Puppet on a String (Sandie Shaw song)
"Puppet on a String" is a song recorded by British singer Sandie Shaw. The song, written by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter, was selected to be the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1967, held in Vienna. Shaw won the contest, the first of the United Kingdom's five Eurovision winners. As her thirteenth UK single release, "Puppet on a String" became a UK Singles Chart number one hit on 27 April 1967, staying at the top for a total of three weeks. In the United States, a 1967 version by Al Hirt went to number 18 on the Adult Contemporary chart and No. 129 on the Billboard Hot 100.
| "Puppet on a String" | ||||
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| Single by Sandie Shaw | ||||
| B-side | "Tell The Boys" | |||
| Released | 7 March 1967 | |||
| Recorded | 1967 | |||
| Genre | Europop | |||
| Length | 2:21 | |||
| Label | Pye | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bill Martin and Phil Coulter | |||
| Producer(s) | Ken Woodman | |||
| Sandie Shaw singles chronology | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1967 entry | ||||
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| Language | English | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 1st | |||
| Final points | 47 | |||
| Entry chronology | ||||
| ◄ "A Man Without Love" (1966) | ||||
| "Congratulations" (1968) ► | ||||
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