“I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)”

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“I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)” is a classic jazz standard composed by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Paul Francis Webster, widely recorded and performed since its 1941 debut.

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instanceOf song
alsoKnownAs "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" NERFINISHED
associatedWith Duke Ellington Orchestra NERFINISHED
composer Duke Ellington NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
era Swing Era NERFINISHED
firstReleaseDate 1941
genre jazz
hasMusicalForm ballad
hasNotableCover Billie Holiday version
Ella Fitzgerald version
Frank Sinatra version
Nina Simone version
Sarah Vaughan version
hasNotableInstrument piano
saxophone
trumpet
hasStyle big band
swing
hasTempo slow
hasTheme romantic longing
unrequited love
includedIn Duke Ellington songbook NERFINISHED
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book NERFINISHED
isFrequentlyPerformed true
isStandardIn jazz repertoire
vocal jazz repertoire
isWidelyRecorded true
language English
lyricist Paul Francis Webster NERFINISHED
originalPerformer Duke Ellington and His Orchestra NERFINISHED
originalVocalist Ivie Anderson NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1941
recordingArtist Billie Holiday NERFINISHED
Dinah Washington NERFINISHED
Duke Ellington NERFINISHED
Ella Fitzgerald NERFINISHED
Frank Sinatra NERFINISHED
Joe Williams NERFINISHED
Johnny Hodges NERFINISHED
Louis Armstrong NERFINISHED
Mel Tormé NERFINISHED
Nina Simone NERFINISHED
Peggy Lee NERFINISHED
Sarah Vaughan NERFINISHED
Tony Bennett NERFINISHED

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Johnny Hodges notableWork “I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)”
Sophisticated Ladies includesSong “I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)”
this entity surface form: I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)
Paul Francis Webster notableWork “I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)”
this entity surface form: I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)