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Swan Lake (The Cats song)
Swan Lake
is a
song
by
The Cats
. It is a cover of
Swan
Lake
by
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
and made #48 on the
UK Singles Chart
in early 1969, making them the first
British reggae
band to have a top fifty hit in
the UK
.
In
popular culture
The British ska band
Madness
did a
cover version
of "Swan Lake" on their
1979
debut album
One Step
Beyond
...
.
In spite of a remark he made earlier on in his career saying "reggae is vile", the song appears on Morrissey's
compilation album
Under the Influence
.