Swingtown (song)

"Swingtown"
Single by Steve Miller Band
from the album Book of Dreams
B-side "Winter Time"
Released October 1977
Recorded 1975-1976
Genre Blues rock, Rock and Roll
Length 3:27
Label Capitol Records
Writer(s) Steve Miller, C. McCarty
Producer(s) Steve Miller
Steve Miller Band singles chronology
"Jungle Love"
(1977)
"Swingtown"
(1977)
"Heart Like a Wheel"
(1981)

"Swingtown" is a 1977 hit song by the Steve Miller Band. It was their third and final single release from their Book of Dreams album, and became the second biggest hit from the LP.

"Swingtown" reached #17 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and spent two weeks at #13 on the Cash Box Hot 100. It also peaked at #13 on the Canadian pop chart.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1977–78) Peak
position
Canada RPM 13
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1] 17
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[2] 13

Year-end charts

Chart (1977) Rank
Canada[3] 156
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[4] 118

References

  1. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  2. "Top 200 Singles of '77 – Volume 28, No. 11, December 31 1977". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
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