Songwriter: Duke Ellington Irving Mills
Producer: Bob Thiele
[Intro]
What good is melody?
What good is music?
If it ain't possessing something sweet
Now it ain't the melody
And it ain't the music
There's something else that makes this tune complete, yes
[Chorus]
It don't mean a thing
If it ain't got that swing
Well it don't mean a thing
All you got to do is sing
[Post-Chorus]
It makes no difference if its sweet or hot
Just give that rhythm everything you got, yes
[Chorus]
It don't mean a thing
If it ain't got that swing
It don't mean a thing, don't mean a thing
If it ain't got that swing, boy
[Scat]
I said don't mean a thing
And all you got to do is sing like
[Scat]
[Post-Chorus]
Now it makes no difference if its sweet or hot
Just give that rhythm everything you got, oh
[Chorus]
Don't mean a thing boy
If it ain't got a-that a-swing-a
[Scat]
[Instrumental]
What good is melody?
What good is music?
If it ain't possessing something sweet
Now it ain't the melody
And it ain't the music
There's something else that makes this tune complete, yes
[Chorus]
It don't mean a thing
If it ain't got that swing
Well it don't mean a thing
All you got to do is sing
[Post-Chorus]
It makes no difference if its sweet or hot
Just give that rhythm everything you got, yes
[Chorus]
It don't mean a thing
If it ain't got that swing
It don't mean a thing, don't mean a thing
If it ain't got that swing, boy
[Scat]
I said don't mean a thing
And all you got to do is sing like
[Scat]
[Post-Chorus]
Now it makes no difference if its sweet or hot
Just give that rhythm everything you got, oh
[Chorus]
Don't mean a thing boy
If it ain't got a-that a-swing-a
[Scat]
[Instrumental]
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