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