Ain't Got No, I Got Life

Ain't Got No, I Got Life

Infobox Single
Name = Ain't Got No, I Got Life


Artist = Nina Simone
from Album = Nuff Said
A-side = Ain't Got No, I Got Life
B-side = Do What You Gotta Do
Released = 1968
Format =
Recorded = RCA studios, New york City
Genre = pop music
Label = RCA Records
Length = 2:17
Writer = James Rado, Gerome Ragni, Galt MacDermot
Producer =

"Ain't Got No/I Got Life" is a 2:17 single by the American songwriter Nina Simone. The song also featured on "Nuff Said" (1968). It is a medley of two songs from the musical "Hair", with lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. The song helped Simone gain pop-popularity under a new, younger audience, and became a standard in her repertoire. It has been suggested that the lyrics are in reference to the slavery and oppression of black people [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDFiCLNhM8k] . It is perhaps somewhat ironic then, that the tune has came to widespread prominence in the UK as the 'feel-good' musical backdrop to the Müller Corner adverts (albeit in remixed form) [http://www.beam.tv/beamreels/reel_player.php?reel=VtPvmbRgpD&reel_file=TVWTZdrQVg] . The said Groovefinder remix of the song charted at #30 in the UK and remained on the charts for 16 weeks. In Ireland the said Groovefinder Remix charted at #9 and remained on the charts for 15 weeks. The song was also recorded by a British band Red Box and released in 1986 on a b-side of the single "For America". This song is also covered on Le Volume Courbe's debut I Killed My Best Friend.


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