Little Willy

Album: The Sweet's Biggest Hits (1972)
Charted: 4 3
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  • North side , east side
    Little Willy, Willy wears the crown, he's the king around town
    Dancing, glancing
    Willy drives them silly with his star shoe shimmy shuffle down

    Way past one, and feeling all right
    'Cause with little Willy round they can last all night
    Hey down, stay down, stay down, down
    'Cause little Willy, Willy won't go home

    But you can't push Willy round
    Willy won't go, try tellin' everybody but, oh no
    Little Willy, Willy won't go home
    Uptown, downtown

    Little Willy, Willy drives them wild with his run-around style
    Inside, outside
    Willy sends them silly with his star-shine shimmy shuffle smile
    Mama done chase Willy down through the hall

    But laugh, Willy laugh, he don't care at all
    Hey down, stay down, stay down, down
    'Cause little Willy, Willy won't go home
    But you can't push Willy round

    Willy won't go, try tellin' everybody but, oh no
    Little Willy, Willy won't go home
    Little Willy, Willy won't
    Willy won't, Willy won't

    Little Willy, Willy won't
    Willy won't, Willy won't
    Little Willy, Willy won't
    Willy won't, Willy won't

    Little Willy, Willy won't
    Willy won't, Willy won't
    Little Willy, Willy won't go home
    But you can't push Willy round

    Willy won't go, try tellin' everybody but, oh no
    Little Willy, Willy won't go home
    Little Willy, Willy won't go home
    But you can't push Willy round

    Willy won't go, try tellin' everybody but, oh no
    Little Willy, Willy won't go home Writer/s: MICHAEL DONALD CHAPMAN, NICHOLAS BARRY CHINN
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 14

  • AnonymousBilly Wizz is the name for speed, amphétamine sulphate: this is what the song’s about!
  • Damo.b from London, UkI loved Sweet's songs as a kid and this tune was no exception. We had next door neighbours in West London who had a black and white cat adopt them and became part of the family. They named him Willy long before the song was released; he never went back to his original home, so who knows, maybe the song was about him.
  • D M W from Somewhere Mo UsaOk, guys, I was a girl of just 13 and this was my 1st 45. I loved this song. So catchy. And thanks for ruining it for me. I'd like to go on believing it's about a little boy who was not wanting to go home. Misbehaving. His mother chasing him down a hall. There's a name for guys like y'all and it ain't Willy. D!@&$
  • John H Reid Jr from West VirginiaAs a teen ager I was told by older people what a willy is to the brits. I'm not degrading these people for we all have slang words in our own country. I was informed that to the uk populace a willy is the man's penis. Just read the lyrics you cant put willy where willy won't go and, but little willy willy wont go home. Then there was, wee willy wonka and the chocolate factory. After all that we heard a perv ask a little boy if he wanted to see his 8 inch willy, disgusting. Then after all we realized that we all liked the song, oh well just who do we think we are anyway.
  • Rusty Russell from NcI had a little accident this afternoon and this Sweet Tune popped into my head. This was a hit my Sr year in HS(US). So for the last 49+ years I have hummed and uttered the lyrics without really comprehending what was going on. I just blissfully thought it was about a bothersome little boy. I know that Male Brits consider their junk as a willy.
  • Jennieinky from 40165So, am I a total perv for thinking this song was about some dude's junk?
    Thank you, Anthony Wiener.
  • Cliff Scowen from LondonI always thought it was about a stray cat that hung around the recording studios.
  • Gilly Setterfield from Milford Haven Sweet were great, all their songs were classics
  • Shannon from Usa This song is definitely about someone's penis, right?!
  • Joe from HereHow is this song NOT about anything but cocaine?
  • Leo from Mclean, VirginiaI thought this was about a teen who always had a boner wherever he went. The song says u cant push it down and it is everywhere so idk
  • Charlie from BostonI always assumed that this song referred to some kid's boner that wouldn't subside. You know, the old adolescent erection at the most awkward time and place?
  • Les from Joplin, MoSweet had 4 Top 10 hits in the U.S., but "Little Willy" was their first and greatest.
  • Zabadak from London, EnglandLittle Willy was the band's 5th hit in the UK. Up to and including that song, they did not play the instruments on their A-sides but hey wrote and performed on the flips. These usually had a harder, rockier edge than the teenybopper-friendly chart fare and this schism would eventually drive some of their fans away, especially at gigs, where they tended to play lesser-known songs in favour of whatever was bothering the Hit Parade at the time...
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