Puppy Love (Paul Anka song) Puppy Love (Paul Anka song) "Puppy Love" is a popular song written by Paul Anka in 1960 for Annette Funicello, whom he was dating at the time. Anka's version reached #2 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 behind Percy Faith's "Theme from "A Summer Place"" and #33 on the UK Singles Chart. Twelve years later the song was revived by Donny Osmond. It was released on February 19, 1972, and reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 1, 1972. It peaked at #1 in April 1972 on both the Canadian "RPM" singles chart for three weeks and the UK
Skinny Puppy duties. Described by "Billboard" magazine as "techno dance...a la Kraftwerk", "Bites" yielded the underground hit "Assimilate". Key and Ogre opened for Chris & Cosey on their 1985 Canadian tour as Hell 'O' Death Day; some of the material the duo had performed would appear on "Bites" a bonus tracks. One of these bonus tracks, a song called "The Centre Bullet", featured lyrics by Legendary Pink Dots founder Edward Ka-Spel. While Skinny Puppy had become well received by underground audiences in most major urban areas, due in part to their anti-consumerist themes and Cure like aesthetics, not everyone was friendly to