit five years later, when covered by ska and pop band Madness. Their version of the song peaked at No. 35 in the UK and No. 29 in Ireland in early 1986. Madness changed the title of the song slightly, losing both the definite article and the quotation marks around the last two words in "The 'Sweetest Girl'", thereby rendering it as "Sweetest Girl".