"Puppet Man"
Single by The 5th Dimension
from the album Portrait
B-side	"A Love Like Ours"
Released	March 1970
Genre	Soul
Length	2:58
Label	Bell Records
Songwriter(s)	Sedaka-Greenfield
Producer(s)	Bones Howe
The 5th Dimension singles chronology
"The Girls' Song" (1970) "Puppet Man" (1970) "Save the Country" (1970)

"Puppet Man" is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield. It was originally recorded by Sedaka on his 1969 Workin' on a Groovy Thing LP. The first hit version was by The Fifth Dimension in 1970. The following year it was also a hit for Tom Jones.

The Fifth Dimension's original of "Puppet Man" reached #24 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in the spring of 1970.

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Tom Jones version

"Puppet Man"
Single by Tom Jones
from the album Tom Jones Sings She's a Lady
B-side	"Every Mile" "Resurrection Shuffle"
Released	May 1971
Recorded	1970
Genre	Pop
Length	2:53
Label	Decca (UK), Parrot (US and Canada)
Songwriter(s)	Sedaka-Greenfield
Producer(s)	Gordon Mills
Tom Jones UK singles chronology
"She's a Lady" (1971) "Puppet Man" (1971) "Till" (1971)

Tom Jones' version was released the following spring. It reached No. 26 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, spending 10 weeks on the chart. For the first six weeks the single was backed with "Every Mile," then was changed to "Resurrection Shuffle", which also became a U.S. top 40 hit, reaching No. 38 and keeping the record on the charts an additional five weeks.

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