Swan Lake (The Cats song)

Swan Lake is a song by The Cats. It is a cover of Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky^[4] and made #48 on the UK Singles Chart^[5] in early 1969,^[5] making them the first British reggae band to have a top fifty hit in the UK.^[6]

"Swan Lake"
Single by The Cats
A-side	"Swan Lake"
B-side	Swing Low[1]
Released	1968[2]
Genre	West Indian style ska[1]
Length	2:40[3]
Label	BAF Records[1]

In popular culture

• The British ska band Madness did a cover version of "Swan Lake" on their 1979 debut album One Step Beyond....^[4]
• In spite of a remark he made earlier on in his career saying "reggae is vile",^[7] the song appears on Morrissey's compilation album Under the Influence.^[8]