"Little Town Flirt"
Single by Del Shannon
from the album Little Town Flirt
B-side"The Wamboo"
ReleasedDecember 1962
GenrePop rock
Length2:40
LabelBigtop
Songwriter(s)Del Shannon, Maron McKenzie
Del Shannon singles chronology
"The Swiss Maid"
(1962)		 "Little Town Flirt"
(1962)		 "Two Kinds of Teardrops"
(1963)

"Little Town Flirt" is a song by Del Shannon, which was released as a single in 1962 from the album Little Town Flirt in 1963.[1] It spent 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 12,[2] while reaching No. 1 on the Irish Singles Chart,[3] No. 1 in Australia,[4] No. 4 on the UK's Record Retailer chart,[5] No. 7 on New Zealand's "Lever Hit Parade",[6] and No. 9 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade.[7]

The song was ranked No. 88 on Billboard's end of year ranking "Top Records of 1963".[8]

Cover versions

"Little Town Flirt"
Single by Smokie
B-side"I'm In Love With You"
Released1981 (1981)
Length3:25
LabelRAK
Songwriter(s)Del Shannon, Maron McKenzie
Producer(s)Smokie
Smokie singles chronology
"Run to Me"
(1980)		 "Little Town Flirt"
(1981)		 "Jet Lagged"
(1982)

The British band Smokie released their version as a single in 1981. The cover spent a total of 17 weeks in the German chart, peaking at No. 30.[9]

Altered Images produced a version, first released as a promo single and as a music video in 1982, for the soundtrack album of the 1983 film Party Party. The A&M Records single was backed with "Yakety Yak" by Bad Manners, also from the soundtrack. The Altered Images cover has not re-appeared on any of the band's anthologies.

Electric Light Orchestra included their take on "Little Town Flirt" as a bonus track on their 2001 remastered release of their 1979 album Discovery.

Charts

Del Shannon version

Chart (1962–63) Peak
position
Australia - David Kent 1
Canada - CHUM Hit Parade 9
Irish Singles Chart 1
New Zealand – Lever Hit Parade 7
UK - Record Retailer 4
UK - New Musical Express[10] 4
US Billboard Hot 100 12
US Cash Box Top 100 [11] 11

Smokie version

Chart (1981) Peak
position
Germany[9] 30

References

  1. ↑ Del Shannon - Little Town Flirt, norwegiancharts.com. Accessed July 31, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Del Shannon - Chart History - The Hot 100", Billboard.com. Accessed July 30, 2016.
  3. ↑ Song Title Search Results for "Little Town Flirt", The Irish Charts. Accessed July 30, 2016.
  4. ↑ David Kent, Australian Top 20 Singles - Week Ending February 16, 1963.
  5. ↑ Del Shannon - Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Accessed July 30, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Lever Hit Parade" 28-Feb-1963, Flavour of New Zealand. Accessed July 30, 2016.
  7. ↑ "CHUM Hit Parade - Week of February 4, 1963". CHUM. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved 2016-01-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) Chart Number 308.
  8. ↑ "Top Records of 1963", Billboard, Section II, December 28, 1963. p. 31. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
  9. 1 2 "spanishcharts.com - Smokie - Little Town Flirt". Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Billboard Hits of the World", Billboard, March 3, 1963. p. 20. Accessed July 30, 2016.
  11. ↑ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, March 2, 1963


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