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

This version of It Don’T Mean A Thing (If It Ain’T Got That Swing) was released by Nina Simone in 1962.

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Doo do do, do do do-oo do, do do
Doo do do, do do do
Doo do do, do do do-oo do, do do
Doo do do, do do do

It don’t mean a thing, if you can’t swing
Dooa doa doa – doa doa doaa
Well, it don’t mean a thing, all you gotta do is sing
Dooa doa doa – doa doa doaa

Makes no diff’rence if it’s sweet or hot
Give that rhythm ev’rything you’ve got

It don’t mean a thing, all you gotta do is swing
Dooa doa doa doaa

It don’t mean a thing, if you ain’t got that swing
Piano
It don’t mean a thing, all you gotta do is sing
Piano
Makes no diff’rence if it’s sweet or hot
Piano
It don’t mean a thing, no, it don’t mean a thing
Piano

It don’t mean a thing, if you ain’t got that swing
Yeah, doa, ooh, doa, ooh doa, oyeah
It don’t mean a thing, all you gotta do is swing
Well, doa, ooh doa, ooh doa (doa doa)

Makes no diff’rence if it’s sweet or hot
Give that rhythm ev’rything you’ve got

It don’t mean a thing, if you can’t swing
It don’t mean a thing, if you can’t sing

Sing your song, all day long
All the time, right on time
Ev’ry day, ev’ry way
Makes no diff’rence, sweet or hot
Give that song, all you got
Sing it, sing it,
Doa, doa, o yeah, doa, allright, o yeah,
Sing the song, all day long
Doaa, o yeah

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Nina Simone has released many songs over the years besides It Don’T Mean A Thing (If It Ain’T Got That Swing). Nina Simone released songs from 1958 to 1987 spanning across albums like Little Girl Blue, At Town Hall, The Amazing Nina Simone, At Newport, Forbidden Fruit, At The Village Gate, Nina Simone Sings Ellington, At Carnegie Hall, Broadway Blues Ballads, Folksy Nina, Nina Simone In Concert, Pastel Blues, I Put A Spell On You, Nina Simone With Strings, Wild Is The Wind, Let It All Out, Nina Simone Sings The Blues, High Priestess Of Soul, Silk And Soul, Nuff Said!, Nina Simone And Piano!, To Love Somebody, Black Gold, Here Comes The Sun, Emergency Ward, It Is Finished, Baltimore, Fodder On My Wings, Nina's Back, Let It Be Me, and Live At Ronnie Scott's. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Nina Simone.