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“Swing Swing” by The All-American Rejects

From the album The All‐American Rejects (2002)

“Swing Swing” by The All-American Rejects appears on 19 radio countdowns from 17 stations between 2002 and 2005. It was first released in 2002 on the album The All‐American Rejects. Its best result is #16 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #39 alternative song of 2003, #5,502 alternative song of all time and #359 of the '00s.

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17stations

#16best position

0#1 finishes

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2002–2005years charted

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The All-American Rejects - Swing, Swing (Official Music Video)

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"Swing, Swing" was the first single from the All-American Rejects' self-titled 2002 debut, and it was one of the last songs finished for the record. Tyson Ritter and Nick Wheeler wrote it, and the chorus hit Ritter on a lazy weekend at his grandparents' cabin back home in Stillwater, Oklahoma, while a bad relationship was at its worst. The second verse, as he told it, is about moving on.

Tim O'Heir produced and mixed it, and he kept it bright and punchy: jangling pop-punk guitars, a hooky, swooning chorus and Ritter's voice cracking with the sort of heartbreak that sounds great with the windows down. It made number 8 on Billboard's Modern Rock chart.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2002	90	Live 105 San Francisco, CA	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2002	106
2002	79	89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON	89X Top 89 Songs of 2002	89
2002	99	Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA	Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2002	105
2003	62	KROQ Los Angeles, CA	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2003	107
2003	16	Live 105 San Francisco, CA	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2003	106
2003	42	Q101 Chicago, IL	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2003	101
2003	34	WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2003	100
2003	68	WFNX Boston, MA	WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2003	100
2003	26	CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON	CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2003	102
2003	21	The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2003	99
2003	28	Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA	Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2003	105
2003	62	WBCN Boston, MA	WBCN Top 104 Songs of 2003	104
2003	23	WBER Rochester, NY	WBER Listener Countdown 2003	196
2003	23	88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 50 Songs of 2003	50
2003	54	103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL	Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2003	103
2003	32	Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart)	Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2003	100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2003	489	WOXY 97X	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003)	500
2005	984	99X	99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)	1000
2005	62	The Edge	KEDJ Top 103 on Independent Radio	103

Also listed as: Swing, Swing.

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