Swing the mood

Swing the mood
Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers
publication	June 24, 1989
length	6:00 (original version) 4:05 (radio version)
Genre (s)	C&P , mashup , pop , rock and roll
Author (s)	Otis Blackwell , Dorothy Bostrie , Felice Bryant , Boudleaux Bryant , Charles Calhoun , Jerry Capehart , Eddie Cochran , Joe Lubin , John Medora , Richard Penniman , Elvis Presley , Arthur Singer , David White
Producer (s)	Andy Pickles, Les Hemstock
Label	Indisc / BCM
album	Jive Bunny: The Album

Swing the Mood is a successful song by the English music project Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers , which was released on June 24, 1989. The piece, consisting of a string of different pop and rock & roll songs, reached the top of the charts in Germany, Austria and the United Kingdom.

background

Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers originally consisted of Andy and John Pickles, father and son, who ran a remix service called Music Factory. As early as 1988, a so-called “party mix” was created, in which several rock & roll songs were mixed to the melody of Glenn Miller's In the Mood . The song was produced by Andy Pickles and DJ Les Hemstock, who reportedly only received £ 100 for his work.

The piece became popular and so the duo decided to release the song as a single . They had to rewrite the piece a bit because they did not receive the approvals for all the pieces used. Then they founded the music project Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers. Jive Bunny was Andy Pickles' nickname. Jive Bunny also became a trademark of the band as a cartoon bunny.

Swing the Mood was finally released on June 24, 1989 as a single with the accompanying music video. The song consisted of the following tracks, which were strung together by copy & paste and as a mashup:

• 0:00 - 0:05 Chubby Checker - Let's Twist Again
• 0:06 - 0:55 Glenn Miller - In the Mood
• 0:55 - 1:24 Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around the Clock
• 1:24 - 1:39 Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock-A-Beatin 'Boogie
• 1:39 - 1:50 Little Richard - Tutti Frutti
• 1:50 - 2:18 The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie
• 2:18 - 2:27 Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody
• 2:27 - 2:43 Elvis Presley - Hound Dog
• 2:43 - 2:54 Bill Haley & His Comets - Shake, Rattle and Roll
• 2:54 - 3:04 Elvis Presley - All Shook Up
• 3:04 - 3:24 Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
• 3:24 - 3:42 Danny and the Juniors - At the Hop
• 3:42 - 3:47 Little Richard - Tutti Frutti
• 3:47 - 6:05 Glenn Miller - In the Mood , Pennsylvania 6-5000 , Little Brown Jug , American Patrol , In the Mood

Track list

A radio mix shortened to four minutes and a Glenn Miller Medley were used as the B-side for the maxi CD and the 12 '' .

1. Swing the Mood - 6:00
2. Swing The Mood (Radio Mix) - 4:05
3. Glenn Miller Medley (The JB Edit) - 3:55

Commercial win

Chart placements

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	1 (26 weeks)	26th
Austria (Ö3)	1 (17 weeks)	17th
Switzerland (IFPI)	2 (22 weeks)	22nd
United Kingdom (OCC)	1 (19 weeks)	19th
United States (Billboard)	11 (20 weeks)	20th

Awards for music sales

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	600,000
All in all	1 × platinum	600,000

Individual evidence

1. ↑ John Bett: DJ behind Jive Bunny claims he made just £ 100 from their multi-million-selling hits. Mirror , May 31, 2018, accessed July 11, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Randolph Michaels: Flashbacks to Happiness: Eighties Music Revisited . iUniverse, 2005, ISBN 978-0-595-37007-8 , pp. 98–99 ( google.de [accessed July 10, 2018]).
3. ^ Swing the Mood Jive Bunny. Simply Pop Music, accessed July 11, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Swing the Mood by Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers. Whosampled.com, accessed July 11, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers - Swing The Mood. Discogs , accessed July 11, 2018 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: Singles / Albums / UK / Billboard 200
7. ↑ US albums: Joel Whitburn : Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2006 . Billboard Books, New York 2006, ISBN 0-89820-172-1 .
8. ↑ Gold / platinum databases: UK