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for Brutus Jeans. and subsequently in a

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. The popularity of the original commercial eventually led to the recording of "Jeans On" as a full-length song, with some lyrical changes. The single eventually became Dundas's biggest hit, peaking at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart and number 17 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It became a chart hit all over Western and Northern Europe, including a number 1 in

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. Dundas also recorded a

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version of the song, titled "Blue Jeans". The opening electric piano riff of the song was looped and sampled for British electronic musician

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's 1998 track "Sho Nuff"; as a result, Dundas is credited as a co-writer on the track. The song is covered by

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in the 2002 album '' Golden Road''.

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