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{{Infobox single <!-- See Misplaced Pages:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = Sweetheart
| Artist = ]
| Cover = BeeGeesIOIO.jpg
| Album = ]
| A-side = "]" <small>(UK)</small><br/>"]" <small>(US)</small>
| Recorded = 26 September 1969 <br/> ], London
| Released = March 1970
| Genre = ]
| Length = 3:09
| Writer = ], ]
| Label = ] <small>(UK)</small> <br/> ] <small>(US)</small>
| Producer = ], Bee Gees
| Chronology = Bee Gees flipsides
| Last single = "]" <br/> (1969)
| This single = '''Sweetheart''' <br/> (1970)
| Next single = "Man for All Seasons" <br/> (1970)
}}
{{Infobox single <!-- See Misplaced Pages:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = Sweetheart
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| Border =
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| Artist = ]
| Album = Sweetheart
| B-side = "Born to Be Wanted"
| Released = 1970
| Format = ]
| Recorded =
| Genre = ], ]
| Length =
| Label = ]
| Producer = ]
| Certification =
| Chronology =
| Last single = "My Marie" <br/> (1970)
| This single = '''Sweetheart''' <br/> (1970)
| Next single = "]" <br/> (1971)
| Misc =
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"'''Sweetheart'''" is a song released by the ], released as the B-side of "]" in March 1970. and released on the album '']'' in April 1970.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/70.html |title=Gibb Songs: 1970 |author= Joseph Brennan}}</ref>

==Recording==
Written by ] and ]. Lead and harmony vocals by Barry Gibb, with background vocal by Maurice Gibb. The ]s was featured on this song, but the musician who played on the instrument was not credited. The song was recorded on September 26, 1969, and this track was the group's last recorded in their September sessions, ''Cucumber Castle'' sessions was continued until October 1969.<ref name="sessions">{{cite web|url=http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/69.html |title=Gibb Songs: 1969 |author= Joseph Brennan }}</ref> Barry Gibb only sings and play guitar on the song's demo.

It was one of the tracks featuring ] on ] following the departure of Bee Gees' original drummer ].<ref name="sessions"/>

==Personnel==
*] — ] and ], ]
*] — backing vocal, ] and acoustic guitar, ]
*] — ]
*Uncredited — ]s, orchestral arrangement

==Engelbert Humperdinck version==
The song was later recorded by ] and released as a single, and its flipside was "Born to Be Wanted" on ] in ], ] and ], on ] in US and ]in Yugoslavia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Engelbert-Humperdinck-Sweetheart-Born-To-Be-Wanted/release/1788055 |title=Engelbert Humperdinck - Sweetheart |author= Discogs.com }}</ref> The song was released on his album ''Sweetheart''.

===Chart performance===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (1970)
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
|-
|Canada Adult Contemporary ('']'')
|align="center"|7
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|Canada (''RPM'')
|align="center"|34
|-
|UK Singles (])
|align="center"|22
|-
| U.S. ''Billboard'' ]
| align= "center" |2
|-
| U.S. '']'' ]
| align= "center" |22
|}

==Other versions==
] covered "Sweetheart" in 1970 and released on ''6 Top Hits'' and ''Tribute to Engelbert Humperdinck''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/ave98 |title=Alan Caddy Orchestra and Singers - 6 Top Hits |publisher=45cat |accessdate=25 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Allan-Caddy-Orchestra-Singers-Tribute-To-Engelbert-Humperdinck/release/791316 |title=Allan Caddy Orchestra & Singers - Tribute To Engelbert Humperdinck |publisher=Discogs |accessdate=25 February 2015}}</ref> ] released this song for ''Top of the Pops, Volume 13'' in September 1970 on ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Top-Of-The-Pops-Top-Of-The-Pops-Vol13/release/1506674 |title=Top of the Pops - Top of the Pops, Volume 13 |publisher=Discogs |accessdate=25 February 2015}}</ref> American singer and actor ] recorded his version also in 1970 and included on '']''.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{MetroLyrics song|bee-gees|sweetheart}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider -->

{{Bee Gees singles}}
{{Engelbert Humperdinck}}

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