Ain't Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent

"Ain't Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent"
Single by Gwen Guthrie
from the album Good to Go Lover
Released 1986
Format 7", 12"
Recorded 1985
Genre R&B
Boogie
Garage house
Label Polydor
Writer(s) Gwen Guthrie
Producer Gwen Guthrie
Gwen Guthrie singles chronology
"Just for You"
(1985)
"Ain't Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent"
(1986)
"Seventh Heaven"
(1986)

"Ain't Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent" is a hit song recorded by R&B singer Gwen Guthrie. Released as a single in 1986 on Polydor Records, the song became the biggest hit of Guthrie's career, and the song's title became a semi-popular catchphrase among many women throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s.

The song was a major hit in the U.S., mostly in dance clubs and on the radio, charting moderately on the US pop chart (reaching #42 on the Billboard Hot 100), but faring better on the R&B chart where it spent one week at #1 and US dance charts, where it spent two weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in August 1986.[1] The song was also successful in parts of Europe, reaching #5 on the UK Singles Chart,[2] where it remains a '80s radio classic.

The line "Ain't nothing goin' on now, but the rent-uh" appears in the 1972 James Brown hit Get on the Good Foot, Pt. 1. Appropriately, the rent is taking place on his bad foot.

This song has been referenced numerous times in popular culture, including songs with similar messages, such as Destiny's Child's "Bills, Bills, Bills", and by Eddie Murphy in one of his stand-up comedy shows. Rapper Foxy Brown also released a cover version of the song, JOB feat. Mýa, on her 1999 album Chyna Doll.

Preceded by
"Love Zone" by Billy Ocean
Billboard's Hot Soul Singles number one single
September 6, 1986
Succeeded by
"(Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop) Goes My Mind" by LeVert
Preceded by
"Venus" by Bananarama
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
August 23, 1986 - August 30, 1986
Succeeded by
"Point of No Return" by Nu Shooz

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003, (Record Research Inc.)
  2. ^ UK Singles Chart info from chartstats.com

See also