"[2] Record World said that it is "as compelling a bit of melody as [Miller has] written.

[9] "Swingtown" is used in the 2000 episode entitled "D-Girl" from the second season of the HBO series, The Sopranos.

The Wisconsin Marching Band plays it and the students sing the "O-OOOOO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O" part of the song ending it with the word "sucks" to refer to section "O" of the student section, the "sucks" is chanted by other student sections especially section P, this is usually followed by a chant of "fuck you, eat shit" by student sections O and P.[10] Despite the song being popular among the students, several attempts to have the song banned by the UW staff and the Chancellor have been attempted due to the controversial "fuck you, eat shit" chant, but the banning of the song has so far proven to be unsuccessful.

Guitarist Greg Leon, who initially took Randy Rhoads' place in Quiet Riot, claims that the iconic verse riff to Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train" came about when he and Rhoads were messing around with "Swingtown".

We messed around, and the next thing I know he took it to a whole other level and end up writing the "Crazy Train" riff.”[12] This 1970s rock song–related article is a stub.