Puppy Love (Paul Anka song)

"Puppy Love" is a popular song written by Paul Anka in 1960 for Annette Funicello, with whom he was having an affair during a package tour.[1] Anka's version reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 behind Percy Faith's "Theme from A Summer Place"[2] and No. 33 on the UK Singles Chart.[3]

For other uses, see Puppy love (disambiguation).
"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)

Donny Osmond version
"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[4]
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.[5] Billboard ranked this version as the No. 67 song for 1972.[6] 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. Confused, the officers left without making any arrests.[7]

Charts
  • The song is referenced in the 1962 Academy Award-nominated animated short Disney musical film A Symposium on Popular Songs with the song "Puppy Love Is Here to Stay." It was written by Robert & Richard Sherman who also wrote many of Annette Funicello's biggest selling hits. Disney also used the song in the 1987 TV special "DTV Doggone Valentine" set to clips from 101 Dalmatians.
  • The song is used at the end of the 2008 Wallace & Gromit short, A Matter of Loaf and Death.
  • Teen pop singer Myra covered the song for the soundtrack to 102 Dalmatians in 2001.
  • Lado Leskovar in 1963, Bebi Dol in 2006, Damian McGinty in 2007 and Amy Winehouse in 2009 all also covered the song.
  • The song can also be heard in the 2005 family/comedy film, Son of the Mask. Long after being ignored and then yelled at by his own master Tim Avery (as shown in a deleted scene of the film), Jack Russell Terrier dog Otis puts on the mask he found in a river (made by Loki the god of Mischief) and plays the song "Puppy Love" for his girlfriend named Venus.
  • The song can also be heard briefly during a scene in Zombieland with Woody Harrelson in a flashback scene.
  • The song also plays in the film Man's Best Friend in the scene where Max the dog mates with a collie and the song also plays during the film's closing credits.
  • The song plays in an episode of The Simpsons over a montage of the romance between Agnes Skinner and Comic Book Guy.
  • Samanda (identical twins Samantha and Amanda Marchant from Channel 4's Big Brother) followed up their cover of Aqua's "Barbie Girl" with a version of the song called "Honey Love", as it was a tie-in with the Honey Monster character from Sugar Puffs cereal. [18]

Other cover versions

Portugal

Philippines

Mexico
  • Los Únicos De México (1995)

References
  1. "Puppy Love by Paul Anka Songfacts". Songfacts.com. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
  2. Artist Biography by John Bush (July 30, 1941). "Paul Anka | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
  3. "Paul Anka – Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
  4. "Images for Donny Osmond – Puppy Love". discogs. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
  5. "Donny Osmond – Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
  6. Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1972
  7. "Triple A Radio". Archived from the original on August 10, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2017.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  8. "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. April 22, 1972. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  9. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Puppy Love". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  10. Flavour of New Zealand, 30 October 1972
  11. "SA Charts 1965 – March 1989". Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  12. "Donny Osmond: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  13. "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, April 8, 1972". Archived from the original on May 26, 2018. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
  14. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  15. 1972_in_British_music#Best-selling_singles
  16. "Musicoutfitters.com". Archived from the original on June 14, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
  17. "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 30, 1972". Archived from the original on September 28, 2018. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
  18. https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/big-brothers-big-hits-songs-from-the-reality-tv-series-that-entered-the-official-chart__29991/
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