"Turn My Swag On" is a song written and recorded by American

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. It was released in October 2008 as the third single from his 2008 album ''

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''. It was performed at the 2009

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. The song topped the US Rap Charts and peaked at number 19 on the

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. it has so far sold over 1,000,000 digital downloads in the US. It became Soulja Boy's third song to sell more than 1 million downloads, after "

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" and " Crank Dat (Soulja Boy)".

Music video

The

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was directed by

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and shot at roger flouton house in

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. The music video peaked at number 1 on the top 10 countdown of

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's ''

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''. The video follows the theme of the song, with Soulja Boy Tellem appearing in the house while singing the song. It was leaked to YouTube before its official release date. The video ranked at number 5 on BET's Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2009 countdown.

Remixes and in popular culture

The official remix has a new verse by

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and features

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using the

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effect. The song was leaked onto the Internet and

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on February 12, 2009. This remix charted at number 65 on the US

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Chart. Atlanta hip-hop producer Greg Street created a remix of the song on 2009, combining Keri Hilson & Yung L.A.'s freestyles with the Soulja Boy original, which reached number 17 on the

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in September 2010 following a cover by

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during the audition process of the seventh series of ''The X Factor UK''. In the late summer of 2010, Austrian rapper

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released a cover version titled "Dreh den Swag auf" with German lyrics. R&B singer

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interpolated the song's hook into " Hold Up", a single from her 2016 album, ''

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''.

Track listing

CD single # "Turn My Swag On" (album version) - 3:31 # "Turn My Swag On" (instrumental) - 3:31 # "Turn My Swag On" (Remix of album version) - 3:40 # "Turn My Swag On" (Remix of instrumental) - 3:40 Digital download # "Turn My Swag On"

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{Soulja Boy 2009 songs 2009 singles Soulja Boy songs Songs written by Soulja Boy Interscope Records singles