"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)

"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. 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 electric 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)[4] 3
Austrian Singles Chart[5] 3
Belgium (Flanders)[6] 15
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[7] 31
Canada RPM Top Singles[8] 13
German Singles Chart[9] 1
Irish Singles Chart 3
Netherlands[10] 15
New Zealand (Listener)[11] 14
South African Singles Chart 3
Swedish Singles Chart[12] 15
Swiss Singles Chart[13] 3
UK Singles Chart[14] 3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[15] 17
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[16] 37

Year-end charts

Chart (1976) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[17][4] 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. 1998. Retrieved 2011-05-27.
  4. 1 2 "National Top 100 Singles for 1976". Kent Music Report. 27 December 1976. Retrieved 15 January 2022 – via Imgur.
  5. ↑ Swedish Charts website
  6. ↑ Swedish Charts site as above
  7. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1976-12-25. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  8. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1977-01-29. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
  9. ↑ Günter Ehnert: Hit Bilanz. Deutsche Chart Singles 1956 - 1980. Hamburg: Taurus Press 1990, p. 65
  10. ↑ Swedish Charts site as above
  11. ↑ Flavour of New Zealand, 27 February 1977
  12. ↑ Swedish Charts site as above
  13. ↑ Swedish Charts site as above
  14. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 172. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  15. ↑ "David Dundas Album & Song Chart History". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2011-05-27.
  16. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 76.
  17. ↑ 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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