Puppet on a String (Sandie Shaw song)
| "Puppet on a String" | ||||
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One of solid centre variants of the UK single | ||||
| Single by Sandie Shaw | ||||
| from the album Puppet on a String | ||||
| B-side | "Tell the Boys" | |||
| Released | 7 March 1967 | |||
| Recorded | 1967 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 2:21 | |||
| Label | Pye | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Ken Woodman | |||
| Sandie Shaw singles chronology | ||||
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| Performance video | ||||
| "Puppet on a String" on YouTube at Beat-Club | ||||
| Eurovision Song Contest 1967 entry | ||||
| Country | ||||
| Artist(s) | ||||
| Language | English | |||
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| Conductor | ||||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 1st | |||
| Final points | 47 | |||
| Entry chronology | ||||
| ◄ "A Man Without Love" (1966) | ||||
| "Congratulations" (1968) ► | ||||
"Puppet on a String" is a song recorded by British singer Sandie Shaw, written by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter. It represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967, held in Vienna, winning the contest, becoming the first of the United Kingdom's five Eurovision wins.
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.