Swingfly

Ricardo DaSilva II, better known by his stage name Swingfly, is an American–Swedish naturalised rapper and singer. He is also known by other aliases like Swing-Fly, Richie Pasta and Swing. He started lending his vocal talents to other artists' records, but has also developed also a solo career. He also appeared in Melodifestivalen 2011 with "Me and My Drum", finishing fifth. It became his most successful single, reaching the No. 2 position on the Swedish Singles Chart.

Ricardo DaSilva II, better known by his stage name Swingfly, is an American–Swedish naturalised rapper and singer. He is also known by other aliases like Swing-Fly, Richie Pasta and Swing. He started lending his vocal talents to other artists' records, but has also developed also a solo career. He also appeared in Melodifestivalen 2011 with "Me and My Drum", finishing fifth. It became his most successful single, reaching the No. 2 position on the Swedish Singles Chart. ==Solo career== Swingfly landed a record deal with the largely rock oriented label Dolores Recordings. The label had been responsible for launching the international careers of several Swedish-based artists, such as Caesars, The Soundtrack of Our Lives and I'm From Barcelona. Through Dolores, he released a few singles, and an album was planned for 2006¹ but was stalled. The singles he released had relative success in the Scandinavian charts. A reworked version of the album was planned to be released in 2008¹ featuring production from RamPac, Klas Åhlund of Teddybears fame, Kleerup, Rampac and Thomas Rusiak with a rock and punk flavour and electronica influences. This was shelved after his arrest on drug charges. The album God bless the IRS finally came out on 29 April 2009. ==Melodifestivalen 2011== He participated in Melodifestivalen 2011 with the song "Me and My Drum". The song prominently featured the vocals of Christoffer Hiding but without crediting him specifically in the competition credits. Swingfly placed second in the first semi-final, and advanced to the final, where he placed fifth overall. Despite failing to win, the song gained great popularity and was released as a single reaching #2 on Sverigetopplistan, the official Swedish Singles Chart. ==Melodifestivalen 2016== Swingfly participated in Melodifestivalen 2016 with the song "You Carved Your Name" featuring Helena Gutarra. The song written by Joakim Åhlund and Andreas Kleerup was performed on the third semi-final held on 20 February 2016 in Norrköping, but failed to qualify to the finals. ==In popular culture== Swingfly has contributed rap vocals on many artists' songs, including Dr. Alban, Taro, Blacknuss, Robyn, Freddie Cruger, Absent Minded, Looptroop, Ken, Lutricia McNeal and Teddybears. The track "Singing That Melody" came out in the summer of 2008. One year before its European release, Korean artist Tony An recorded a Korean language cover of the song. This has led to a confusion as to whose version is the original. "Singing That Melody" was written by Ramstrom/Magnusson/Swingfly/Beal. His songs have been featured in episodes of Private Practice and One Tree Hill; telecasts from NASCAR, Fox Sports, ESPN, and NFL; and the video game FIFA Street 2. His songs have been used in ads for T.G.I. Friday's, Captain Morgan and Cingular Wireless, and in Tic Tac’s East European commercials. Swingfly was referenced in the lyrics for the song Robert Johnsson by Swedish indie duo Junior Brielle in the spring of 2023. The groups singer accused the rapper of having borrowed one thousand Swedish Kronor from him in 2015 in exchange for playing the then unsigned duos demos for famous record producers. According to the Junior Brielle song the rapper have not returned calls or the one thousand kronor to this day. As the song was a minor hit on Swedish radio the songs lyrics sparked a bit of debate in Swedish media, mostly propelled by the music journalist Fredrik Strage. ==Discography== ===Albums=== ===Singles=== ====As lead artist==== ====As featured artist==== ==External links== Swingfly Myspace site Swingfly on EMI site Swingfly list of songs at Discogs.com Swingfly on LastFM

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