Sweet - Wig Wam Bam - Top Of The Pops/Disco 1972 (OFFICIAL)
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- Sweet performing "Wig Wam Bam" on BBC's Top Of The Pops in 1972.
The song was written by Mike Chapman & Nicky Chinn and produced by Phil Wainman
The single was originally released by RCA Records in September 1972.
Single chart positions:
Germany: 1
Denmark: 1
Switzerland: 2
Finland: 3
Great Britain: 4
Ireland: 4
Austria: 5
Netherlands: 6
Norway: 6 #Sweet
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Steve Priest wearing those feathers is so legendary 🪶
We had the best music in the 70’s
very true
And the 80s
@@maryclynch9356 Sure did Mary, luv Pet Shop boys and Guns n Roses plus Queen. If only we could turn time back to this era. Kind regards Glynn n greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands UK 🕊🕊🕊
70's. 80's and 90's. After that I really don't bother listening. I just really enjoy the real music that I grew up listening to. It was and always will be the best music ever.
@@tammyewing6458 Sure is Tammy, did you like T.Rex and Slade n Wizard too.Kind regards Glynn n greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands UK🕊🕊🕊
I Don't need a time machine to go back to the 70s, i never left and never will, i am staying put.
Well said, I feel exactly the same!
@@duncanbirss8923 AND ME XX
See comment below at, now at 71 as soon as i heard it i was laughing and smiling, its good to revisit the past and think of our friends then. AND all the stupid things we got up to. GREAT 😁
Brian Connolly's hair is about as perfect as hair could be!
Dave Hill of Slade and Mike Score from A Flock of Seagulls might disagree😁
@@ncexnyc4466 Ha ha! Strong competition but Brian's hair is immovable!
Hair hair!!
There are women out there jealous of that hair ❤😂
@@daynerpotter9514 Not surprised! 😃😄
I. Wish. I. Could. Turn. Back. The. Clock. To. Those. Wonderful. Days.
Waren das schöne geile Zeiten,die kommen nie wieder! Die ganze Musik 70ziger Jahre war einfach nur Bombe.💣👍💣👍💣👍💣👍💣👍💣👍💣👍💣Aber die Musik bleibt,und stirbt nie,das ist auch gut so!👍👍👍Sweet ❤ Sweet❤❤
We did not know in those days how lucky we were to enjoy the best music EVER
Very true my friend.
We just didnt know what kind of crap they would throw in behind the good stuff
@@randymccarty3444 yes, and the crap has been going on ever since.
True
Ain’t that the truth
Best absolute decade of music, thank god I was there listening and buying all the fantastic bands that were performing.
That Blonde hair and Blue eyes. Totally Gorgeous 🥰 RIP Brian 💙
Rest in peace Steve Priest, the bassist of The Sweet. We are losing the legends.
Terrible news yet another great has been taken 😢😢😢😢😢
@Singh how much worse can 2020 get 😢😢😢😢
We are also *losing the spelling battle.
@@bobthebear1246 I am not an English speaker
Steve was an asshole, with forgiveness
I just turned "70" and I am completely in love with Sweet! They make me feel young. Happy Holidays everyone!
This is the first time I've ever heard this song and I like it will have to Google this band by the haircuts I presume they are British ?
@@matthewstevenson3002 Part of the 'glam rock' era in Britain circa 71-75
Love this song. Brings back memories.
I'm too !
@@matthewstevenson3002 Dude, you have to be like 14/15 or so? Just waking up to music? That was some of the greatest music from the best era! 😍😉😁
RIP Steve Priest. One of the greatest bands ever. The vocals!!!
RIP Brian,Steve & Mick
Is he the brother of Judas Priest?
Steve dressed like a member of Village People
@@maryellenyarusso7029 Dressed more like his brother Judas Priest!
🤣🤣🥱
Schade, das es heute solche Gruppen nicht mehr gibt.
Those were wonderful times!🇸🇰🇸🇰🇸🇰
hej 2008 na Rockfeste xD
That's how we'll always remember Steve!
R.I.P. Stephen Norman Priest ( 23.2.1948 - 4.6.2020)
I wanna remember him from this video - young, cute and funny.
RIP Steve Priest
@@lepoetress True!
Same loved em as a kid still do at 60 🤟👍
He was a hearthrob of a bloke. That was always the case. He was the most gorgeous bloke. R.I.P .STEVIE PRIEST.
RIP Steve, one of the greats , I loved the seventies.
Not a phone in sight, just people living in the moment.
I'm 45 and love this music! Why don't they make it like this today??
They don't have it in them, I blame their parents.
I love how you can hear the stomping feet from the audience. They are loving it!
They sure did. I think that makes it even more fun.
My boyfriend isnt.. Pissing him off
They were the good days
Wow how lucky they were to be there!
Chinn and Chapman and this lineup of Sweet are anti-Indian racists singing this song Big.....! This video is cultural appropriation and that's night right. They are making fun of Indians.
For me still represents what the 70s was about fun fun fun..
💜💙💚💛♥️💜💙💚💛♥️💜
Brian's hair was legendary, as was he!
I tried to cut mine like Brians........OMG
He’s 🥵!! Love his hair too 🎉
My husband Was a great Fan of this group❤❤❤❤❤😂
Fantastic Drummer!.
Love Steve Priest’s campiness; he’s absolutely adorable shaking his hips………………………what
a GREAT band !!!
loved it then and still love it in 2024
No one on the charts then was as much fun glam wise for this 12 yr. old glitter critter. The teenage rampage stomps are a nice, tender touch!
RIP Steve Priest . You'll never be forgotten.
How could anyone ever ever forget The Sweet I am past my teens but still listen to them now
@Singh Nobody who ever heard The Sweet could forget them if they do someone had better remind them of a great group they were so sad times change sometimes I wish could go back and do it all again
@@robk1019 The best sound nobody can replace them
Just finding out about the guy and this band....and he must had just passed a few days before....it is crazy sometimes how lives overlap, we are all in this together.
Sweet were a huge part of my childhood in the 70s. I was really sad when I first heard about Steve’s death. Cried buckets. Only one original member left now☹️😢
Brian Connolly ….No words ❤❤❤❤❤❤
My friend Susan donald ,your lovely rustic farm house ,your millions of siblings a memory forever SUE ....wig wam bam darling xx
I could think of a few words for Brian but I can't say them on CZcams. 😉💓
Those eyes, that smile, that voice. He captured my heart 49 years ago. He was a special person. xxx Gonna be weird without him on the planet.
What wonderful times were the 70s and 80s, when i look back i feel a deep sadness of what life is like today. I dont just mean covid-19 but also how humanity has become, we're alot more serious nowaday's "cant do this because of this", cant do the other because of that". I have never felt so restricted and never known such dark sad times, never been as much depression as there is now, i for one truly hope covid makes us all less demaning and selfish and really start enjoying life again.
Well said, what the hell has gone wrong?
Dude lighten up. Life is what you make it. I don't like it any more than you do but sitting around feeling bad is not gonna help anybody
Yeah, you’re right X
You are spot on mate... but life is what you make it ... don't take things to seriously ...we are not on this earth for long ... live your life your way and take what little pleasure you can from wherever you can .... keep smiling
@@fredblogs3303 very true 🙂
One of the most underrated bands in UK pop history. RIP to the 3 no longer with us. Saw them in a town hall just as this was coming out, best gig I have ever been to.
Guten Morgen Freunde und Fans der guten Musik ich hoffe es gefällt euch die Musik ab und zu kommen hat keine Störung bin Anfänger ich bin Jack raus aus Wartenberg und ich bringe auf jeden Tag
Und ich habe noch einen besonderen Gruß heute Abend und für eine schöne Frau die in Hamburg wohnen tut ich hoffe die wird das irgendwo hatten viel Spaß
Totally agree. Amazing songs they created that many have never even heard
@@wolfgangsoldner6501 ? versteh ich nicht.
not underrated in Germany...the graetest band on earth 😍😍
Mick tucker is one of the greatest rock drummers ever !
He is so underrated!!!
NOTHING screams Glam-Rock like the Sweet . . . Brian is a Legend !
No one can match this frontman.....
Hard Rock / heavy metal = Sweet
Except for funny funny & coco Those songs should 've been sold to another band .. or burned..( they were stupid )
@@paintingholidayitaly Ditto.. Sweet was a very handsome band
Try T rex & David Bowie
they grew tired of the glam look however and got rid of it.
Steve stole the show in this one. One of my favorite Sweet clips. RIP Steve.
He was great 😘😘
He sure did. You can never say you didn't know who he was. He definitely stood out. RIP Steve Priest
He steals every song for a good bit anyways with his signature one key line or max two as in ballroom blitz
Yess Steve was great - forever !
Great days now very sadly gone Steve was a total one off rip 🙏
Queen, Kiss, Motley Crue & so many more owe a big debt to Sweet ⭐️
Graham - you're probably not far from the truth there.......I went to their concert in Hamilton, NZ, and the crowd booed them...but they were so far ahead of their time...they were fantastic, and they led the path to the glam bands that followed - absolutely no doubt about that.
@@diden3527 you poor bastard having to live in NZ.
@@diden3527 They did not deserve that
I'm a wannabe musician. I owe a big one to them
Sweet owed quite a lot to Bowie (blockbuster- Jean Jeanie) Slade (Fox on the run) Queen - ( love is like oxygen) they were quite derivative- this one is their most original
Que puedo decir..? No que son fenomenales,fuera de lo comun,son todo un espectaculo,yo compraba todos los lp de esta super banda..que maravilla,escucharla y verla en estos tiempos..por que en los 70's no teniamos estos medios para verlos y verlos aunque sea en internet es fabuloso.🎸🎸👏👏
Einfach nur tolle Erinnerungen pur... Danke.
I want a time machine back to the 70s and stay there please
I am with you all the way it was a great time
I'll join you in your time machine. I want to get away from all the current PC crap and phoney one hit wonders that we have these days.
@@TELFORD96 I am with you on the one hit phony wonders
Heaven is a rewind button....fingers crossed everybody.
I Will be there
As a teenager of the 70's, pure unadulterated magic
Snap I used to always watch TOTP and listen to the Top 40 on Sunday. Once as a thirteen year old I snuck my transistor radio into school to listen to it at lunchtime.
Yep back in the 1970s I took a bet that if blockbuster got to number 1 I would dye my hair blonde I was really into glam rock back then bald now great memories 🤔😉
@@julianaylor4351 Me to julia, On a Tuesday mid day the new charts were out on radio 1. Also did u listen to radio Luxembourg through the night with your radio under your pillow ' reception was poor thou. I luv this track too Also do u like Wizzard too plus Status quo and T.Rex ..This was a Fab time to grow up then and luvly memories of my parents. Kind regards Glynn Evans and Greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands UK 🤝🤗
Stimmt....🎼🎶🎵😊
Who loves this in 2023? Yes!!!!
Me too!!!
I still love that and I always will!
Me 3
I love it for ever!!!!..so geile Musik gibt's nie wieder!!!!
2024 ❤
RIP Steve
You leave us so many memories.
You set the bar so high,no one will ever reach it,many have tried.
All of them so talented in every respect,
Brilliant charm,charisma,showmanship,stage prescence the lot.
Never seemed to take themselves seriously,this however imo overshone just how good musicians they actually were.
They were however more than all this.....They were Top Class ENTERTAINERS
I was a fortunate to see them live on several occasions,and boy were they good live.
A phrase often used for many, but in their case so true......We will never see their like again.
You’re so right. Couldn’t agree more!
Terrible news rip STEVE ❤️❤️❤️
Brian Connolly the embodiment of a rock star.
Flamboyant, high energy , stage presence, catchy little hook and of course the amazing Brian Connelly
Ric i adore your message,, these guys were electric xwhat utter pure talent with voices and harmonies to match ,,i could have left home for Brian Connelly lol JANE X
I miss the great fun we had in the 70s.everyone try enjoyed them great days when we were innocent and happy with very little. What wonderful times.
Hello Catherine, How are you doing?
Might not pass today for PC, but 50 years ago it didn't get cancelled, and it's still banging.
Only fools care about today's PC.
F. PC
F. Woke
F. Cancelling.
RIP Steve Priest, a glam rock legend x
Best years of my life young and care free, good music on vinyl , live gigs everywhere, a lot more longer summers than now, that1976 heat wave for 6months ,, pint of beer 32pence, move into a cheap flat, a couple of quid a week!!!! What have youngsters got now!!!!! music what music!!!!! go to uni, and come out with a nice 18 -32 gran in debt , part time work/contract hrs, try & get on the housing ladder!!!! GIVE ME THE SEVENTY,S LIFE WAS EASY---- SWEET , SLADE , E.L.O, WIZZARD, DAVE BOWIE, HAPPY MUSIC, NOT THE PREACHING , DRAGGING THE WORDS, DEPRESIVE, MUSIC YOU GOT THESE DAYS.
Miss T.Rex
Man sounds like u had it made would've given anything to have lived in London in the 60s and 70s with the British invasion and glam rock all those little bands in those little clubs just starting out would have been right up my alley
david moore 100% agree with you David Moore,if we could only relive them years again
Beers a wee bit more pricey these days!
Andy Scott, The Guitarist is the Soul Surviving member of The Sweet, R.I.P. Brian, Mick and Steve
Spot on I remember it all I'm 74 and we never took any notice how the groups dressed then and they say the world is crazy now lol x
These guys were so underrated.... they were so BIG in the 70's... great band The Sweet!
@Pepe Pupu Depends on where you're from. Europe yes, but they really weren't big in North America. They should have been though.
Sweet.....one of the best glam-rock. Wish I could find my time machine. 🙌
Wish I could find a way to make one, but for now, CZcams is bringing me back to a time that I wish that I could experience.
Bitte zwei Sitze. Und keine (!!) Rückfahrkarte!
If you do can I come with you
@@andymatthews7617 👍. No probs.
@@colinwestwood921 👍👍
SWEET!! Miss these days, where has time gone?
A Beautiful soul that took his singing voice to the Angels. Rest in Peace Brian.
Denise this lovely guy Brian was the love of my life he was such a talented bloke , his voice and looks were beyond compare , i still adore all the Sweet classics lol Jane x 🎶🎹🎸🎻🪕🎺🎷🪗🎵💽💽📀📀🎥🎞✴✴✴✴
amen to that
Audience absolutely love this, the feet stomping in this video- BRILLIANT!!!
Wow how good did Steve Priest look in guyliner I was only 5 in 72 so my teenage years were spent listening to the New Romantic groups, I wish the Sweet had been around a decade later, no doubt I would of had a poster of them on my bedroom wall and Steve would of been my favourite! Rest in Peace.
Super Lied, das bekommt heute niemand mehr fertig!!! 👍
Gawd I miss those times... less people, more fun, great music
70''s glam rules !! I should have stayed were I was,
The 70s were the best I was a teenager in the 70s best time ever wish times never changed
Even if things were bad there was still hope.
@@juliesmith1365 100 % .I loved the whole damn thing, Slade were rocking, the music was just great, what more could we want ?.The sad thing though, is we have aged far too quickly,
I saw Brian perform at Butlins Minehead not long before he died. He looked really ill but still gave it his all. I think Brian had a heavy metal soul but got swallowed up by glam rock. He and Steve are gone but hopefully will never be forgotten.
To be fair, I thought that glam rock gave them their stepping stone and fan base... but then, maybe I'm biased, 'cos I love GR!
What everyone wore& the way they danced..
Memories
A shame I didn’t grew up in this generation but I love 70s rock like this! I’m a fan of Ted Nugent, Sweet, Ac/Dc and Foghat plus many more of 70s.
Slow Ride by Foghat is my ultimate favorite song. The first song I fell in loved with and learned on bass and guitar. Long Live Rock and Metal! 🤟🏻❤️🔥🥁🎤🎼🎸
I’m 60 yrs old and I used to be in a glam rock tribute band ! We did a reunion gig in august ( day before my 60th) and it was an absolute blast ..we are now going to do that every 6 months because people absolutely love it !
Sweet are our favourite band to cover !
Hope this never dies !
When your 5 year old daughter requests Sweet, you give her Sweet. 🥰
I see what you did there!
@@Oggiesilverfitness your daughter has good taste
My 8 year old brother likes the Sweet as well. His twin however, only knows "Ballroom blitz" His favorite member is Andy. i'm such a great big sister because I introduced him to their music.
@@gabbygossett7812 I was a teenager in the 70s and I think Andy was my favourite too.
@@Oggie60 My favorite is probably All four of them! they all are awesome!
Iam auf fan from the sweet. For me was the group sweet, the Best group of the 70th. Super Group.
My heyday and the best of this country. Wheres it gone I ask you... I'm just lucky to have lived the best times. 😉
Вас помнят и по прежнему ЛЮБЯТ в бывшем СССР.
My go to music when i have a drink. Some of the best tunes i have ever heard. Love these boys...I've read all their books, and I love all their music. They deserved more, and I am always going to give my props to every live video I can, as they deserve it....RIP Brian, Steve and Mick. Keep the flame going Andy...
Hey, just having a rum and orange and dancing round my room. Remembering the good times Sweet.
You and me as well
Love this music grew up with it love you sweet
pairs well with any kind of whiskey
Right there with you brother…..
Pause for a moment and realize this is live without a click track. Simply stunning I have a new recognition for the power of Sweet and their interaction in light of today's recording and playing.
RIP Stevie Priest, Godfather of Bass
The sweet. The eptimome of British music 1970s. Absolutely class!
This will always be Sweet for me... the spinoffs lacked this special kind of magic and fairy dust.
My mates are all embarrassed of me threatening all the DJS to play this so I can bop to it on my own but I don't care
I feel you, but I appreciate that they keep the spirit of Sweet alive and that people are starting to see them as more than glam and bubblegum. They most certainly had that magic and fairy dust.
Remember having their tape when I was about 14 playing in my boyfriend's car as we done tough laps around town 🤣🤣❤
Das war der Traum aller Zeiten..10 Klasse
Sweet should be in the rock and roll Hall of Fame! Rock and Roll, bubble gum, dance rock, pop rock, Glam rock, soft rock, Hard rock, Metal, etc…It's all rock and roll !! Sweet can do all kinds of rock music and still sound great !! 🎤🎸🎵🎹🥁
Sweet was a Precursor band for Metal, NWOBHM & Glam Metal
@@juliereminiec4937 Sweet are racists! Chinn and Chapman are racists! Look at one of their album covers and this video.
yes definitely
@@williamrolls9114 i am good and you
Dianne, they should have been in there long ago. The Rock Hall has become a farce nowadays and it's all insider politics. There are some legendary bands not in there because someone on the inside didn't like the band or the singer. Sad. 😢
Am I the only person who feels cheated if this isn't played at a party?
Nope,its a go to for most djs! If its isn't they R sacked haha
Now that I know of this gem, yeah I feel cheated too
But after church I just started blue toothing around town singing n dancing with everyone I bump into
Of course they can't hear what I'm hearing so I'll too the loony
bin for Xmas for me and I supoya few of you guys too 😜🇺🇸😜
I play It all the time
At my 21 we played this and fox on the run. And the ever immortal Ballroom Blitz til we just about destroyed my viynal. We also destoryed two Qeen ablums wrote thenhell off of two The Who albums 1 Led Zeppelin Album (that made me seriously pissed off) , a TRex Single (i actually think all the damcing did it in) , a KISS album that was my sister's (she was none to pleased) , 1 Black Sabbath album (its owner wanst happy either) , The Beatles Sargent Peppers album and 2 Rolling Stones albums. It was one hell of a party.
But we had one hell of a good time.
No the stereo speakers werent ok .
Chriss 🇬🇧
*Im 48 on 17th Jan. 2021*
This song ALWAYS gets people going at parties. I used to be a DJ and would play this somewhere between "Time Warp" and "Nutbush City Limits".
Brian looks so adorable in this video. He really made the band.
Ues
Yes
R.I.P Steve, and thank you for all the wonderful music.
Good old memories 👌🎶
Happy times 💕
Sweet forever 🎤🎸🥁🎶
Always in my heart ❤
Born in 1997 and this is the generation I should have been born in. What a band 🇬🇧
Thanks to the internet, you can enjoy a close approximation!
I 100% agree, I'm the same age and I also feel that I was born in the wrong generation. 1970s music is the best, at least you can dance to it. Music these days disgust me greatly.
I was born 23rd May 1968, so was a kid in the 70s,! Great that you like the older music from back then ,! God Bless from northern Ireland UK 🇬🇧♥️🇬🇧
@@jasonrodgers9063 in the 70s we had a great time with the music
Great taste in music 😂😂😂😂😂
Brian looked like an Angel😍
wish i could just jump into these concerts/shows
Спасибо, Sweet! помню 1976..1979 не забуду
Brian was so pretty, we all wanted that hair!
Sweet was the prettiest band (After T.Rex)
Brian Connoly & Steve members Priest were my favorite
He would have had some competition from Eric Carmen.🤗
these guys were the ultimate in glamour ,, olso what a great singing team , this classic shows the utter joy they threw out lol xx
God I loved this song. I was 16 when I first heard it and now at 62 which is a lifetime gone....like smoke through a keyhole time slips away.
The first single I ever brought, September 1972 and cost 50p. Glad to say I've still got it after all these years!
A bargain, well done you!
@@helenb6399mine was little willy, still have it 50 years and 8000kms and numerous moves later
That's awesome! Little Willy was the first hit we had here in the US. Loved it! I remember they played it at the skating rink. Fun times! 😊🛼
man these guys and all the other bands like them were just all about the fun of music, the way it helps with loss, grief, makes you happy etc very few bands like that nowdays unfortunately.
This NEVER gets old!!!🎶
All four of them are always
FABULOUS SWEET,
...but STEVIE in that Indian feather headdress/silver boots get-up does it for me every time!
😙🎶🪶🤍🎸🎤✨
Ich habe the sweet immer geliebt, es war für mich eine der besten Gruppen in meiner Jugend ❤❤
So glad I was alive in the 1970s to experience Sweet!!!
Still one of the catchiest songs ever. Ah, the 70s - when music was fun!
I'm 60 and I swear the 70's produced the best band music ever! I didn't know that at the time of course thinking it would just keep getting better and better. I'd say around the mid-80's the "decline" was in full swing. The Sweet went from Archie type music to Glam Rock and were a fav of mine as a teen. Only 1 band member still alive - wow.
1990 and on was the decline, there've actually been videos about how measurable it was. In 1989 my friends and I were very excited about the 90's thinking it was going to be a technological miracle, with astounding production quality and sounds, coupled with sheer talents that the world could hardly imagine; instead the exact opposite happened...rap and grunge were forced through as the industry standards due to how cheap they were both to produce and how the talents weren't nearly as expensive (because they had so much less talent). Vocal skill sets, instrumental skills, compositional skills...ALL went right down the toilet for cheaper-everything. They sold it to the kids, the kids bought it, and music history was permanently altered.
There have been *some* hints of change more recently, but they're still not "the standard" that there once was in the commercial arena. They're still all on the side while commercial music is all computer generated and computer honed (such as for vocals, no one even needs to really be able to sing any more, with very few exceptions).
And lyrics are all garbage now compared to the poetry of our time.
Polyphia is an exception to the return of the skill sets.
And very little positive, upbeat and fun stuff like Sweet (who are also all talented musicians) exists any longer.
To end on a positive, kids ARE discovering the old music. I know a 19 year old who listens to a lot of 60's and 70's music. He was also home-schooled which I find interesting.
Love this song so much. Still listening in 2024
The Sweet was so good that we secretly digged it while liking Emerson, Lake and Palmer.
What times of music that youth if they enjoyed the best bands. 🎸
Oh no. I didn’t realise that Steve had died. This lot were my favourite glam rock band and Steve was great at sending himself up. RIP you star.
the 70s. you had to be there !
50 years ago and still loved by thousands, listening to this on TOTP and the 7" single on the record player. Happy days.