The Sweet originally released Wig-Wam Bam written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn and The Sweet released it on the single Wig-Wam Bam in 1972. It was also covered by Tammy & The Lords of Misrule, Top of the Pops, Franz Lambert, Chris Nilson und seine Rhythmusgruppe and other artists. This is a rocked-up version of Henry Longfellow's 1855 Hiawatha story. Written by Glam Rock architects Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, the song was described in Bomp magazine as "a monument to ultracommercial rock & roll triviality." It was covered by Tammy & The Lords of Misrule, Top of the Pops, Franz Lambert, Chris Nilson und seine Rhythmusgruppe and other artists. The song Wig-Wam Bam was written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn and was first released by The Sweet in 1972.