| "Hollywood Swinging" | ||||
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.png) One of side-A labels of US single | ||||
| Single by Kool & the Gang | ||||
| from the album Wild and Peaceful | ||||
| B-side | "Dujii" | |||
| Released | April 6, 1974[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1973 | |||
| Genre | Funk[2] | |||
| Length | 4:35 | |||
| Label | De-Lite Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bell, Bell, Brown, Mickens, Smith, Thomas, Westfield | |||
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"Hollywood Swinging" is a 1974 song by R&B/funk band Kool & the Gang from their album Wild and Peaceful. It was written by Robert "Kool" Bell, Ronald Bell, George M. Brown, Robert "Spike" Mickens, Claydes Charles Smith, Dennis R. Thomas and Rick A. Westfield.
"Hollywood Swinging" was the group's first number one R&B single, reaching that position in June 1974. The single was a successful crossover hit, peaking at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart as well.[3]
In 2015, Nile Rodgers stated that Chic's 1979 song "Good Times" was partly inspired by "Hollywood Swinging". Rodgers is the cousin of Robert Mickens.[4]
- ^ "Hollywood Swinging/Dujii". Rate Your Music. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
- ^ "100 Greatest Funk Songs". Digital Dream Door. August 7, 2008. Archived from the original on September 25, 2010. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1992-2004. Record Research. p. 332.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Nile Rodgers Discusses Legendary Bassline of "Good Times," Sampling & FOLD! Festival". YouTube.