Swing Da Cor was released by Daniela Mercury in 1991 on her album Sol da Liberdade and became one of the defining hits of axé music from Bahia. The song helped bring Afro-Brazilian Carnival rhythms to a national audience in Brazil and remains closely associated with Mercury's early career. Short vocal excerpts from well known choruses like this one later circulated online as reaction sounds, where a single sung word can be reused out of context for humour, emphasis and quick edits in social videos.