"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 JeansYouTube video: Commercial advert – 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".YouTube video: David Dundas – 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)PeakpositionAustralia (Kent Music Report)3Austrian Singles ChartSwedish Charts website3Belgium (Flanders)Swedish Charts site as above15Canada RPM Adult Contemporary31Canada RPM Top Singles13German Singles ChartGünter Ehnert: Hit Bilanz. Deutsche Chart Singles 1956–1980. Hamburg: Taurus Press 1990, p. 651Irish Singles Chart3NetherlandsSwedish Charts site as above15New Zealand (Listener)Flavour of New Zealand, 27 February 197714South African Singles Chart3Swedish Singles ChartSwedish Charts site as above15Swiss Singles ChartSwedish Charts site as above3UK Singles Chart3U.S. Billboard Hot 10017U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary37
Year-end charts Chart (1976) Peakposition Australia (Kent Music Report) 20
See also List of 1970s one-hit wonders in the United States
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