Puppet Man (song)

"Puppet Man"
"Puppet Man"
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Released	May 1971
Recorded	1970
Genre	Pop
Length	2:53
Label	Decca (UK), Parrot (US and Canada)
Songwriter(s)	Sedaka-Greenfield
Producer(s)	Gordon Mills
Tom Jones UK singles chronology

"Puppet Man"
"Puppet Man"
Single by The 5th Dimension
from the album Portrait
B-side	"A Love Like Ours"
Released	March 1970
Genre	Soul
Length	2:58
Label	Bell Records
Songwriter(s)	Sedaka-Greenfield
Producer(s)	Bones Howe
The 5th Dimension singles chronology

"Puppet Man" is a song written by

The Fifth Dimension in 1970. The following year it was also a hit for Tom Jones

The Fifth Dimension's original of "Puppet Man" reached #24 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in the spring of 1970.

Charts

Chart (1970)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)	19
Canada RPM Top Singles^[1]	31
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[2]	24
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	31
U.S. Cash Box Top 100^[3]	22

Chart (1971)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[4]	22
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)^[5]	27
Canada RPM Top Singles^[6]	9
UK Singles (OCC)^[7]	49
US Billboard Hot 100^[2]	26
US Cash Box Top 100^[8]	14
West Germany (Official German Charts)^[9]	36

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