Puppet on a String (Sandie Shaw song)

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"Puppet on a String" is a song recorded by the English 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. On the Billboard charts in the United States, a 1967 version by Al Hirt went to number 18 on the Adult Contemporary chart and missed the main Hot 100 chart, though it appeared at number 129 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 list of songs nearing the Hot 100.

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