<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> ◄ "A Man Without Love" (1966) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> "Congratulations" (1968) ► </Td> </Tr> <P> "Puppet on a String" is the name of the Eurovision Song Contest - winning song in 1967 by British singer Sandie Shaw . It was her thirteenth UK single release . The song was a UK Singles Chart number one hit on 27 April 1967, staying at the top for a total of three weeks . Al Hirt released a version of the song in 1967 that went to number 18 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #129 on the Billboard Hot 100 . </P> <P> Shaw had originally performed the song as one of five prospective numbers to represent the United Kingdom in the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest on The Rolf Harris Show . She had never been taken with the idea of taking part in the contest but her discoverer, Adam Faith, had talked her into it, saying it would keep her manager Eve Taylor happy . Taylor wanted to give Shaw a more cabaret appeal and felt that this was the right move - and also felt that it would get Shaw back in the public's good books as she had recently been involved in a divorce scandal . </P>

Who sang like a puppet on a string