Swingin' Down the Lane

{{Short description|1923 song by Isham Jones and Gus Kahn}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Swingin' Down the Lane

| cover = Swingin_Down_the_Lane.pdf

| alt =

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| type = single

| artist = Isham Jones' Orchestra

| album =

| B-side = Who's Sorry Now?

| written =

| published = {{Start date|1923|02|26}} Leo Feist, Inc.{{Cite web|title=Catalog of Copyrights183libr directory listing|url=https://archive.org/download/catalogofcopy183libr|access-date=2021-09-20|website=archive.org}}

| released = {{Start date|1923|07}}

| recorded = {{Start date|1923|05|04}}{{Cite web|title=Brunswick matrix 10564-10566. Swingin’ down the lane / Isham Jones Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings|url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000217554/10564-10566-Swingin_down_the_lane|access-date=2021-09-20|website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}

| studio = Brunswick Studios, 799 Seventh Avenue, New York City

| genre = American dance music, jazz

| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=59}}

| label = Brunswick 2438

| writer =

| composer = Isham Jones

| lyricist = Gus Kahn

| producer =

| prev_title = Broken Hearted Melody

| prev_year = 1923

| next_title = When You Walked Out, Someone Else Walked Right In

| next_year = 1923

| misc = {{Audio sample

|header= Audio

| type = single

| file = Swingin' Down The Lane - Isham Jones Orchestra.flac

| description =Recording of Swingin' Down the Lane, performed by the Isham Jones' Orchestra (1923)

}}

}}

"Swingin' Down the Lane" is a 1923 song composed by Isham Jones with lyrics by Gus Kahn.{{cite web

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| first =

| author-link =

| title = Swingin' Down the Lane. An Old-Fashioned Song With a Fox Trot Swing.

| publisher = Johns Hopkins University, Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music

| date =

| url = http://jhir.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/7760

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| doi =

| accessdate = 2012-11-06}} Jones' instrumental version was second to "March of the Wooden Soldiers" in the list of top songs for 1923. Other popular versions in 1923 were by Ben Bernie, and The Columbians.{{cite book|last1=Whitburn|first1=Joel|title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954|date=1986|publisher=Record Research Inc|location=Wisconsin, USA|isbn=0-89820-083-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/588 588]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/588}}

The 1923 sound recordings of the song entered the public domain in the United States in 2024.{{Cite web|url=https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2024/|title=Public Domain Day 2024 | Duke University School of Law|website=web.law.duke.edu}}