▁into ▁the ▁" d ance ▁mix " ▁single ▁" Sw ing ▁The ▁M ood ", ▁cred ited ▁to ▁J ive ▁Bun ny ▁and ▁the ▁Master mix ers , ▁but ▁legal ▁consider ations ▁forced ▁the ▁album ▁version ▁to ▁substitute ▁a ▁patch work ▁of ▁re - record ings ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁( in ▁H ale y ' s ▁case , ▁a ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁version ▁of ▁" R ock ▁Ar ound ▁the ▁C lock " ▁recorded ▁for ▁Son et ▁Records ). ▁Since ▁" Sw ing ▁the ▁M ood " ▁was ▁still ▁on ▁the ▁sales ▁charts ▁going ▁into ▁ 1 9 9 0 , ▁it ▁meant ▁that ▁H ale y ' s ▁" R ock ▁Ar ound ▁the ▁C lock ", ▁in ▁one ▁way ▁or ▁another , ▁appeared ▁on ▁UK ▁or ▁US ▁sales ▁charts ▁in ▁five ▁consecutive ▁dec ades . ▁ ▁" R ock ▁Ar ound ▁the ▁C lock " ▁is ▁often ▁c ited ▁as ▁the ▁biggest - s elling ▁vin yl ▁rock ▁and ▁roll ▁single ▁of ▁all ▁time . ▁The ▁exact ▁number ▁of ▁copies ▁sold ▁has ▁never ▁been ▁aud ited ; ▁however , ▁a ▁figure ▁of ▁at ▁least ▁ 2 5 ▁million ▁was ▁c ited ▁by ▁the ▁Gu in ness ▁Book ▁of ▁World ▁Records ▁in ▁its ▁category ▁" Ph on ograph ▁records : ▁Big gest ▁S ellers " ▁from ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁until ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁when ▁the ▁advent ▁of ▁compact