"England Swings" is a 1965 country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 song written and performed by Roger Miller

Roger Miller

Roger Dean Miller was an American singer, songwriter, musician and actor, best known for his honky tonk-influenced novelty songs...

. The single was Miller's eleventh hit on the US country chart where it peaked at number three. On the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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, it peaked at number eight and was Miller's second number one on the Easy Listening chart. Petula Clark

Petula Clark

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 (from the Colour My World album) and Pat Boone

Pat Boone

Charles Eugene "Pat" Boone is an American singer, actor and writer who has been a successful pop singer in the United States during the 1950s and early 1960s. He covered black artists' songs and sold more copies than his black counterparts...

 both released cover version

Cover version

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s in 1967. The song is about Swinging London

Swinging London

Swinging London is a catch-all term applied to the fashion and cultural scene that flourished in London, in the 1960s.It was a youth-oriented phenomenon that emphasised the new and modern. It was a period of optimism and hedonism, and a cultural revolution. One catalyst was the recovery of the...

, a popular term for the fashion scene in London

London

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at the time.

Chart positions

Chart (1965-1966)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	8
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	1
UK Singles Chart	13