"Sugar, Sugar" -- The Archies 🆚 Wilson Pickett

[NurseJackie]

"Sugar, Sugar" is a song written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim. It was originally recorded by the cartoon band the Archies. This version peaked at No. 1 in the US on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1969 and remained there for four weeks. It also peaked at No. 1 on the UK Singles chart in that same year for eight weeks. The song became a hit again in 1970 when rhythm and blues and soul singer Wilson Pickett took it back onto the charts with his own version.

Which version to you like the best?

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	The Archies
	3 (50%)
	Wilson Pickett
	3 (50%)
	I can't decide, I like both versions.
	0 (0%)
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[luvs2sing]

1. The Archies version is really cute..

and it was appropriate for my age at the time, but I had fallen in love with Wicked Pickett a few years before, so there is no comparison.

[NurseJackie]

2. For me, it's almost a tie... but I have a soft-spot in my heart for that "bubblegum" sound.

[kimbutgar]

3. I still have the 45 record

I loved Archie comic books and used to play this song all the time on my little record player as a kid!

[DBoon]

4. The Germs did a punk version too

[NurseJackie]

5. Yikes! That's 20 seconds of my life that I'll never get back.

Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

[DBoon]

6. *I* wouldn't even vote for it

I think I managed to listen to it once all the way through

[FoxNewsSucks]

7. I'd never heard the Wilson Pickett version

I really like that, so I had to vote for that kind of talent.

Then, there's the current Riverdale version. . .

[NurseJackie]

9. Hey! Thanks!

[eShirl]

8. I am biased

My very first record was the The Archies version, cut out from the back of a cereal box (probably Super Sugar Crisp or Honey Comb). Not sure if I'd even started kindergarten yet.

[NurseJackie]

10. There's a blast from the past!

[More_Cowbell]

13. I had it! From the Honeycomb box

My 5 siblings and I hated Honeycomb, but it had the best prizes so we'd suck it up.

[GemDigger]

11. Wilson without even listening to it.

I hated that song then and now. It made me hate all bubblegum.

[NurseJackie]

12. Too much can make your teeth hurt.