Puppy Love" is a popular song written by Paul Anka in 1960 for Annette Funicello, a Mouseketeer, on whom he had a crush.[citation needed] Anka's version reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 behind Percy Faith's "Theme from A Summer Place",[1] No. 4 on the Canadian CHUM Charts,[2] and No. 33 on the UK Singles Chart.[3]