Little Town Flirt


"Little Town Flirt" is a song by Del Shannon, which he released as a single in 1962 and on the album Little Town Flirt in 1963. The song spent 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 12, while reaching No. 1 on the Irish Singles Chart, No. 1 in Australia, No. 4 on the UK's Record Retailer chart, No. 7 on New Zealand's "Lever Hit Parade", and No. 9 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade.
The song was ranked No. 88 on Billboards end of year ranking "Top Records of 1963".

Cover versions

The British band Smokie released their cover of the song as a single in 1981. The cover spent a total of 17 weeks in the German chart, peaking at number 30.
Altered Images also 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 released a cover of "Little Town Flirt" as a bonus track on their 2001 remastered release of their 1979 album Discovery.

Charts

Del Shannon version

Smokie version