Sweet Little Mystery

Infobox Single |
Name = Sweet Little Mystery


Artist = Wet Wet Wet
from Album = Popped In Souled Out
Released = July 20 1987 (UK, Ireland)
1988 (France, Switzerland)
Format = cassette, 7", 12"
Recorded = 1986
Genre = Pop
Length = 3:45
Label = PolyGram
Writer = Graeme Clark
Morrison
Martyn
Tommy Cunningham
Neil Mitchell
Marti Pellow
Producer = Willie Mitchell
Michael Baker
Last single = "Wishing I Was Lucky" (1987)
This single = "Sweet Little Mystery" (1987)
Next single = "Angel Eyes" (1987)

"Sweet Little Mystery" was the second single from Wet Wet Wet's debut album, "Popped In Souled Out". It was released on July 20, 1987 and reached #5 in the UK charts.

In the video, recorded in Gambia, the lyrics in the second verse are changed from "Didn't I come resisting this sight of wonder / Didn't I come insisting the higher decision" to "Didn't I come to give you a sense of wonder / Didn't I come to lift this fiery vision".

Marti Pellow recorded his own version of the song for inclusion on his 2002 album "Marti Pellow Sings the Hits of Wet Wet Wet & Smile".

Title lyric: "It's just that sweet little mystery that makes me try, try, try, try."

Track listings

MC 1:
#"Sweet Little Mystery"
#"Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight"

MC 2:
#"Sweet Little Mystery" (12" version)
#"Don't Let Me Be Lonely"
#"World in Another"

7":
#"Sweet Little Mystery"
#"Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight"

12":
#"Sweet Little Mystery"
#"Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight"
#"World in Another"

12":
#"Sweet Little Mystery"
#"Heaven Help Us All"
#"You May Never" (live)

Charts

References