Swaay

Swaay is the debut extended play (EP) and by American pop band DNCE, released on October 23, 2015 by Republic Records. The majority of the EP was co-produced and co-written by lead singer and frontman Joe Jonas. The EP debuted at number 39 on the US Billboard 200.

SWAAY
EP by DNCE
Released	October 23, 2015
Recorded	2015
Genre	Pop funk
Length	14:18
Label	Republic
Producer	Joe Jonas (exec.) Mattman & Robin Ilya Salmanzadeh
DNCE chronology
SWAAY (2015) DNCE (2016)
Singles from SWAAY
"Cake by the Ocean" Released: September 18, 2015 "Toothbrush" Released: May 17, 2016

Reception

Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly said of lead singer Joe Jonas on the record "It's still too early to tell whether or not Joe can join Nick in the upper echelon, but the debut EP by his new combo DNCE is a solid step in the right direction." He also said the group "have a spry, playful chemistry" on the EP and that "they've absolutely got the chops and the instincts to carve out a funky, buoyant place on pop radio".[1] Richard Baxter of Popology Now described lead single "Cake by the Ocean" as "one of the quirkiest pop songs of the year", but also stated that compared to the rest of the record it was "just a little appetizer for what the band has been working on". He concluded by saying that "All in all, 'Swaay' provides just enough to leave us wanting more".[2]

Singles

"Cake by the Ocean" was released as the EP's lead single on September 18, 2015. It reached a peak of number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States and charted moderately in Australia, Canada and New Zealand.[3][4][5]

"Toothbrush" was released as the EP's second single to contemporary hit radio on October 23, 2015.[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Cake by the Ocean"	Joseph Jonas Justin Tranter Mattias Larsson Robin Fredriksson	Mattman & Robin	3:38
2.	"Pay My Rent"	Jonas Ilya Salmanzadeh Rickard Göransson James Ghaleb	Ilya	3:13
3.	"Toothbrush"	Jonas Salmanzadeh Göransson Ghaleb	Ilya	3:51
4.	"Jinx"	Tranter Oscar Görres Oscar Holter	OzGo	3:36
Total length:				14:18

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2016) Peak position Canadian Albums (Billboard)[7] 18 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[8] 19 US Billboard 200[9] 39

Year-end charts Chart (2016) Position Canadian Albums (Billboard)[10] 46 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[11] 59 US Billboard 200[12] 83

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Worldwide	October 23, 2015	Digital download	Republic	[13]
	January 29, 2016	CD		[14]

References

1. "DNCE's 'Swaay' review: Joe Jonas' new project is brief but funky - EW.com". Entertainment Weekly's EW.com.
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6. "Top 40/M Future Releases". All Access Media Group. Archived from the original on May 17, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
7. "DNCE Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
8. "Danishcharts.dk – DNCE – Swaay". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
9. "DNCE Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
10. "Top Canadian Albums – Year-End 2016". Billboard. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
11. "Album Top-100 2016" (in Danish). Hitlisten.NU. Archived from the original on December 30, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
12. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2016". Billboard. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
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14. "DNCE - Swaay". United States: Amazon.com. January 29, 2016.