Sweet and Innocent (Donny Osmond song)

"Sweet and Innocent"
Single by Donny Osmond
from the album Osmonds
Released	March 1971
Recorded	1970
Genre	Pop
Length	3:02
Label	MGM Records
Writer(s)	Rick Hall and Billy Sherrill
Donny Osmond singles chronology
"One Bad Apple" (with The Osmonds) (1971) "Sweet and Innocent" (1971) "Go Away Little Girl" (1971)

"Sweet and Innocent" was a pop single released by Donny Osmond in 1971. The song, billed as his first solo single release, reached No. 7 on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart in June 1971.

Written by Rick Hall and Billy Sherrill, "Sweet and Innocent" had first been recorded by Roy Orbison in 1958, and was the B-side of his single "Seems to Me." Orbison's version did not chart.

References

• Whitburn, Joel, "Top Pop Singles: 1955-2006," 2007.