Joe Jackson - It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Lyrics

Joe Jackson Lyrics

"It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"
(feat. Iggy Pop)
(originally by Duke Ellington)

Swing

What good is melody, what good is music
If it ain't possessin' something sweet
It ain't the melody, it ain't the music
It's something else that makes the tune complete

I'm gonna start this beat again
(Alright)
Ah, that's right - now all I have to add is this
We be jammin' (Yeah)
Like this
Ah, that's right

What good is melody, what good is music
If it ain't possessin' something sweet
It ain't the melody, it ain't the music
It's something else that makes the tune complete

It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing
(Doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah)
It don't mean a thing, all you got to do is sing
(Doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah)
It makes no difference if it's sweet or hot
You just got to give that rhythm all you got
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing
(Doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah)
Ow

Makes no difference if it's sweet or hot
You just got to give that rhythm all you got
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing
(Doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah)
It don't mean a thing, all you got to do is sing
(Doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah)
It must be what it is

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Writer(s): Irving Mills, Edward Kennedy Ellington

album: "The Duke" (2012)

I'm Beginning To See The Light / Take The 'A' Train / Cotton Tail

Mood Indigo

I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues / Do Nothin' 'Til You Hear From Me

I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)

It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

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