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from the album Kickin' It Up
| "Beer and Bones" (1993) |
"I Swear" (1994) |
"Rope the Moon" (1994) |
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| Single by John Michael Montgomery from the album Kickin' It Up |
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| Released | 1993 | ||||
| Format | CD single, Cassette single, 7" vinyl | ||||
| Recorded | 1993 | ||||
| Genre | Country | ||||
| Label | Atlantic Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Gary Baker, Frank J. Myers | ||||
| Producer | Scott Hendricks | ||||
| John Michael Montgomery singles chronology | |||||
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"I Swear" is a ballad written by Gary Baker and Frank J. Myers that became a hit for two acts in 1994. Initially it was a number one song on the U.S. Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for John Michael Montgomery at the beginning of the year. His version crossed over to pop radio and climbed to #42 on the Billboard Hot 100. A few months later, All-4-One covered the song and achieved a great success in many countries, including Sweden where it was a number-one hit.
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| Chart (1994) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs | 1 |
| Preceded by "Live Until I Die" by Clay Walker |
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single February 5, 1994 - February 26, 1994 (4 weeks) |
Succeeded by "I Just Wanted You to Know" by Mark Chesnutt |
| Preceded by "Chattahoochee" by Alan Jackson |
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single of the year 1994 |
Succeeded by "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)" by John Michael Montgomery |
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| Single by All-4-One from the album All-4-One |
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| Released | 1994 | ||||
| Format | CD single, Cassette single, 7" vinyl | ||||
| Recorded | 1994 | ||||
| Genre | Pop/R&B | ||||
| Label | Blitzz/Atlantic Records | ||||
| Producer | David Foster | ||||
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Several months after John Michael Montgomery had released his original version, R&B vocal quartet All-4-One recorded their own version with producer David Foster. All-4-One's version hit number one on the Hot 100 and remained there for eleven consecutive weeks. It also peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart. The All-4-One version was slightly different, in that the line "And when there's silver in your hair" from the second verse was replaced by "And when just the two of us are there."[citation needed]
This version by All-4 One was #78 on Billboard's Greatest Songs of all time[1]
| Country | Certification | Date | Sales certified |
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| Austria[1] | Platinum | October 27, 1994 | 30,000 |
| Germany[2] | Platinum | 1994 | 300,000 |
| Netherlands[3] | Gold | 1994 | 40,000 |
| Sweden[4] | Gold | October 21, 1994 | 10,000 |
| UK[5] | Platinum | September 1, 1994 | 600,000 |
| U.S.[6] | Platinum | August 8, 1994 | 1,000,000 |
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In Swedish, two lyrics versions exist. One of them, "Jag svär" ("I Swear"), was written by Ingela "Pling" Forsman and recorded by Sten & Stanley on the 1995 album Musik, dans & party 10. The other, written by Anica Olsson, is called "I dag" ("Today") and was recorded in 1996 by Anders Engbergs as 2nd track on the single "Av hela mitt hjärta", and by Lotta Engberg and Jarl Carlsson i a duet on their 2005 album "Kvinna & man".