Ain't Got No, I Got Life

"Ain't Got No, I Got Life"
Single by Nina Simone
from the album 'Nuff Said
B-side"Do What You Gotta Do"
Released1968
RecordedRCA studios, New York City
GenrePop, soul
Length2:57
LabelRCA Records
Songwriter(s)James Rado, Gerome Ragni, Galt MacDermot

"Ain't Got No, I Got Life" is a 1968 single by American singer-songwriter Nina Simone, from her album 'Nuff Said. It is a medley of two songs, "Ain't Got No" and "I Got Life", from the musical Hair, with lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. The combination of the two songs was rewritten by Simone to suit her purpose.

The song peaked at number 2 in the UK and at number 1 in the Netherlands.[1] It also charted on the Billboard Hot 100, where it reached number 94.[2] The song helped Simone gain popularity under a new, younger audience, and became a standard in her repertoire.[3]

  1. ^ "Nina Simone - Ain't Got No-I Got Life". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  2. ^ "Nina Simone Chart History". Billboard.biz. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  3. ^ Dimery, Robert (2010). 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before you Die (1st ed.). New York, New York: Rizzoli. ISBN 9780789320896. Retrieved November 11, 2016.