"Swingin'" is a song co-written and recorded by American

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singer

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. It was released in January 1983 as the second single from his album '' Wild & Blue''. The song was the second of five number one singles in Anderson's career, spending one week at the top of the

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charts. It also received a gold

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from the

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, and received a Single of the Year award from the

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. Anderson re-recorded the song for his 1994 album ''

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'' on

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. This re-recording served as the

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to the album's title track, which was also the first single from it. In addition to LeAnn Rimes, Chris Young performed an acoustic cover of "Swingin'" for his 2010 EP ''Voices''.

Chart performance

"Swingin'" debuted at number 71 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles for the week of January 15, 1983.

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

LeAnn Rimes version

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covered the song on June 8, 2010 as the first single from her album '' Lady & Gentlemen''. Rimes debuted her version of the song on the 2010

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on June 9, 2010. The song debuted at number 60 on the Hot Country Songs chart for July 17, 2010. It spent four weeks on the chart and peaked at 57. The track is also nominated for a 2011

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Award. Rimes's version of the song also featured a

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, directed by David McClister.

Track listing

;Digital download # "Swingin'" — 2:55

Chart performance

Other versions

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covered the song in 1983. *The

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kids covered the song on their 1994 video "Country Sing-Along". *

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released a rap version of "Swingin" on his 1995 debut album

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. He starts off with the opening bars of

's 1983 hit, followed by Cledus saying "Let's dance!", which leads into a rap version of the song. * "On the Swing" is a parody of "Swingin." It's on Lollipoprock 2, released in 2003. *

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covered the song for release as a digital download single in 2019.

References

External links

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