 Commercially, the song reached three "Billboard" music charts, peaking at number seventeen on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, number twelve on the Alternative Songs chart, and number ninety-five on the Pop 100 chart.It was certified platinum in May 2012 by the Recording Industry Association of America, denoting shipments of 1,000,000 copies.In his review of "Punk Goes Acoustic", Aubin Paul of Punknews.org wrote that "Swing Life Away" has a "simple but amazingly catchy guitar line", and called it his favorite track from the album.