"Sugar Shuffle" is a song written by Lynsey de Paul and Barry Blue. ^[1] It first appeared as the lead-in track on de Paul's album Love Bomb as an ethereal, chilled and dreamy song about nightlife and dating. ^{[2] [3]} AllMusic rated "Sugar Shuffle" as one of de Paul's song highlights. ^[4] Musician and music critic Bob Stanley wrote in The Guardian, "Sugar Shuffle is an especially gorgeous, woozy mid-70s confection, fit to sit at the table with Liverpool Express’s You Are My Love". ^[5]

Although never released as a single in de Paul's UK home market, it was released in edited form as a single in the US, ^{[6] [7]} where it was play-listed by radio stations such as KBBC-Phenix ^[8] and in Japan, where it was backed by the song "Dreams". ^[9] In the US, de Paul version received positive reviews in Record World ^[10] and Cashbox. ^[11] Most recently it was played on Flaneur Radio: MacArthur Park ^[12] and France's Radio Nova, played by Bill Brewster. ^[13]

An updated cover version of the song was released on the 1984 album Cryptograph by the Japanese artist Asami Kobayashi (小林麻美). ^{[14] [15]} This version had lyrics by Kobayshi and Yumi Matsutoya. ^[16] It received the "Best Album" award at the 26th Annual Japan Record Awards (Nihon Record Taisho) ^[17] and reached the top 10 in the Japanese album chart in 1984. ^{[18] [19]} It was also included on Kobayashi's "Best Collection" album, released in 1986. ^[20]

The song was released on CD in the US as a track on the Renaissance Records release of Love Bomb in 2010. ^[21] A remastered version of the de Paul version of the song was finally released on CD on her 2013 compilation CD Into My Music. ^[22] The song is also a track on the 2020 album, Bob Stanley presents 76 In The Shade, ^[23] with Martin Ruddock highlighting it as one of the standout tracks, writing in his review of the album "The poolside cool of Lynsey De Paul’s sedate Sugar Shuffle". ^[24] The album entered the Dutch compilations chart at No. 23 ^[25] and reached No. 78 on the UK Official Compilations Chart in September 2020. ^[26]

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