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"Swings & Waterslides"
Single by Viola Beach
from the album Viola Beach
Released27 August 2015
Recorded2014–15
Genre
Length3:36
LabelFuller Beans
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Sugar House
Viola Beach singles chronology
"Swings & Waterslides"
(2015)
"Boys That Sing"
(2016)

"Swings & Waterslides" is a song performed by English indie rock group Viola Beach. The song was released as a digital download on 27 August 2015 through Fuller Beans Records. The song peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart after the four band members and their manager Craig Tarry were killed in an incident on the E4 motorway bridge at Södertälje, southwest of Stockholm, Sweden on 13 February 2016. The song is included on their posthumous debut studio album, Viola Beach. The song was written by Viola Beach and produced by Sugar House.

Track listing

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Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Swings & Waterslides"3:36

Charts

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Chart (2016) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[1] 11
UK Indie (OCC)[2] 1

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[3] Silver 200,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom 27 August 2015 Digital download Fuller Beans

References

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  1. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  2. ^ "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company.
  3. ^ "British single certifications – Viola Beach – Swings & Waterslides". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 8 April 2022.