Jeans On

"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.

  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.