Surprisingly the album features a duet with Frank Sinatra who died in 1998, on the song ' It Was a Very Good Year', in which the instrumental backing track is sampled from the original Sinatra recording, the first two verses are sung by Williams, and, for the third and fourth verses, Sinatra's original vocal track is used. The album features duets with actors Rupert Everett, Nicole Kidman, Jon Lovitz and Jane Horrocks, as well as a special guest performance from Williams' friend and former flatmate Jonathan Wilkes. Born from his lifelong love for Frank Sinatra, combined with the success of the track ' Have You Met Miss Jones?' that he recorded for the film Bridget Jones's Diary in early 2001, the album was recorded at the Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, and was symbolically released under the Capitol label. Aside from the title, the album is not directly associated with Williams' previous album, Sing When You're Winning. Consisting mainly of swing covers common to the Great American Songbook, the album counts as Williams' fourth studio album. Inspired by this, he took two weeks off his tour to record what would be his fourth studio album, an album he described as the 'big band album he had always dreamed of making.' The album was released in November 2001. The song had been previously recorded by Frank Sinatra amongst others, and this era of music, singing standards with an orchestra, along with an old-fashioned, Rat Pack glamour, was a style that Williams was fond of. Williams had been asked to guest on a swing or traditional-style version of the standard, “That Old Black Magic” as a duet with Jane Horrocks the year before. Unlike Swing When You're Winning, however, the sequel is nearly evenly divided between covers and original songs penned by Williams and Guy Chambers.Īfter the success of his third studio album, Sing When You're Winning, Williams wanted to take another musical direction. In 2013, Williams returned to swing for his tenth studio album Swings Both Ways. The album's title is a play on Williams' previous album Sing When You're Winning.

It was released in the United Kingdom on 19 November 2001 and peaked at number one on the UK Albums Chart. Swing When You're Winning is a swing cover album by English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams, and his fourth studio album overall.

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