Swing Low Sweet Chariot
~ Recording by Eric Clapton
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 1.2 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:33 | Eric Clapton | There’s One in Every Crowd | Eric Clapton | Album |
| RSO | 2479 132 |
| 1.2 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:32 | Eric Clapton | There’s One in Every Crowd | Eric Clapton | Album |
| RSO | 2479 132 |
| 1.10 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:29 | Eric Clapton | Time Pieces: The Best of Eric Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 800 014-2 |
| 1.10 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:29 | Eric Clapton | Timepieces: The Best of Eric Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 800 014-2, 800 014-2 YH |
| 1.10 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:29 | Eric Clapton | Timepieces: The Best of Eric Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 800 014-2 |
| 1.10 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:29 | Eric Clapton | Timepieces: The Best of Eric Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| RSO | 2394 303 |
| 1.10 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:29 | Eric Clapton | Timepieces: The Best of Eric Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions) | 800 014-2, D-123385 |
| 1.10 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:29 | Eric Clapton | Timepieces: The Best of Eric Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| RSO | 2394 303 |
| 1.10 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:02 | Eric Clapton | Timepieces: The Best of Eric Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| RSO | RX-1-3099, RSO – 2394 303 |
| 1.4 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:30 | Eric Clapton | After Midnight | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| RSO | 815 994‐4 |
| 1.5 | Swing Low, Sweet Chariot | 3:35 | Eric Clapton | Backtrackin' | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 821 937-2 |
| 1.5 | Swing Low, Sweet Chariot | 3:35 | Eric Clapton | Backtrackin' | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Starblend Records, Ltd. | ERIC 1 |
| 1.5 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:35 | Eric Clapton | Backtrackin’ | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 821 937-2 |
| 1.5 | Swing Low, Sweet Chariot | 3:35 | Eric Clapton | Backtrackin’ | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| RSO | 821 937-2 |
| 1.5 | Swing Low, Sweet Chariot | 3:35 | Eric Clapton | Backtrackin’ | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Starblend Records, Ltd. | ERIC 1 |
| 1.2 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:33 | Eric Clapton | There’s One in Every Crowd | Eric Clapton | Album |
| RSO | P33W-25009 |
| 1.5 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:35 | Eric Clapton | Backtrackin’ | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| RSO | P58W-20005/6 |
| 1.1 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:34 | Eric Clapton | Baby Boomer Classics: Rollin' Seventies | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Trax Music | BBCD1007 |
| 1.10 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:29 | Eric Clapton | Time Pieces: The Best of Eric Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 800 014-2 |
| 1.10 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:29 | Eric Clapton | Time Pieces: The Best of Eric Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 800 014-2 |
| 1.10 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:29 | Eric Clapton | Timepieces: The Best of Eric Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | SPCD 4003 |
| 1.11 | Swing Low, Sweet Chariot | 3:28 | Eric Clapton | The Best of Eric Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 511072-2 |
| 1.10 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:29 | Eric Clapton | Time Pieces: The Best of Eric Clapton (CRC ARC, club edition) | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | P2-00014 |
| 1.10 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:29 | Eric Clapton | Time Pieces: The Best of Eric Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 800 014-2 |
| 1.12 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:28 | Eric Clapton | The Cream of Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 521 881-2 |
| 1.12 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:28 | Eric Clapton | The Cream of Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation), PolyTel | P2 21881 |
| 1.12 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:28 | Eric Clapton | The Cream of Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 521 881-2 |
| 1.12 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:28 | Eric Clapton | The Cream of Clapton (grey medium label) | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 521 881-2 |
| 1.12 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:28 | Eric Clapton | The Cream of Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation), PolyGram | 521 881-2, PY 920 |
| 1.12 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:28 | Eric Clapton | The Cream of Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation | Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 521 881-2 | |
| 1.2 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:33 | Eric Clapton | There’s One in Every Crowd (The Eric Clapton Remasters) | Eric Clapton | Album |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 531 822-2 |
| 1.12 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:29 | Eric Clapton | The Cream of Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Zounds Gold (24 carat gold CDs) | 27330020 D |
| 1.10 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:29 | Eric Clapton | Timepieces: The Best of Eric Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 800 014-2 |
| 1.12 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:29 | Eric Clapton | The Cream of Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 833 519-2 7H, CDG-0018 |
| 1.10 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:29 | Eric Clapton | Lo Mejor de Eric Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Venezuela | 800014-2 |
| 1.2 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:33 | Eric Clapton | There’s One in Every Crowd | Eric Clapton | Album |
| Polydor (Japanese domestic artists only, prior to 2023) | UICY-9159 |
| 1.10 | Swing Low, Sweet Chariot | 3:28 | Eric Clapton | Top 40 Hitdossier 1975-1976 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal TV (Netherlands & Belgium) | 520 809-2 |
| 1.10 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:29 | Eric Clapton | Time Pieces: The Best of Eric Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| RSO | UICY-9737 |
| 1.12 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:28 | Eric Clapton | The Cream of Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 0602498305720 |
| 2.2 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:32 | Eric Clapton | Chronicles: 3 Classic Albums | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | |
| 2.2 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:33 | Eric Clapton | Eric Clapton Chronicles: 3 Classic Albums | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Records (UMG subsidiary, “RECORDS” must be a part of the logo; read annotation) | B0004798-02 |
| 1.2 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:33 | Eric Clapton | There’s One in Every Crowd | Eric Clapton | Album |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | UICY-93632 |
| 1.10 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:28 | Eric Clapton | 2 for 1: Time Pieces, Volume 1: The Best of Eric Clapton / Timepieces, Volume 2: 'Live' In the Seventies | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Group International (manages UMG’s offices in most countries outside of North America) | 533 255-7 |
| 2.2 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:34 | Eric Clapton | Give Me Strength: The ’74/’75 Recordings (super deluxe) | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.2 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:34 | Eric Clapton | Give Me Strength: The ’74/’75 Recordings (remastered, expanded) | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 0602537545940 |
| 2.2 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:33 | Eric Clapton | Give Me Strength - The '74/'75 Sessions | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 0602537618583 |
| 2.2 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:30 | Eric Clapton | Give Me Strength: The ’74/’75 Recordings | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| UMC (branded originally by its full name “Universal Music Catalogue” between 2006–2016; rebranded as Universal Music Recordings in 2023) | |
| 2.10 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:32 | Eric Clapton | Timepieces: The Best of Eric Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Audio Fidelity | AFZ 190 |
| 1.10 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:32 | Eric Clapton | Timepieces: The Best of Eric Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Audio Fidelity | AFZ 190 |
| 1.2 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:32 | Eric Clapton | There’s One in Every Crowd (HDtracks 192kHz/24bit & 96kHz/24bit) | Eric Clapton | Album |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | |
| 1.5 | Swing Low, Sweet Chariot | 3:35 | Eric Clapton | Backtrackin’ (MQA x UHQCD) | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | UICY-40303/4 |
| 1.2 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:33 | Eric Clapton | There’s One in Every Crowd | Eric Clapton | Album |
| Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | UICY-80567 |
| 1.5 | Swing Low, Sweet Chariot | 3:35 | Eric Clapton | Backtrackin’ | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation), RSO | 821 937-2 |
| 1.8 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:31 | Eric Clapton | Mastermix Classic Cuts 35: Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service) | CC035 |
| 1.12 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:28 | Eric Clapton | The Cream of Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation | Polydor (British label, see annotation) | ||
| 1.2 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:32 | Eric Clapton | There’s One in Every Crowd (made in USA) | Eric Clapton | Album |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 829 649-2 |
| 1.2 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:32 | Eric Clapton | There’s One in Every Crowd | Eric Clapton | Album |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 829 649-2 |
| 1.2 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:32 | Eric Clapton | There’s One in Every Crowd (GEMA on CD) | Eric Clapton | Album |
| RSO | 829 649-2 |
| 1.2 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:33 | Eric Clapton | There’s One in Every Crowd (made in France) | Eric Clapton | Album |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 829 649-2 |
| 1.2 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:32 | Eric Clapton | There’s One in Every Crowd (no GEMA on CD) | Eric Clapton | Album | RSO | 829 649-2 | |
| 1.10 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:29 | Eric Clapton | Time Pieces: The Best of Eric Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation | RSO | 800 014-2 | |
| 1.10 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:29 | Eric Clapton | Time Pieces: The Best of Eric Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 800 014-2 YH |
| 1.10 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:29 | Eric Clapton | Time Pieces: The Best of Eric Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 800 014-2 |
| 1.10 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | ?:?? | Eric Clapton | Time Pieces: The Best of Eric Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | P2-00014 |
| 1.10 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:29 | Eric Clapton | Time Pieces: The Best of Eric Clapton | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 800 014-2 |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.4 | Swing Low Sweet Chariot | 3:32 | Eric Clapton | Favourite Rock Artist Series | Eric Clapton | Album + Compilation |
| Della (Japan) | PCD-710 |
Relationships
| additional engineer: | Don Gehman Steve Klein (Engineer) Carlton Lee Ronald Logan |
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| engineer: | Graeme Goodall Karl Richardson |
| producer: | Tom Dowd |
| bass: | Carl Radle |
| bass guitar: | Carl Radle (from 1974-08-29 until 1974-09-18) |
| drums (drum set): | Jamie Oldaker (from 1974-08-29 until 1974-09-18) |
| electronic organ: | Dick Sims (from 1974-08-29 until 1974-09-18) |
| guitar: | Eric Clapton (from 1974-08-29 until 1974-09-18) George Terry (guitar player with Clapton in 70's) (from 1974-08-29 until 1974-09-18) |
| organ: | Dick Sims |
| background vocals: | Yvonne Elliman (from 1974-08-29 until 1974-09-18) Marcy Levy (from 1974-08-29 until 1974-09-18) |
| lead vocals: | Eric Clapton (from 1974-08-29 until 1974-09-18) |
| vocals: | Eric Clapton |
| arranger: | Eric Clapton |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | RSO Records, Inc. (US company that owned the RSO label, not the label itself.) (in 1975) |
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| recorded at: | Dynamic Sounds in Kingston (Kingston Parish) (from 1974-08-29 until 1974-09-18) Criteria Studios in Miami, United States (in 1974-11) |
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| recording of: | Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (from 1974-08-29 until 1974-11: cover) |
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Related works
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
| lyricist and composer: | Wallace Willis (in 1862) |
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| publisher: | E.C. Music (UK work publisher for Eric Clapton) Throat Music Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) |
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| referred to in medleys: | Medley 1: Brazil / You Are Too Beautiful / Cecilia (Does Your Mother Know You're Out) / Love Walked In / You Made Me Love You / Nothing Could Be Finer / Please Be Kind / Dancing With Tears in My Eyes / Maria / Try Little Tenderness / Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / What Is This Thing Called Love / Did You Ever See a Deer Walking (order: 11) |
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| later parody versions: | Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac |
| later versions: | Swing Down Sweet Chariot |
| is the basis for: | Fantasy and Fugue on Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Sweet Chariot (march) Swing Low (Run With the Ball) Vieux chariot |
| arrangements: | Swing Low (Bobby McFerrin arrangement) Swing Low '03 (2003 version, arr. C. Skarbek / UB40) Swing Low ’99 (1999 Rugby World Cup version, arr. C. Skarbek / T.R. Evans) Swing Low Sweet Chariot (Jeff Lederer arr.) Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (arrangement from “The Spiritual Medley”) |
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