Comments on: Single Review: LeAnn Rimes, “Swingin’”

By: Bluegrass Tim

Bluegrass Tim — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:20:56 +0000

Great Job on the song and the review!!! Leann Rimes has been awesome since she was 11 years old and continues to keep up with the scene with creativity and style!!! I like John Anderson’s original….but this is new year, new version, and a new singer and I LOVE it. Remember that about half of country music fans can’t even remember the original. Rimes herself was only 1 year old when it came out. Keep up the good work!

By: Kristie

Kristie — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:55:07 +0000

I have to disagree with many! As soon as I heard this on the radio, I LOVED IT! The song has ALWAYS been a favorite of mine since being a little girl and when I heard this, I thought “WOW”..good job, Leann. Can’t wait to hear the rest of the album.

By: Steve from Boston

Steve from Boston — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:00:43 +0000

I like the Anderson version. :)

By: Deane

Deane — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:23:40 +0000

Horrific performance.

By: plain_jo

plain_jo — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 01:23:54 +0000

an obnoxious disgrace

By: Paul Dennis

Paul Dennis — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:31:08 +0000

I am looking forward to her album – I generally like covers albums – and I’m sure I’ll like the rest of the album more than I like this particular track.

“Swingin’ ” is a hard song to cover and I have yet to hear a cover version that I liked (I have not heard Chris Young’s version, yet)

By: Erik

Erik — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:07:02 +0000

She’ll be performing this on the CMT Awards – she’s apparently been training hard for the choreography. Should be good.

By: Ben Foster

Ben Foster — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 02:06:38 +0000

Just yesterday, my local country radio station played this single and asked callers to vote on whether or not they liked it. I called in and drooled over how much I loved it, but I was beyond furious when 58% of the callers gave it thumbs-down. Apparently, the station was bombarded with calls from loyal John Anderson fans who said that LeAnn should just “leave that one to John Anderson.” I strongly believe that, even though this single is a remake, it should be judged on its own terms instead of merely being compared to the original.

I applaud LeAnn for putting such a clever and original twist on this song in a way that is still respectful of the original and decidedly country. I hope country radio gives this awesome single the radio airplay that it so justly deserves.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 01:31:20 +0000

Terrific review, Leeann.

Interestingly, the first version of this single that I heard online was maybe 10% faster than the version you’ve linked here, and that tempo shift seems to have made a world of difference. The first time I heard this, it was nearly unlistenable, like Rimes was trying to imitate those old “Micro Machines” commercials.

Just a hair slower, though? I dig it. As Kevin said, there’s a fearlessness to the arrangement that is in line with what has made Rimes’ last couple of albums the best of her career. This definitely bodes well.

I wasn’t sold on Chris Young’s version or the one from Deana Carter’s The Chain, but I can get on board with this one.

By: Kevin John Coyne

Kevin John Coyne — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 23:28:34 +0000

I think this cover is awesome. If she’s this fearless on the rest of the album, I’m in.