"The Sweetest Thing This Side of Heaven" is a love song[1] by Chris Bartley, written and produced by Van McCoy.

It was the title track of his Bartley's first LP, and became his only hit single.

"The Sweetest Thing This Side of Heaven" became a hit during the summer of 1967.

[2] "The Sweetest Thing This Side of Heaven" was covered by The Presidents and released as a single in the spring of 1971.

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