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"'The Sweetest Thing This Side of Heaven'" is a love song[https://www.allmusic.com/album/sweetest-thing-this-side-of-heaven-mw0000076737 AllMusic Review] by Chris Bartley, written and produced by Van McCoy. It was the title track of his Bartley's first LP, and became his only hit single. He was 17 at the time of its recording, and 18 at the time it became a hit.

"The Sweetest Thing This Side of Heaven" became a hit during the summer of 1967. It reached number 32 on the U.S. 'Billboard' Hot 100. It was a much bigger R&B hit, reaching number 10 in the U.S. and number 14 in Canada.

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"The Sweetest Thing This Side of Heaven" was covered by The Presidents and released as a single in the spring of 1971. Their version, however, failed to chart.

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