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| "Swept Away" | ||||
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| Single by Diana Ross | ||||
| from the album Swept Away | ||||
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| Released | August 14, 1984 | |||
| Recorded | 1984 | |||
| Studio | Unique Recording Studios (New York City)[1] | |||
| Length | 5:25 (album version) 4:01 (single edit) | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
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| "Swept Away" on YouTube | ||||
"Swept Away" is a song by American R&B singer Diana Ross for her album of the same name. Ross released the song as the album's second single on August 14, 1984, by the RCA. It was written by Daryl Hall, Sara Allen and produced by Hall and Arthur Baker. Ross wrote the spoken lyrics at the beginning of the song and Hall also provided background vocals on it.
The song talked about how the narrator thought she was in love with a special person only to find out that she had just been "swept away" after catching her lover cheating on her sending her into a rage and panic.
Baker had been a club DJ turned remixer who was just breaking into production, and the twelve-inch version became one of Ross' most successful, reaching number one on the Billboard Dance/Disco chart and #3 on the Cash Box 12" singles sales chart.[2] The single also reached nineteen on the US pop singles chart and number three on the R&B singles chart.[3]
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/UniqueRecordingStudios/photos/a.649655181769411/649657191769210/?type=3&theater [user-generated source]
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 357.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 222.