'The Ballroom Blitz' was written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman. It was released as a single in 1973, where it reached number 1 in Australia and entered at number 2 in the UK singles chart but failed to go to number one. The song reached number 5 in the United States and number 4 in the Netherlands.The song itself was written about the Grand Hall of the Palace Theatre in Kilmarnock, Scotland, after the band was forced off stage by a barrage of bottles.
My collection: 7" single no. 3678
Found: La La Land, Den Haag, April 25, 2009
Cost: 1 euro
Tracks: 'The ballroom blitz' / 'Rock & Roll disgrace'
It took nearly two years, however, for this single to reach the U.S., when it was issued on the Capitol label. (Coincidentally, the U.S./British release pattern for [the] Sweet differed from when Diana Ross, in the '80's, recorded for RCA in the States and Capitol in the UK.)
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