Ai n't Nobody here but us chickens - Wikipedia Ai n't Nobody here but us chickens This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( July 2017 ) `` Ai n't Nobody Here but Us Chickens '' Single by Louis Jordan B - side `` Let the Good Times Roll '' Released 1946 ( 1946 ) Genre Jump blues Length 3 : 02 Label Decca Songwriter ( s ) Joan Whitney Kramer, Alex Kramer `` Ai n't Nobody Here but Us Chickens '' is a 1946 song, with music and lyrics by Alex Kramer and Joan Whitney. It was recorded by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five. The single hit number one on the US Billboard Rhythm and blues Juke Box chart for seventeen weeks and number six on the pop chart. The B - side, `` Let the Good Times Roll, '' peaked at number two on the R&B Juke Box chart. The song was featured on the soundtrack for L.A. Noire and was then included on a remixed version of the soundtrack with production by DJ Premier. Gonzo the Great and various Muppet characters performed the song on an episode of The Muppet Show. The British sitcom Chickens featured the song in each episode 's opening and closing credits. Origin of the phrase The song is sometimes cited as the origin of the phrase, but the phrase is older. Its first known appearance was a joke published as a reader - submitted anecdote in Everybody 's Magazine in 1908 regarding a chicken thief, formulated as, `` ' Deed, sah, dey ai n't nobody hyah ' ceptin ' us chickens. '' This background is retained in the 1931 Our Gang episode `` Little Daddy '', in which Farina and Stymie crawl inside an empty chicken coop to hide from a social worker who has come to take Stymie to the orphanage. Farina makes rooster noises to fool the social worker, although when the man asks, `` Who 's in there ? '' Stymie replies, `` Just us chickens ! '' By 1939 the phrase had evolved to more closely resemble the one crystallized in the Kramer / Jordan song of 1946 and appeared in the cartoon feature Gulliver 's Travels as, `` Nobody here but just us... chickens ! '' In the original 1966 Star Trek series episode, `` Where No Man Has Gone Before '', Dr Elizabeth Dehner asks Captain Kirk whether the members of the landing party are the only people on the planet ; he replies, `` Nobody but us chickens, Doctor ''. In a 1984 Garfield comic strip dated 6th September, the phrase also appears. When Jon tries to talk to his sleeping cat, Garfield replies `` There ai n't nobody here but us chickens, '' and presents his rubber chicken, `` Stretch ''. In a 1999 episode of Star Trek : Voyager `` 11 : 59 '', Kate Mulgrew, acting as one of Captain Janeway 's ancestors, Shannon O'Donnell, alters the phrase several times to `` Nobody here but us galliformes. '' In episode 6 of HBO 's The Night Of, John Stone, when asked to speak off the record, replies `` Just us chickens. '' The man being interviewed remarks, `` I 've never understood that phrase '', to which Stone responds, `` Me neither. '' References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 265. ^ Jump up to : Quinion, Michael ( 15 March 2014 ). `` Wordface ''. WORLD WIDE WORDS NEWSLETTER. World Wide Words. Retrieved 15 March 2014. Jump up ^ `` Chickens, Trivia ''. IMDb.com. Retrieved 2017 - 04 - 26. Jump up ^ `` Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree ''. Everybody 's Magazine. Vol. 19. July 1908. p. 717. Jump up ^ `` Garfield Comic Strip '' ( September 6th 1984 ) Preceded by `` Choo Choo Ch'Boogie '' by Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five Billboard Most - Played Juke Box Race Records number - one single January 4, 1947 May 10, 1947 Succeeded by `` Choo Choo Ch'Boogie '' by Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five `` I Want to Be Loved ( But Only by You ) '' by Savannah Churchill and The Sentimentals Louis Jordan Singles `` Barnacle Bill the Sailor '' `` Keep a-Knockin ' '' `` Honeysuckle Rose '' `` I 'm Alabama Bound '' `` Is You Is or Is You Ai n't My Baby '' `` Caldonia '' `` Stone Cold Dead in the Market ( He Had It Coming ) '' `` Choo Choo Ch'Boogie '' `` Ai n't That Just Like a Woman ( They 'll Do It Every Time ) '' `` Ai n't Nobody Here but Us Chickens '' `` Let the Good Times Roll `` Open the Door, Richard '' `` Early in the Mornin ' '' `` Beans and Corn Bread '' `` Saturday Night Fish Fry '' `` School Days '' `` Ai n't Nobody 's Business but My Own '' `` Tear Drops from My Eyes '' `` I Ca n't Give You Anything but Love, Baby '' `` How Blue Can You Get ? '' `` Junco Partner '' `` Nobody Knows You When You 're Down and Out '' `` Perdido `` Whatever Lola Wants ( Lola Gets ) '' Related Discography Tympany Five Jump blues Rhythm and blues Origins of Rock and Roll Five Guys Named Moe Let the Good Times Roll This R&B / soul music song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This blues song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ain%27t_Nobody_Here_but_Us_Chickens&oldid=793725629 '' Categories : R&B song stubs Blues song stubs 1946 songs Decca Records singles Louis Jordan songs James Brown songs Billboard Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs number - one singles Songs written by Alex Kramer Songs written by Joan Whitney ( songwriter ) Music published by Bourne Co. 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Question: who sang there ain't nobody here but us chickens
Answer: Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five