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词条 Swingfly
释义

  1. Early career

  2. Solo career

  3. Melodifestivalen 2011

  4. Melodifestivalen 2016

  5. In popular culture

  6. Discography

     Albums  Singles  As lead artist  As featured artist 

  7. References

  8. External links

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Swingfly
| background = solo_singer
| image = Swingfly3.JPG
| caption =
| years_active = 1991–present
| birth_place=New York City, New York, U.S.
| origin = Stockholm, Sweden
| occupation = {{Hlist|Rapper}}
| associated_acts = {{Hlist|Teddybears|Blacknuss|ADL|Dr Alban}}
| genre ={{Hlist|Hip hop|alternative rock|electronic music}}
| label = {{Hlist|EMI Sweden|Dolores Recordings}}
}}Ricardo DaSilva II better known by his stage name Swingfly is an American-born and Swedish naturalized rapper and singer. He is also known by other aliases like Swing-Fly, Richie Pasta and Swing. He started lending his vocal talents to other artists' records, but has also developed also a solo career. He also appeared in Melodifestivalen 2011 with "Me and My Drum" finishing fifth. It became his most successful single reaching the No.2 position on the Swedish Singles Chart.[1]

Early career

Ricardo DaSilva II was born in New York. He has also lived in Trinidad & Tobago and Panama before relocating to Stockholm, Sweden in 1991.[2] In Stockholm, he became involved in the emerging hip hop scene and joined the Timebomb collective, together with producer Christian Falk, rapper ADL, DJ Sleepy among others. Three singles were released and one of them was Swingfly's "Smoke 'em Swing", a jazzy number produced by Christian Falk.[3] A series of albums was planned but the record label bailed out.

Under the name Swing, he teamed up with Dr. Alban in 1995 and recorded Euro-disco hit "Sweet Dreams" featuring Dr. Alban (a cover of the classic Eurythmics' song) which peaked at No.12 in Sweden.[4] This took him into the pop charts in number of European countries including the Netherlands where the singles peaked at No.44.[4]

In 1996 Swingfly appeared on several tracks of ADL’s "Absent Minded" project. Due to a small hit via a Hugo Boss commercial, "Absent Minded" hit the road supporting Fugees European tour in 1996.[5] Swingfly was featured on several tracks on all three albums with soul-jazz collective

Blacknuss All-Stars (later known as Blacknuss), as well as being a frequent contributor to their live shows around Europe and the UK.[6]

He achieved his biggest success, through a collaboration with the electro/dub/punk trio Teddybears on their 2004 single "Hey Boy".[7] This song became one of the most played tracks on Swedish radio that summer. The song "Hey Boy" has been listed for 21 weeks on the Sweden Singles Top 60 and peaked at #13.[8] Swingfly has since then toured Sweden, Europe and the United States with Teddybears and their spin-off project Teddybears STHLM Soundsystem.[9]

Solo career

This led to him landing a record deal with the largely rock oriented label Dolores Recordings. The label had been responsible for launching several Swedish-based artists international career such as Caesars, The Soundtrack of Our Lives and I'm From Barcelona. Through Dolores, he released a few singles and an album was planned for 2006 but was stalled. The singles he released had relative success in the Scandinavian charts.[10] A reworked version of the album was planned to be released in 2008 featuring production from RamPac, Klas Åhlund of Teddybears fame, Kleerup, Rampac and Thomas Rusiak with a rock and punk flavour and electronica influences. But again it was shelved after his arrest on drug charges.[11] The album God bless the IRS finally came out on 29 April 2009.[12]

Melodifestivalen 2011

He participated in Melodifestivalen 2011 with the song "Me and My Drum". The song prominently featured the vocals of Christoffer Hiding but without crediting him specifically in the competition credits. Swingfly placed second in the first semi-final, and advanced to the Final and where he came fifth overall.[13]

Despite failing to win, the song gained great popularity and was released as a single reaching #2 on Sverigetopplistan, the official Swedish Singles Chart.[14]

Melodifestivalen 2016

He participated in Melodifestivalen 2016 with the song "You Carved Your name" featuring Helena Gutarra. The song written by Joakim Åhlund and Andreas Kleerup was performed on the third semi-final held on 20 February 2016 in Norrköping, but failed to qualify to the finals.

In popular culture

  • Swingfly has contributed rap vocals on many artists songs. A few of them are Dr. Alban, Taro, Blacknuss, Robyn, Freddie Cruger  ,[15] Absent Minded  , Looptroop, Ken, Lutricia McNeal, The Compilation album Sidewalk Headliners and Teddybears.
  • The track "Singing That Melody", came out in summer 2008. One year before its European release, Korean artist Tony An recorded a Korean language cover of the song. This has led to a confusion as to whose version is the original. "Singing That Melody" is written by Ramstrom/Magnusson/Swingfly/Beal
  • His songs has been featured in an episodes of Private Practice, One Tree Hill, broadcasts from NASCAR, Fox Sports, ESPN, NFL, and the video game FIFA Street 2[16]
  • His songs were also used in ads for T.G.I. Friday's, Captain Morgan and Cingular Wireless and also in Tic Tac’s East European commercials.[17][18]

Discography

Albums

YearAlbumPeak positionsAlbum
SWE
[19]
2009God Bless the IRS{{spaced ndash}}{{Track listing collapsed = yes title1 = Winner length1 = 3:28 title2 = Singing That Melody length2 = 3:03 title3 = Touch and Go length3 = 3:21 title4 = Hey Boy length4 = 3:43 title5 = Promise You length5 = 3:49 title6 = Let You Go length6 = 3:18 title7 = Time After Time length7 = 3:04 title8 = Ups and Downs length8 = 3:21 title9 = Save the Trees length9 = 3:01 title10 = Something's Got Me Started length10 = 2:37 title11 = Go to Hell length11 = 3:25 title12 = Mothers Day length12 = 2:47
}}
2011Awesomeness - An Introduction to Swingfly12{{Track listing collapsed = yes title1 = Me and My Drum length1 = 3:06 title2 = Rag to Riches length2 = 3:47 title3 = Singing That Melody length3 = 3:04 title4 = Touch and Go length4 = 3:21 title5 = Save the Trees length5 = 3:00 title6 = Little Did I Know length6 = 3:56 title7 = Promise You length7 = 3:51 title8 = Something's Got Me Started length8 = 2:38 title9 = Winner length9 = 3:29 title10 = Let You Go length10 = 3:20
}}

Singles

As lead artist

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
SWE
[19]		NLD
[20]
"Smoke 'em Swing"1991 — —Non-album singles}}
"Timebomb" — —
"Sweet Dreams"
(featuring Dr. Alban)		1995 12 44
"Street Life"
(featuring Lutricia McNeal)		1997 46 —
"S.W.I.N.G - Fly"2000 — —
"Come Get It"
(featuring 8-Off Agallah & AYO)		2002 — —
"It's Alright"
(featuring Dappa Don)		 — —
"Something's Got Me Started"2006 22 —God Bless the IRS
"Save the Trees" — —
"Singing That Melody"2008 12 —
"Winner" — —
"Touch and Go"2009 45 —
"Me and My Drum"
(featuring Christoffer Hiding)		2011 2 —
  • GLF: Platinum
Awesomeness - An Introduction to Swingfly
"Little Did I Know"
(featuring Pauline and Christoffer Hiding)		 — —
"God Damn Beautiful"2013 — —Non-album single}}
"You Carved Your Name"
(featuring Helena Gutarra)		2016 75 — {{TBA}}
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
SWE
[19]
"Hard Copy" / "Safe Sex"
(Twin Tower Records featuring Swingfly)		1991 —Non-album singles}}
"Hey Boy"
(Teddybears STHLM featuring Swingfly)		2004 13
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Swingfly&titel=Me+And+My+Drum&cat=s|title=Swingfly: Me and My Drum (Single)|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2011-03-28}}
2. ^Dolores Recordings: DaSilva biography
3. ^Majestic Flow: TIMEBOMB {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708052021/http://majesticflow.blogspot.com/2007/10/timebomb.html |date=2011-07-08 }}
4. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Swing+feat.+Dr.+Alban&titel=Sweet+Dreams&cat=s|title=Swing Feat. Dr. Alban (Single)|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2011-03-28}}
5. ^hd.se - Hajpad och hemlig veteran {{sv icon}}
6. ^«Planet Of Hits» // Artists // Blacknuss
7. ^Teddybears - Home
8. ^Teddybears Sthlm and Swing Fly - Hey Boy - Music Charts
9. ^Amplifier Magazine: TEDDYBEARS (LIVE)
10. ^aCharts.us: Swing Fly - Music Charts
11. ^Realtid: Fängelse för Sanna Bråding {{sv icon}}
12. ^Refrängstark elektrohiphop av Swingfly (in Swedish)
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=20423&_t=First+four+entries+for+Sweden+announced|title=First four entries for Sweden announced|last=Siim|first=Jarmo|date=2010-10-07|publisher=Eurovision.tv|accessdate=2010-10-07}}
14. ^[SwedishCharts.com Swingfly - "Me and My Drum" page]
15. ^inthemix | Features | Freddie Cruger: A better dancer than Fred Astaire?
16. ^HEXUS.gaming - Press Release :: Fifa Street 2's International soundtrack : Page - 1/1
17. ^Commercial Break / Listeria: Ten Commercials I’ll Be Glad Not to Have Rammed Down My Throat Anymore « Intensities in Ten Suburbs
18. ^SMFF | Swedish Music Publishers Association | December 2005
19. ^1 2 {{cite web | url=http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Swingfly | title=Swingfly discography | publisher=Hung Medien | work=swedishcharts.com |accessdate=6 December 2013}}
20. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Swing | title=Swing discography | publisher=Hung Medien | work=sutchcharts.nl |accessdate=6 December 2013}}

External links

  • Swingfly Myspace site
  • Swingfly on EMI site
  • Swingfly list of songs at Discogs.com
  • Swingfly on LastFM
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