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
Songwriter(s) David Dundas, Roger Greenaway
Producer(s) Roger Greenaway
David Dundas singles chronology
"Jeans On"
(1976)		 "Another Funny Honeymoon"
(1977)

"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

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

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. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1976-12-25. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  5. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1977-01-29. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
  6. ↑ Günter Ehnert: Hit Bilanz. Deutsche Chart Singles 1956 - 1980. Hamburg: Taurus Press 1990, p. 65
  7. ↑ Flavour of New Zealand, 27 February 1977
  8. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 172. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  9. ↑ "David Dundas Album & Song Chart History". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2011-05-27.
  10. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 76.
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