It Don't Mean A Thing
What good is music?
If it ain't possessing something sweet
It ain't the melody
It ain't the music
There's something else
That makes this song complete
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing
(Doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah)
Well it don't mean a thing, all you got to do is sing
(Doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah)
It makes no difference if it's sweet or hot
Just take that rhythm, give it everything you got
It don't mean a thing, all you got to do is sing
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing
(Doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah)
Well it don't mean a thing all you got to do is sing
(Doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah)
It makes no difference if it's sweet or hot
Just take that rhythm, give it everything you got
It don't mean a thing, all you got to do is sing
(Doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah...)
Writer/s: Duke Ellington / Irving Mills