Remixes and In Popular Culture
The official remix has a new verse by Soulja Boy and features Lil' Wayne using the Auto-Tune effect. The song was leaked onto the internet and YouTube on February 12, 2009. This remix charted at #65 on the US Hot 100 Airplay Chart.
R. Kelly, Yung L.A., Jim Jones, Jadakiss, Rochelle Perts, Maino, Fabolous, Young Jeezy, Chingo Bling, Gucci Mane, Busta Rhymes, Keri Hilson, Teairra Mari, Tyga and Chamillionaire have made their own freestyles to the song. New R&B group Richgirl have made their own cover to the song. In December 2010 teen rapper Izzy Moss released a song onto the internet titled "Touchdown" in response to Soulja Boy's "Turn My Swag On", in which he mimick's the use of Soulja Boy's phrase "Turn my swag on" in the chorus of his song. Willow Smith also followed the trend and used the phrase "Turn my swag on" in her hit single "Whip My Hair" in mid-2010. Lil' Kim & Teyana Taylor added on to Keri Hilson's dime diva remix, eliminating Keri's verses and replacing them with a verse each of their own. Keri is kept on the chit.
Atlanta Hip-hop producer Greg Street created a remix of the song on 2009, combining Keri Hilson & Yung L.A.'s freestyles with the Soulja Boy original, which reached #17 on the UK Singles Chart in September 2010. It can be found on his 2009 mixtape album Sertified Worldwide. It received interest after the Keri Hilson version was covered by Cher Lloyd on the seventh series of The X Factor and the only version available to download with Keri Hilson was the Greg Street version.
In the late summer of 2010, released Austria rapper Money Boy a cover version titled "Dreh den Swag auf" with German lyrics. The music video of it has been watched 15 million times on YouTube and that created a big media hype for Money Boy.
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