Listen to Medley: It Don't Mean a Thing / Jumpin' At the Woodside by Casey MacGill, Jonathan Smith & The Gotham City Gates

Medley: It Don't Mean a Thing / Jumpin' At the Woodside

Casey MacGill, Jonathan Smith & The Gotham City Gates

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It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) / Jumpin' at the Woodside

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Casey MacGill

Vocals

The Gotham City Gates

The Gotham City Gates

Performer

Jonathan Smith

Conductor

Michael Gruber

Performer

Ann Hampton Callaway

Ann Hampton Callaway

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Count Basie

Composer

Duke Ellington

Composer

Irving Mills

Composer

Jonathan Smith

Arranger

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Steven Epstein

Producer

Lyrics

What good is melody?

What good is music?

If it ain't possessing something sweet

(Ba-doo, da-da, da-da, da-da)

It ain't the melody

It ain't the music

There's something else that makes the song complete

Ba-doo-loo-da-da, doo-loo-da-da, doo-loo-da-da, doo-loo-da-da

Doo-loo-da-da, doo-la-doo, da-da-la-ta-na-ta-dow

Dan-de-li-doo, da-na-ta-ya, da-na-tow

Ba-doo-loo-da-da, doo-loo-da-da, doo-loo-da-da, doo-loo-da-da

Doo-loo-da-da, doo-la-doo, da-da-la-ta-na-ta-da

Dan-de-li-doo, da-na-ta-ya, da-na-tow

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)

It don't mean a thing

All you got to do is swing

(Doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah)

Well, it makes no difference

If it's sweet or hot

(Ba-doo-loo, da-da, da-ta)

Just give that rhythm

Everything you've got

Pump, pump and go

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)

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 makes no difference if it's sweet or hot

Just give that rhythm

Everything you've got

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-)

Yeah, it don't mean a thing

All you've gotta do is sing

(Doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah)

Written by: Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills

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