Jeans On

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"Jeans On"
Jeans On David Dundas.jpg
Single by David Dundas
from the album David Dundas
B-side"Sleepy Serena"
ReleasedOctober 1976
GenrePop
Length3:20 (album)
LabelChrysalis
Songwriter(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's biggest hit, peaking at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart and number 17 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

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[]

Weekly charts[]

Chart (1976–77) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 3
Austrian Singles Chart[4] 3
Belgium (Flanders)[5] 15
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[6] 31
Canada RPM Top Singles[7] 13
German Singles Chart[8] 1
Irish Singles Chart 3
Netherlands[9] 15
New Zealand (Listener)[10] 14
South African Singles Chart 3
Swedish Singles Chart[11] 15
Swiss Singles Chart[12] 3
UK Singles Chart[13] 3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[14] 17
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[15] 37

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1976) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[16] 20

See also[]

  • List of 1970s one-hit wonders in the United States

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. ^ Swedish Charts website
  5. ^ Swedish Charts site as above
  6. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1976-12-25. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  7. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1977-01-29. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
  8. ^ Günter Ehnert: Hit Bilanz. Deutsche Chart Singles 1956 - 1980. Hamburg: Taurus Press 1990, p. 65
  9. ^ Swedish Charts site as above
  10. ^ Flavour of New Zealand, 27 February 1977
  11. ^ Swedish Charts site as above
  12. ^ Swedish Charts site as above
  13. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 172. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  14. ^ "David Dundas Album & Song Chart History". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2011-05-27.
  15. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 76.
  16. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 428. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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