"I did Swing in maybe three or four hours before a gig when I was browsing through my iTunes looking for some a cappella to play that night and I came across the Savage track. Fletcher said of the production of the remix: In 2013, "Swing" was remixed by Australian producer Joel Fletcher, following his breakthrough top 40 hit " Bring It Back" with Will Sparks.
The remix also featured on the 2008 US compilation Now That's What I Call Music! 29, the last edition in the series to be certified platinum. Additionally, the song returned to the New Zealand charts, reaching number 23 in August 2008, and Savage won an International Achievement Award at the 2008 New Zealand Music Awards, and an International Breakthrough award was created in his honour at the Pacific Music Awards in New Zealand in May 2009.
It was eventually certified double platinum in October 2020. In November 2008, the song was certified platinum in the United States, and in January 2009, it was announced as having become the then-highest selling New Zealand single in US history, with over 1.5 million digital sales, including over 500,000 ringtone sales. The remix entered the Billboard Hot 100 on the week of 16 August 2008, and reached a peak of number 45 on 4 October 2008, charting for 20 weeks in total. A video for the remix was filmed by director Kai "FlyyKai" Crawford in Beverly Hills in July 2008, and released in September 2008. įollowing a label bidding war, Savage signed to Universal Republic Records, and a remix of "Swing" featuring American rapper Soulja Boy was produced, and serviced to radio in May 2008.
Savage's New Zealand label Dawn Raid Entertainment released the original album Moonshine to the iTunes Store in the United States in March 2008, and "Swing" began growing on the iTunes charts, and debuted on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart on the week of. In 2007, "Swing" was featured in a "pivotal bar scene" in the American romantic comedy film Knocked Up, and furthermore used as the music for the opening menu on its DVD release, which led to "Swing" garnering traffic on YouTube. Prior to its United States release, "Swing" had reportedly sold over 130,000 copies in New Zealand and Australia. It was released in Australia on 15 August 2005, and debuted at number 44 on the ARIA Singles Chart, reaching a peak of number 36 in its second week. It finished 2005 as the year's ninth highest selling single in New Zealand, and the second highest by a New Zealand artist, behind Savage's own follow-up single " Moonshine". In the single's first week of release, it debuted at number two on the New Zealand singles chart, behind Snoop Dogg's " Drop It Like It's Hot", and the following week it climbed to number one, where it remained for five weeks. The music video was filmed by Offramp Productions in Ōtāhuhu, New Zealand in November 2004. "Swing" was sent to radio in New Zealand in November 2004, and released commercially in the first week of January 2005 as Savage's debut solo single, following an album as part of the Deceptikonz and a feature on Scribe's hit single " Not Many – The Remix!". The remix, credited as "Joel Fletcher & Savage", reached number two in Australia, and was certified quadruple platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association. In 2013, the song was remixed by Australian producer Joel Fletcher. The song was also covered by metalcore bands Miss May I and Drop Dead, Gorgeous. The remix featured on Savage's second studio album and US debut, Savage Island, alongside a second remix featuring American rapper Pitbull. In 2008, it was released in the United States with a remix featuring American rapper Soulja Boy, which reached number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was released in January 2005, and reached number one on the New Zealand singles chart. " Swing" is the lead single from New Zealand hip hop artist Savage's debut solo album, Moonshine.