| "Ain't Got No, I Got Life" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Nina Simone | |
| from the album Nuff Said | |
| A-side | Ain't Got No, I Got Life |
| B-side | Do What You Gotta Do |
| Released | 1968 |
| Recorded | RCA studios, New York City |
| Genre | pop music |
| Length | 2:17 |
| Label | RCA Records |
| Writer(s) | James Rado, Gerome Ragni, Galt MacDermot |
"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. The 2006 Groovefinder remix of the song charted at #30 in the UK and remained on the charts for 16 weeks. In Ireland, it charted at #9 and remained on the charts for 15 weeks.
In 2010, research conducted by PRS for Music revealed that song is the second most performed in UK Television advertising for its use on Müller (company) yoghurt adverts.[1]
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, and on the 2010 extended edition of Jim Guthrie's Now, More Than Ever.