Puppy Love (Paul Anka song)

"Puppy Love" is a popular song written by Paul Anka in 1960 for Annette Funicello, a Mouseketeer, whom he had a crush on. Anka's version reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 behind Percy Faith's "Theme from A Summer Place", No. 4 on the Canadian CHUM Charts, and No. 33 on the UK Singles Chart.

Donny Osmond version
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 on both the Canadian RPM singles chart during April 15 - 29, 1972, and the UK Singles Chart during July 8 - August 5, 1972. Billboard ranked this version as the No. 67 song for 1972. It was certified Gold by the RIAA on March 24, 1972. It also topped the Mexican charts in 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. The officers left without making arrests.

S Club Juniors version
In 2002, British pop group S Club Juniors covered "Puppy Love" and released it as a double A-side single alongside a cover of "Sleigh Ride", the 1948 song written by Leroy Anderson and Mitchell Parish. "Puppy Love" / "Sleigh Ride" was released on 9 December 2002 as the fourth single from the group's debut album, Together (2002). It peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart.

Composition
Calvin Goldspink sang lead vocals for "Puppy Love". The other members, Frankie Sandford, Aaron Renfree, Stacey McClean, Rochelle Wiseman, Daisy Evans, Hannah Richings and Jay Asforis did not have any solos in the song.

Music videos
The video for "Puppy Love" features Goldspink looking through a Rachel Stevens calendar and making a snow stature shaped like her whilst the others are playing in the snow. Later the group are indoors decorating the house with decorations before finding their presents where Goldspink finds a present for him from Stevens: a puppy. At the end of the video, words come up saying: "Remember a dog is for life, not just for Christmas."

The video for "Sleigh Ride" features clips from the previous video with the group playing in the snow and the lyrics to song appear to sing-a-long to.

Track listings
UK CD single
 * 1) "Puppy Love"
 * 2) "Sleigh Ride"
 * 3) "Sleigh Ride" (karaoke version)
 * 4) "Puppy Love" (video)

UK cassette single
 * 1) "Puppy Love"
 * 2) "Sleigh Ride"
 * 3) "Puppy Love" (karaoke version)

"Puppy Love"
Credits are lifted from the Together album booklet.

Studio
 * Mastered at Transfermation (London, England)

Personnel
 * Paul Anka – writing
 * Paul Gendler – guitars
 * Nick Ingman – string and brass arrangement
 * Isobel Griffiths Ltd. – string contracting
 * Jewels & Stone – production
 * Tim "Spag" Speight – mixing
 * Richard Dowling – mastering

"Sleigh Ride"
Credits are lifted from the UK CD single liner notes.

Studio
 * Mastered at Transfermation (London, England)

Personnel
 * Leroy Anderson – writing
 * Mitchell Parish – writing
 * James Nisbet – guitars
 * Nick Ingman – string and brass arrangement
 * Isobel Griffiths Ltd. – string contracting
 * Jewels & Stone – production
 * Tim "Spag" Speight – mixing
 * Richard Dowling – mastering