"Swim Good" is a song by American

United States

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 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 Frank Ocean

Frank Ocean

Christopher Francis Ocean , better known by his stage name Frank Ocean, is an American singer-songwriter and rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana. He is a member of OFWGKTA.-2005-2010: Career beginnings:...

, produced by Midi Mafia

Midi Mafia

Midi Mafia is a hip hop/R&B production duo consisting of American Bruce Waynne from Brooklyn, New York and Canadian Dirty Swift from Ottawa, Ontario...

. Originally released on his highly acclaimed mixtape

Mixtape

A Mix Tape or Mixed Tape is a compilation of songs recorded in a specific order, traditionally onto an audio Compact Cassette.A Mix Tape, which usually reflects the musical tastes of its compiler, can range from a casually selected list of favorite songs, to a conceptual mix of songs linked by a...

 Nostalgia, Ultra it serves as the second single off his debut EP

Extended play

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 Nostalgia, Lite. The song became available on iTunes

ITunes

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 on October 18, 2011.

Music video

Ocean released a behind-the-scenes

Making-of

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 video filmed by his cousin, via Ocean's tumblr

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 on August 11, 2011. The video, directed by Nabil Elderkin

Nabil Elderkin

Nabil Elderkin is an Australian professional photographer and music video and film director of mixed American and Iranian origin. Born in Chicago and raised in Australia, he is now based in Los Angeles, California.-Beginnings:...

, was officially released on September 16, 2011. The video was released on Frank Ocean's Vevo

Vevo

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 on September 23rd, 2011 and was available for purchase on iTunes

ITunes

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 September 24th, 2011.

Chart performance

On the week of September 10, 2011 the song debuted at number eighty-one on Billboard's

Billboard charts

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 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...

. The next week the song reached number seventy-eight. It has since peaked at number seventy.

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	70