Jeans On

"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.

"Jeans On"
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)

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. It became a chart hit all over Western and Northern Europe, including a number 1 in West Germany.

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

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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