| "Jeans On" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by David Dundas | ||||
| from the album David Dundas | ||||
| B-side | "Sleepy Serena" | |||
| Released | October 1976 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 3:20 (album) | |||
| Label | Chrysalis | |||
| Songwriter(s) | David Dundas, Roger Greenaway | |||
| Producer(s) | Roger Greenaway | |||
| David Dundas singles chronology | ||||
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"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 in The United Kingdom for Brutus Jeans. and subsequently in a television advertising jingle in 2024 for Wrangler Jeans in The United States.
The popularity of the original 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".
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.
The song is covered by Keith Urban in the 2002 album Golden Road.
Charts
Weekly charts
| Chart (1976–1977) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report) | 3 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 3 |
| Belgium (Flanders) | 15 |
| Canada RPM Adult Contemporary | 31 |
| Canada RPM Top Singles | 13 |
| German Singles Chart | 1 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 3 |
| Netherlands | 15 |
| New Zealand (Listener) | 14 |
| South African Singles Chart | 3 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 15 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 3 |
| UK Singles Chart | 3 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 17 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 37 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1976) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report) | 20 |
See also
References
- YouTube video: Commercial advert - Brutus Jeans
- YouTube video: David Dundas - Blue Jeans
- "Fatboy Slim - Praise You (CD)". Discogs. 1998. Retrieved 2011-05-27.
- ^ "National Top 100 Singles for 1976". Kent Music Report. 27 December 1976. Retrieved 15 January 2022 – via Imgur.
- Swedish Charts website
- Swedish Charts site as above
- "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1976-12-25. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
- "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1977-01-29. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
- Günter Ehnert: Hit Bilanz. Deutsche Chart Singles 1956 - 1980. Hamburg: Taurus Press 1990, p. 65
- Swedish Charts site as above
- Flavour of New Zealand, 27 February 1977
- Swedish Charts site as above
- Swedish Charts site as above
- Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 172. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- "David Dundas Album & Song Chart History". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2011-05-27.
- Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 76.
- 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.
