Ain't Got No, I Got Life
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"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 the said Groovefinder Remix 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.
's debut I Killed My Best Friend
, and on the 2010 extended edition of Jim Guthrie's Now, More Than Ever
.
Nina Simone
Eunice Kathleen Waymon , better known by her stage name Nina Simone , was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist widely associated with jazz music...
. The song also featured on Nuff Said (1968). It is a medley of two songs from the musical Hair
Hair (musical)
Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. A product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement...
, with lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni
Gerome Ragni
Gerome Bernard Ragni was an American actor, singer and songwriter, best known as the co-author of the groundbreaking 1960s Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical.-Early life:...
and music by Galt MacDermot
Galt MacDermot
Galt MacDermot is a Canadian composer, pianist and writer of musical theatre. He won a Grammy Award for the song African Waltz in 1960. His most successful musicals have been Hair and Two Gentlemen of Verona...
. 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 the said Groovefinder Remix 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)
Müller (company)
Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller is a multinational producer of dairy products, with a headquarters in Fischach in the German state of Bavaria. The group includes a number of companies operating under the Müller name, including the original Molkerei Alois Müller GmbH & Co. KG and Müller Dairy ...
yoghurt adverts.
Covers
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 CourbeLe Volume Courbe
Le Volume Courbe is a band by French-born, London-based singer/songwriter, Charlotte Marionneau. "Le Volume Courbe" was a name of a sculpture by a friend of Marionneau's....
's debut I Killed My Best Friend
I Killed My Best Friend
I Killed My Best Friend is the 2005 debut album from Le Volume Courbe. It was produced by Charlotte Marionneau and features contributions from Hope Sandoval, Kevin Shields, David Roback, and Colm Ó Cíosóig.-Track listing:#"Harmony"#"Papillon de Nuit"...
, and on the 2010 extended edition of Jim Guthrie's Now, More Than Ever
Now, More Than Ever
Now, More Than Ever is an album by Jim Guthrie. It was mastered by George Graves, sequenced by Kristian Galberg. The album's artwork was done by Stephen Evans....
.