Swear (Tim Scott McConnell song)
"Swear" is a 1980s pop song by Tim Scott McConnell, released by Sire Records in 1983. It was covered by Sheena Easton for her 1984 album A Private Heaven and released as its third single in the US, reaching number 80 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1985.
| "Swear" | ||||
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| Single by Sheena Easton | ||||
| from the album A Private Heaven | ||||
| B-side | "Fallen Angels" | |||
| Released | 1985 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 3:43 | |||
| Label | EMI, RT Industries (current) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Tim Scott | |||
| Producer(s) | Greg Mathieson | |||
| Sheena Easton singles chronology | ||||
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Background
The music video to promote the song was a campy/tongue-in-cheek music video of a hippy-based pagan/black mass set in a church. The stylized music video is seemingly a parody of late 1960s to early 1970s hippy horror movies.
McConnell would later comment on the song: "This was my young and confused record...I wrote the songs over a couple of weeks on a little Casio keyboard...Sire heard it and offered me a deal...no use appologising for such a thing...my mistake... the good part of it was working with Richard Gottehrer ...really took me under his wing...shame we were working on the wrong kind of music.."[1]
Cover versions
"Swear" was covered by Sheena Easton for her 1984 album A Private Heaven. It reached number 80 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the following year.[1]
Charts
| Chart (1983) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] | 44 |
| Chart (1985) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100[1] | 80 |
References
- "Lyrics for Swear by Tim Scott / Tim Scott-McConnell (1983)". Blue Haze. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 266. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.