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Swing the Mood

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B-side
  
"Glen Miller Medley"

Label
  
Indisc/BCM

Genre
  
Pop, rock and roll

Released
  
24 June 1989 (1989-06-24)

Format
  
CD single, CD maxi single

Length
  
4:05 (Radio version) 6:00 (Extended version)

"Swing the Mood" is a song by Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers from their debut album The Album.

Contents

Produced by the father and son DJ team of Andy and John Pickles, "Swing the Mood" was a cut and paste record which fused a number of early rock and roll records with liberal use of Glenn Miller's "In the Mood."

Copyright problems caused a re-recorded version to be released; despite this version being derided by critics it nevertheless became a massive hit in the United Kingdom spending 5 weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart in July and August 1989, partly aided by the Jive Bunny animated character. The record became a worldwide phenomenon, reaching #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. It was the 2nd best-selling single of 1989 in the UK, outsold only by "Ride On Time" by Black Box (coincidentally also the single which knocked "Swing The Mood" off the number one spot in the UK Singles Chart).

Samples

This single samples from the following songs:

  • 0:00 - 0:05 Chubby Checker - "Let's Twist Again"
  • 0:06 - 0:55 Glenn Miller - "In the Mood"
  • 0:55 - 1:24 Bill Haley & His Comets - "Rock Around the Clock"
  • 1:24 - 1:39 Bill Haley & His Comets - "Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie"
  • 1:39 - 1:50 Little Richard - "Tutti Frutti"
  • 1:50 - 2:18 The Everly Brothers - "Wake Up Little Susie"
  • 2:18 - 2:27 Eddie Cochran - "C'mon Everybody"
  • 2:27 - 2:43 Elvis Presley - "Hound Dog"
  • 2:43 - 2:54 Bill Haley & His Comets - "Shake, Rattle and Roll"
  • 2:54 - 3:04 Elvis Presley - "All Shook Up"
  • 3:04 - 3:24 Elvis Presley - "Jailhouse Rock"
  • 3:24 - 3:42 Danny and the Juniors - "At the Hop"
  • 3:42 - 3:47 Little Richard - Tutti Frutti
  • 3:47 - 6:05 Glenn Miller - In the Mood, Pennsylvania 6-5000, Little Brown Jug, American Patrol, In the Mood

    • Track listings

    CD single
    1. "Swing the Mood" (radio mix) — 4:05
    2. "Glen Miller Medley" (the J.B. edit) — 3:55
    CD maxi
    1. "Swing the Mood" (12" version) — 6:00
    2. "Swing the Mood" — 4:05
    3. "Glen Miller Medley" (the J.B. edit) — 3:55

    References

    Swing the Mood Wikipedia
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