Puppy Love (Paul Anka song)

For other uses, see Puppy love (disambiguation).

"Puppy Love"
Single by Paul Anka
from the album Paul Anka Sings His Big 15
B-side"Adam & Eve"
ReleasedFebruary 13, 1960
Recorded1960
GenrePop
Length2:45
LabelABC-Paramount
Songwriter(s)Paul Anka
Producer(s)Sid Feller
Paul Anka singles chronology
"It's Time to Cry"
(1959) 		"Puppy Love"
(1960) 		"My Home Town"
(1960)

"Puppy Love" is a popular song written by Paul Anka in 1960 for Annette Funicello, a Mouseketeer, on whom he had a crush.[citation needed] Anka's version reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 behind Percy Faith's "Theme from A Summer Place",[1] No. 4 on the Canadian CHUM Charts,[2] and No. 33 on the UK Singles Chart.[3]

  1. ^ Artist Biography by John Bush (July 30, 1941). "Paul Anka | Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on March 3, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
  2. ^ "CHUM Top 20 Singles - March 21, 1960". Archived from the original on August 15, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  3. ^ "Paul Anka – Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on February 22, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2016.