Swingin Party

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"Swingin Party"
Song by The Replacements from the album Tim
Genre	Rock and roll
Writer	Paul Westerberg
Producer	Tommy Ramone

"Swingin Party" is a song written by Paul Westerberg and recorded by his band The Replacements for their fourth studio album Tim (1985). It has been covered by Kindness in 2009 and Lorde in 2013.

Composition

Produced by Tommy Ramone, "Swingin Party" is a midtempo ballad which features a jazz and country-influenced rock and roll groove and staccato chords instrumented by electric guitar. According to Bill Janovitz from Allmusic, the song climbs scales in a way reminiscent of "Somethin' Stupid" (1967). The lyrics portray the singer as both funny and lonely.^[1]^[2] According to Tim Holmes of Rolling Stone, the song's theme is that "life is a lilting series of ultimately empty, but nonetheless compulsory, soirees."^[3]

Reception

PopMatters' Michael Keefe lauded Westerberg's songwriting ability on "Swingin Party".^[4]

Other versions

Musician Kindness released a house and electropop rendition of "Swingin Party" as his first single on October 6, 2009,^[5]^[6] and included it on his debut studio album World, You Need a Change of Mind (2012).^[7]

Singer Lorde covered "Swingin Party" as the B-side to her second single, "Tennis Court".^[8] It was later included on the US iTunes Store version of her debut EP, The Love Club EP (2013).^[9] Lorde's cover of "Swingin Party" entered the New Zealand Singles Chart on 17 June 2013 at number ten, and dropped off the chart the following week.^[10] A live rendition was included on her EP Live in Concert.^[11]

References

↑ Janovitz, Bill. "Swingin Party - The Replacements". Allmusic. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
↑ Richardson, Mark (26 September 2008). "The Replacements: Tim". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
↑ Holmes, Tim (November 21, 1985). "The Replacements: Tim". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
↑ Keefe, Michael (25 September 2008). "Pleased to Meet 'Em: The Replacements' Sire Years". PopMatters. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
↑ "Swinging Party [Import]". Amazon.com. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
↑ Saxelby, Ruth (September 21, 2012). "Kindness: this man should have a Phd in pop". The Guardian. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
↑ Sendra, Tim. "World, You Need a Change of Mind – Kindness". Allmusic. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
↑ "Tennis Court - Single". iTunes Store (Apple Inc). Retrieved November 17, 2013.
↑ "The Love Club EP". iTunes Store (Apple Inc). Retrieved November 17, 2013.
↑ "Lorde - Swingin' Party". Charts.org.nz (Hung Medien). Retrieved 17 November 2013.
↑ "Hört "Lorde - Live In Concert" auf Spotify" (Press release) (in German). Universal Music Group. 6 November 2013. Archived from the original on 17 November 2013.

External links

Swingin Party at AllMusic (including lyrics)

v t e The Replacements

Paul Westerberg Tommy Stinson Chris Mars Bob Stinson Slim Dunlap Steve Foley

Studio albums	Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash Hootenanny Let It Be Tim Pleased to Meet Me Don't Tell a Soul All Shook Down

Live albums	The Shit Hits the Fans

Compilation albums	All for Nothing / Nothing for All Don't You Know Who I Think I Was?

EPs	The Replacements Stink

Singles	"I'm in Trouble" "I Will Dare" "Alex Chilton" "Cruella DeVille" "I'll Be You"

Related articles	Discography 3oclockreep Bash & Pop Golden Smog Craig Finn Perfect Static Taxi We'll Inherit the Earth: A Tribute to The Replacements "Swingin Party"

v t e Lorde

Awards and nominations Discography Songs

Studio albums	Pure Heroine

Extended plays	The Love Club EP Tennis Court EP

Singles	"Royals" "Tennis Court" "Team"

Other songs	"Bravado" "The Love Club" "Swingin Party" "Ribs" "Buzzcut Season"

Related articles	Joel Little

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