Jeans On

"Jeans On"
Single by David Dundas
from the album David Dundas
B-side "Sleepy Serena"
Released October 1976
Format 7"
Genre Pop
Length

3:20 (album)

2:37 (single)
Label Chrysalis
Writer(s) David Dundas, Roger Greenaway
Producer(s) Roger Greenaway
David Dundas singles chronology
"Jeans On"
(1976)		 "Another Funny Honeymoon"
(1977)

"Jeans On" is a song by British musician David Dundas from his 1977 self-titled debut album. Released as a single the previous year, it was first featured as a television advertising jingle for Brutus Jeans.[1] The popularity of the commercial eventually led to the recording of "Jeans On" as a full-length song, with some lyrical changes.

The single eventually became Dundas' biggest hit, peaking at #3 on the UK Singles Chart and #17 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. It became the song most attributed to him, and Dundas is often considered a one-hit wonder for the song.

Dundas also recorded a French language version of the song, titled "Blue Jeans".[2]

The opening piano riff of the song was looped and sampled for British electronic musician Fatboy Slim's 1998 track "Sho Nuff"; as a result, Dundas is credited as a co-writer on the track.[3]

The song is covered by Keith Urban in the 2002 album Golden Road.

Charts

Chart (1977) Peak
position
German Singles Chart[4] 1
Australia (Kent Music Report) 3
Irish Singles Chart 3
South African Singles Chart 3
UK Singles Chart[5] 3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] 17

References

  1. ↑ YouTube video: Commercial advert - Brutus Jeans
  2. ↑ YouTube video: David Dundas - Blue Jeans
  3. ↑ "Fatboy Slim - Praise You (CD)". Discogs. Retrieved 2011-05-27.
  4. ↑ Günter Ehnert: Hit Bilanz. Deutsche Chart Singles 1956 - 1980. Hamburg: Taurus Press 1990, p. 65
  5. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 172. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  6. ↑ "David Dundas Album & Song Chart History". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2011-05-27.
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