'Ain't Nobody' is a song by American funk band Rufus and American singer Chaka Khan. It was released on November 4, 1983, as a bonus track for their live album Stompin' at the Savoy (1983). 'Ain't Nobody' quickly gathered popularity, and reached number one on the US BillboardR&B chart and number 22 on the US BillboardHot 100.[1] It has become one of Khan's signature songs.
Rufus keyboardist David 'Hawk' Wolinski wrote the song around a repeating synthesizer loop backed by a Linn LM-1 drum computer. However, drummer John J. R. Robinson played real drums for the recording session. The band did a democratic vote and they decided to include the song in their album repertoire. Once the song was recorded, Warner executives wanted to issue another song as the album's first single.[citation needed] Wolinski threatened to give the song to American singer Michael Jackson and American producer Quincy Jones for Jackson's album Thriller if the song was not the lead-off single. The label relented and 'Ain't Nobody' was issued and hit number one on the R&B chart for the week ending October 15, 1983.[2]
The song was also included on the soundtrack album to the 1984 film Breakin'.[3]
The song was adopted by fans of Nottingham Forest in 2018 in tribute to their star midfielder Joe Lolley, and has previously been utilised by supporters of Arsenal (Laurent Koscielny), Wales (Joe Ledley) and West Ham (Manuel Lanzini).
T'Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do Lyrics: There ain't nothing I can do, or nothing I can say / That folks don't criticize me / But I'm goin' to, do just as I want to anyway / And don't care if.
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The song is performed in the key of Eâ minor with a tempo of 104 beats per minute in common time. Khan's vocals span from Gâ3 to Eâ5 in the song.[4][5]
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Other versions[edit]Jaki Graham version[edit]
In 1994, singer Jaki Graham recorded the song and released it as a single. It reached number 44 in the UK, number 11 in Iceland,[10] 17 in Australia and number one on US Billboard Dance chart.[11]
Music video[edit]
The music video for 'Ain't Nobody' was directed by American film director and producer Antoine Fuqua.[12]
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Diana King version[edit]
Diana King recorded a cover single in 1995, reaching number 95 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 4 on Billboard's Dance chart and number 13 on the UK Singles Chart.
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LL Cool J version[edit]
The cover of 'Ain't Nobody' by rapper LL Cool J was commercially successful. He recorded an interpolation of the song for the soundtrack to the 1996 film Beavis and Butt-Head Do America.
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Released as the soundtrack's second single, the song peaked at No. 46 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 4 on the Hot Rap Singles Chart and No. 27 on the BillboardHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.Outside the United States, the song topped the charts in the United Kingdom,[32] where the song was also a hit for Gwen Dickey and KWS (reaching No. 21) and The Course (No. 8).[citation needed]
Richard X vs Liberty X version[edit]
In 2003, Liberty X released a version of the song titled 'Being Nobody', produced by Richard X. The song takes the lyrics of 'Ain't Nobody' and the music from The Human League's 'Being Boiled'.
Mary J. Blige version[edit]
American R&B singer Mary J. Blige covered the song for her 2011 studio album My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1).
Scooter version[edit]
'It's a Biz (Ain't Nobody)' is a single by Germanhard dance band Scooter. It was released on 23 March 2012 as the fifth single from their fifteenth studio album The Big Mash Up.[33]
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Felix Jaehn version[edit]
In 2015, German music producer and DJ Felix Jaehn released a remix titled 'Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better)' featuring vocals by British singer Jasmine Thompson.[38] It is the lead single for his eponymous 2016 debut EP Felix Jaehn. The remix was based on a solo release of the song by Thompson in 2013, when Thompson was 13, which had peaked at number 32 on the UK Singles Chart. However, the Felix Jaehn remix became a far bigger international chart success, peaking at number one or two in a number of European countries (including number two in the United Kingdom) as well as the top 10 in other European countries and Australia.[39]
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