Hell Raiser (The Sweet song)

"Hell Raiser"
Single by The Sweet
from the album The Sweet
B-side"Burning"
Released27 April 1973
RecordedMarch 1973
GenreGlam rock[1]
Length3:15
LabelRCA
Songwriters
ProducerPhil Wainman
The Sweet singles chronology
"Block Buster!"
(1973)		 "Hell Raiser"
(1973)		 "The Ballroom Blitz"
(1973)

"Hell Raiser" is a song by British glam rock band the Sweet. Written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, who wrote many hit songs for the band, it was released as a single on 27 April 1973.[2] Later the same year, it was featured on The Sweet, a compilation album of the band's material released from 1971 to 1973.

Reception

"Hell Raiser" peaked at number two for three weeks in the UK charts in May 1973, losing out to number one by two songs: Tony Orlando's "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" for one week and Wizzard's "See My Baby Jive" for the remaining two.[3][4][5][6] It also went to number two in Ireland.[7] It became their fifth of eight songs to reach the top of the charts in Germany (the fifth-highest artist to have the most number ones in that country, tying with Boney M.[8]).[9] Additionally, it went to number five in Norway and number four in both Austria and the Netherlands; it was a minor hit in Australia, only charting at number 49.[10][11][12][13]

Charts

Chart (1973) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[10] 49
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[14]4
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[15]3
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[16]26
Germany (GfK)[17]1
Ireland (IRMA)[18]2
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[19]4
New Zealand (Listener)[20] 4
Norway (VG-lista)[21]5
UK Singles (Official Charts)[22]2

References

  1. ↑ Sweeting, Adam (4 February 2005). "Sweet, Give Us a Wink". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "In Brief". Melody Maker. 7 April 1973. p. 4.
  3. ↑ "HELL RAISER". Official Charts. 5 May 1973. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  4. ↑ "Official Singles Chart on 6/5/1973". Official Charts. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "Official Singles Chart on 13/5/1973". Official Charts. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "Official Singles Chart on 20/5/1973". Official Charts. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  7. ↑ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  8. ↑ See List of number-one hits (Germany)
  9. ↑ "Suche – Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  10. 1 2 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. p. 302. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  11. ↑ "Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  12. ↑ "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  13. ↑ "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  14. ↑ "The Sweet – Hell Raiser" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  15. ↑ "The Sweet – Hell Raiser" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  16. ↑ "The Sweet – Hell Raiser" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  17. ↑ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. To see the peak chart position, click 'TITEL VON', followed by the artist's name.
  18. ↑ "Hell Raiser | IRMA". Irish Singles Chart.
  19. ↑ "The Sweet – Hell Raiser" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  20. ↑ "Flavour of New Zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  21. ↑ "The Sweet – Hell Raiser". VG-lista.
  22. ↑ "Hell Raiser – Sweet | Official Charts". Official Charts Company.
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