I Swear

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"I Swear"
"I Swear" cover
Single by John Michael Montgomery
from the album Kickin' It Up
Released 1994
Format CD single, Cassette single, 7" vinyl
Recorded 1993
Genre Country
Label Atlantic Records
Writer(s) Frank J. Meyers
Gary Baker
Producer(s) Scott Hendricks
Chart positions
  • #42 U.S.
  • #1 U.S. Country
John Michael Montgomery singles chronology
"Beer and Bones"
(1993)
"I Swear"
(1994)
"Rope the Moon"
(1994)
"I Swear"
"I Swear" cover
Single by All-4-One
from the album All-4-One
Released 1994
Format CD single, Cassette single, 7" vinyl
Recorded 1994
Genre Pop/R&B
Label Blitzz/Atlantic Records
Writer(s) Frank J. Meyers
Gary Baker
Producer(s) David Foster
Chart positions
  • #1 U.S.
All-4-One singles chronology
"So Much in Love"
(1994)
"I Swear"
(1994)
"(She's Got) Skillz"
(1994)

"I Swear" is a ballad that became a hit for two acts in 1994. Initially it was a number one song on the U.S. Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for John Michael Montgomery. His version crossed over to pop radio and climbed to number forty two on the Billboard Hot 100.

Several months later, R&B vocal quartet All-4-One recorded their own version with producer David Foster. All-4-One's version hit number one on the Hot 100 and remained there for eleven consecutive weeks.

Eleven years later, Swedish singers Lotta Engberg and Jarl Carlsson covered the song as a duet in Swedish, as "Idag", on their 2005 album "Kvinna & man".

Preceded by
"Bump n' Grind" by R. Kelly
Billboard Hot 100 number one single
May 21, 1994
Succeeded by
"Stay (I Missed You)" by Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories
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