Every Billboard Hot 100 Single 1970: #217: ” Sugar Sugar”- Wilson Pickett. May 2, 1970.

• Single: “Sugar Sugar”- Wilson Pickett
• Record Company- Atlantic
• Genre: Soul
• Written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim
• Time: 3:00
• B-side: “Cole, Cooke and Redding”
• Album- Right On
• Grade: A
• Peaked at #25 12 weeks 12 weeks in the Billboard Hot 100.

“Sugar Sugar” of course is a remake of The Archie’s #1 hit and a much improved version of the song.  This was the second of four Hot 100 hits for Pickett in 1970- 2 of which made the Top 40. The b-side “Cole, Cooke and Redding” also made the charts peaking at #91. “The Wicked Pickett” was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.