Swaay

SWAAY
EP by DNCE
Released	October 23, 2015
Recorded	2015
Genre	Pop
Length	14:18
Label	Republic
Producer	Joe Jonas 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

SWAAY is the debut extended play (EP) by American pop rock band DNCE. The EP was released worldwide 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.

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 has reached to a peak of number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States and has 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 May 17, 2016.^[6]

Track listing

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

Charts

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

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Worldwide	October 23, 2015	Digital download CD	Republic	[10]

References

1. "DNCE's 'Swaay' review: Joe Jonas' new project is brief but funky - EW.com". Entertainment Weekly's EW.com.
2. "Album Review: DNCE – 'SWAAY EP'".
3. Pop, Crush. "PopCrush Review". PopCrush. PopCrush. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
4. Complex, Interview. "Complex Interview". Complex. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
5. celebmix. "celebmix". celebmix.com. unknown. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
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" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for DNCE. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
8. "Danishcharts.com – DNCE – Swaay". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
9. "DNCE – Chart history" Billboard 200 for DNCE. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
10. "SWAAY – EP by DNCE on iTunes". iTunes Store (US). Retrieved December 11, 2015.