Swagger Jagger
(by:Cher Lloyd)
| "Swagger Jagger" |
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| Single by Cher Lloyd |
| from the album Sticks + Stones |
| Released |
29 July 2011 |
| Format |
CD single, digital download |
| Recorded |
Beat Studio, Miami, Florida |
| Genre |
Electropop, hip hop |
| Length |
3:12 |
| Label |
Syco, Sony |
| Writer(s) |
Cher Lloyd, Autumn Rowe, Jermaine Jackson, Andrew Harr, Petr Brdicko, Andre Davidson, Sean Davidson, Marcus Lomax, Clarence Coffee Jr. |
| Producer |
The Runners, The Monarch |
| Cher Lloyd singles chronology |
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"
Swagger Jagger" is the debut single by British singer
Cher Lloyd, taken from her debut studio album
Sticks + Stones. It was released as the album's lead single on 31 July 2011. The song was written by the two production teams
The Runners and
The Monarch with Lloyd, Petr Brdicko,
Autumn Rowe,
Marcus Lomax and Clarence Coffee Jr.,
and it was produced by the The Runners and The Monarch. It debuted at
number one in the United Kingdom and at number two in Ireland. The music
video was released on 1 July 2011.
Background
"Swagger Jagger" received its first airplay on 20 June 2011.
[1] The single was leaked onto the internet on 15 June, but this version was later confirmed as only the
demo of the track on Lloyd's
Twitter account.
[2][3]
Lloyd performed the song on
T4 on the Beach
and also performed at the Leeds Aire FM Party in the Park and Key 103
Live Manchester, both on the day of release of her debut single.
Critical reception
The song has received mixed reviews from critics. Initial reviews compared the song to the Christmas carol "
Little Donkey".
[4] Robert Copsey of
Digital Spy
gave the song four out of five stars writing, "Her debut single does
little to change that, accusing her "haterz" of pilfering her wildly
cherished swagger - the same people who are also looking,
tweeting,
youtubing
and generally social media-baiting her. 'I can't stop, it's what I'm
gon' be/ My swagger's in check,' she brattishly sing-speaks over a
chunky schoolyard beat and squiggly club synths." He also noted
similarities between the song's chorus and the American
western folk ballad "
Oh My Darling, Clementine". In the
BBC's "Most annoying of 2011", "Swagger Jagger" was voted the most annoying song of the entire year,
[5] an opinion shared by users at sample archive, whosampled.com.
[6]
In a negative review, Sabotagetimes.com said of the track: "Coming across like a sink estate answer to
the Black Eyed Peas,
the track combines a shouty, tuneless verse with a chorus that riffs on
‘Oh My Darling Clementine’. All blended together with the subtlety of a
cut-and-shut Vauxhall Nova."
[7]
Chart performance
"Swagger Jagger" debuted at number two in Ireland on the issue dated 4 August 2011.
[8] On 7 August 2011, the song debuted at number one in Lloyd's native United Kingdom for the week ending date 13 August 2011.
[9] As of 16 December 2011, the singles sales has exceeded 200,000 copies in the UK, The single debuted at number 79 on the
Mega Single Top 100 chart in the Netherlands. After a performance of the song at the semi finals of
So You Think You Can Dance the song re-entered the chart at 60.
[10]
Track listing
- "Swagger Jagger" – 3:14
- "Swagger Jagger" (HyGrade Club Mix) – 3:32
- "Swagger Jagger" (Wideboys Radio Edit) – 3:03
- "Swagger Jagger" (Dillon Francis Remix) – 5:06
- "Swagger Jagger" (Eyes Remix) – 4:27
- "Swagger Jagger" – 3:12
- "Swagger Jagger" (HyGrade Radio Mix) – 3:35
- "Swagger Jagger" – 3:12
Credits and personnel
- Cher Lloyd – songwriter
- Autumn Rowe – songwriter
- Petr Brdicko - songwriter
- The Runners (Andrew Harr and Jermaine Jackson) – songwriter, producer
- The Monarch (Andre Davidson and Sean Davidson) – songwriter, co-producer
- The Monsters and The Strangerz (Marcus Lomax and Clarence Coffee Jr.) – songwriter
- Jeff "Supa Jeff" Villanueva – engineer
- Serban Ghenea – mixing
- Alex Delicata – guitar
- Tom Coyne – mastering
Source:
[14]
Charts
Release history
References
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