It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

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jazz standard song

"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" is a landmark 1931 jazz standard by Duke Ellington that helped define the swing era and popularize the concept of swing in jazz music.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) canonical	3
"It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing"	1
It Don't Mean a Thing	1
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing!)	1
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)	1
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	jazz standard ⓘ song ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) ⓘ surface form: It Don't Mean a Thing It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) ⓘ surface form: It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing!)
associatedWith	Duke Ellington Orchestra ⓘ
composer	Duke Ellington ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalStatus	jazz classic ⓘ landmark swing composition ⓘ
famousLine	It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing
firstRecordingYear	1932 ⓘ
genre	jazz ⓘ swing ⓘ
hasBeenRecordedBy	Duke Ellington ⓘ Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ Duke Ellington ⓘ surface form: Lady Ella and Duke Ellington Lady Gaga ⓘ Louis Armstrong ⓘ Nina Simone ⓘ Sarah Vaughan ⓘ Thelonious Monk ⓘ Tony Bennett ⓘ
hasSubject	swing rhythm in jazz ⓘ
helpedDefine	swing era ⓘ
helpedPopularizeConcept	swing in jazz ⓘ
includedIn	Great American Songbook ⓘ surface form: The Great American Songbook
influenced	development of swing music ⓘ
isStandardIn	big band repertoire ⓘ jazz repertoire ⓘ
keyInManyPerformances	G minor ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricist	Irving Mills ⓘ
musicalForm	32-bar song form ⓘ
notableFeature	call-and-response between vocals and band ⓘ emphasis on rhythmic swing feel ⓘ use of scat singing in many versions ⓘ
originalArtist	Duke Ellington Orchestra ⓘ surface form: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
performanceContext	big band concerts ⓘ jazz club performances ⓘ vocal jazz recitals ⓘ
period	early swing era ⓘ
recordLabel	Brunswick Records ⓘ
section	chorus ⓘ verse ⓘ
theme	importance of swing feel over other musical elements ⓘ
typicalTempo	medium-fast ⓘ
vocalistOnEarlyRecording	Ivie Anderson ⓘ
yearComposed	1931 ⓘ
yearPublished	1931 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Duke Ellington → notableWork → It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) ⓘ

It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) → alsoKnownAs → It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) ⓘ

this entity surface form: It Don't Mean a Thing

It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) → alsoKnownAs → It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) ⓘ

this entity surface form: It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing!)

It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) → famousLine → It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing

Duke → notableWork → It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) ⓘ

subject surface form: Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington Orchestra → notableWork → It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) ⓘ

Sophisticated Ladies → includesSong → It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) ⓘ

this entity surface form: It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)

Teresa Brewer → notableAlbum → It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) ⓘ

this entity surface form: "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing"