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It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Lyrics
Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing
(doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah)
It don't mean a thing all you got to do is sing
(doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah)
It makes no difference
If it's sweet or hot
Just give that rhythm
Everything you've got
It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing
(doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah)
It don't mean a thing all you got to do is sing
(doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah)
It makes no difference
If it's sweet or hot
Just give that rhythm
Everything you've got
It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing
(doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah)
It makes no difference
If it's sweet or hot
Just give that rhythm
Everything you've got
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing
It don't mean a thing all you got to do is sing
(doo-ah)
It makes no difference
If it's sweet or hot
Just give that rhythm
Everything you've got
Don't mean a thing all you've gotta do is swing
It don't mean a thing all you've gotta do is sing
It makes no difference
If it's sweet or hot
Give that rhythm
Everything you've got
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing
(doo-ah, dooooo-aaaaah)
Don't mean a thing
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Comments/Interpretations
my choir sing the original song and this song is not real
LIER
LIER
U GUYS SHOULD BE SUED 4 LIEN
we are doing an adaptation in our school choir along with stuff from the beatles, its so cool, we all love it!! Go Malvern St James!
xx
These aren't the right lyrics, I sang this in a jazz combo, and these aint right!
this is ella's version... there were a lot of different ones like duke ellington's and louis armstrong's. they all had there own.
my chorus sang a different arrangement too, but that doesnt mean that a singer can't adapt the song and make it his/her own. otherwise a hell of a lot of music would sound alike, right?
Ella's version is fine with me. That's the one I always remember.
The great lady.
I love this song we sing it in choir at school!
whats a song?
This song is awsome! I love jazz, and I'm glad they have the lyrics. I lost my old lyrics from school in my brothers room! :)
This ones good
this is NOT the real song. LIARS!!!!!!!
My choir sang this song to for the all county choir and these lyrics are not right at all!!
I love this song
what are the original lyrics? can i have a hyperlink plz?
whats up withall the haters these are ella's lyrics they are right and most of you probably sang louis armstrongs shortened version!!! DUH!!
You all need to get over it there are many version to this song.
I don't think it really matters if its different this is just the way Ella put her style on it.
If i was going to sing it,
i would sing it this way. :)
I LOVE ELLA!
wrong wrong wrong wrong
then again there are MANY versions to this song
All the verisons are good simple because it shows how different each singer was and still how good they truly are.
i love this song. it is just soo good
its all gay shes a faggit
i hear this to much i can sing it in my sleep
hey these arent event the real lyrics. i sang thing is my choir class and no it wasnt louis armstrongs shortened version so shut up.
every person on here callin them liers are dumb. every one has diffrent lyrics to the same song. duhh read a book y dnt u
guys just enjoy the great music that these talented people put together all those yrs.ago. I sing in a jazz band and we always do our own thing. How else can a musician demonstrate their talant and get their own identity.
Original Lyrics
What good is melody?
What good is music?
If it aint possessing something sweet
Now it aint the melody
And it aint the music
Theres something else that makes this tune complete, YES
It dont mean a thing if it aint got that swing
Well it dont mean a thing all you got to do is sing
It makes no difference if its sweet or hot
Just give that rhythm ev-ry-thing you got YES
It dont mean a thing if it aint got that swing
It dont mean a thing
It dont mean a thing if it aint got that swing boy
(Ba ba doo dah doo)
I said it dont mean a thing and all you got to do is sing
(La la la)
Now it makes no difference if its sweet or hot
Just give that rhythm ev-ry-thing you got OHH
It dont mean a thing boy, if it aint got-a-that-a-swinga
(Ba boo ba doo)
these aint the right lyrics!
your website is fraud i did this song in a chorus show and its different orig visersion
these arent right we sang this song a million times in music class and i KNOW this is wrong....and i needed these 4 music class:( guess i cant get em from here!
I'm guessing you know nothing about Jazz, if you did you would realise there is no such thing as a right or wrong version. Only your personal opinion on what you like. It's probably a good idea to research a genre of music before commenting on it?
This is sooo stupid to fight about and the people who are trying to say this is wrong are like 12 and probally don't know anything about Jazz and that when they do it for choir they change the song to adapt it for the choir so of course it is not original. It's only original if your singing it the way Duke Ellington and Mills wrote it. COME ON PEOPLE, lets not be stupid.
this is jazz and as maya said everyone puts their own feeling, thoughts, philosophy on it...you must have never seen a good jazz musician or vocalist...i have seen several multiple times and even the same artist will change it up a little for every show...get over your rigid rules of right and wrong and realize that music is art and art morphs all the time
This song is awesome!!! Last year i had this song in my play. It got a standing ovation!!! I absolutely LOVE this song!!! It's awesome. and yeah,it DOES have the right lyrics!!!
really. WRONG LYRICS. jeez.
not the real scat in the middle the rest is so totally right and it is a good song well the real version im scat singin it at school so tat real cool huhuhuhhu?
i like your sogs.
in 4th grade i cant believe i remember this but we sang this song and a bunch of other jazz songs. It was so awesome.
love it!
omg this song is awsome but its so much dirferent from chours the orginal is much harder
this song rocks
OMG is right.
This song is great.
hana Moses is a big baby. She should learn to deal with things and enjoy things.
wheres the, sing sing sing sing everybody start to sing, by singing lada la woah ho ho ho ho ho...etc.
it is ok but i like the other verison better
sorry
my commemt is thatella is a great scat singer and this is the best song yet
congrats
I like this song
I like this song
whats with all u dumb ass shitters....jazz standards are redone by many artists in their own style..n in there own lyrics...
i love this song
I am in a 5th grade choir and i have a solo, NOT RIGHT LYRICS!!!!
HATERS
I hate how theres no karaoke on youtube of ella only the puppinni sisters really there not the one who invented it!! :(
U all r wrong this is one part music. All u kids that say the site is lying. Is cause u are use to 3 part music :+]
There are different versions of this song guys, most of it is improv.
Hanna Moses should be "sued" for her piss poor spelling. Actually she should be drawn and quartered and then burned at the stake.
Cool!
the song ROCKS!!!!we're singing it at school,and it is sooooo catchie
Ya'll haters be hatin. I sing in my jazz band and he wanted me to search up these lyrics. There is no right or wrong way!!!! Music is music. You always have to make it your own. Im singing this song an octave higher because that's my style. So stop ya'll hatin on my girl ella and just accept that this is her way of singing it. Or i will find you
People have different styles of music so why do you say that there is wrong lyrics because there are so many different versions of this song. so why do you say Ellas wrong? I don`t understand. Ella might have different versions of the same song, it might of been a toataly different person.
There is no right or wrong LIRICS!!!
this song sucks
ya'll are dumb.. there are different adaptations of this song. if you listen to the 1954 recording of ELLA FITZGERALD she sings THESE LYRICS
no she dont
This is the cooles song if ever seen I sing it all the time at my choir I just love jazz music I love it.