It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)", Duke Ellington tarafından 1931'de bestelenen ve sözleri Irving Mills tarafından yazılan şarkı. Bir caz standardı kabul edilen şarkıyı caz tarihçisi Gunther Schuller, "artık efsanevi" ve "ileriyi gören bir parça ve başlık" şeklinde karakterize etti.

Şarkının Ellington tarafından 1932'de kaydedilen sürümü, 2008'de Grammy Hall of Fame'e girdi.

Cover sürümleri 
Matthew Morrison
Louis Armstrong
Washboard Rhythm Kings – Washboard Rhythm Kings Vol. 3 (1932)
Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra (1932) 
Boswell Sisters (1932)
Django Reinhardt ve Stéphane Grappelli – Swing from Paris (1935)
Stan Getz - Stan Getz at The Shrine (Norgran Records, 1955)
Thelonious Monk – Thelonious Monk Plays the Music of Duke Ellington (Riverside Records, 1955)
Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (Verve Records, 1957), Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur (Verve Records, 1967), Ella in London (Pablo Records, 1974)
Gigi Gryce – Gigi Gryce (MetroJazz, 1958)
Modern Jazz Quartet – Pyramid (Atlantic, 1960)
Nina Simone – Nina Simone Sings Ellington (1962)
June Christy – A Lovely Way to Spend An Evening (1986), Big Band Specials (1962)
Alvin and the Chipmunks – Alvin and the Chipmunks - "Match Play" bölümü (1984)
Carmen McRae, Betty Carter – The Carmen McRae – Betty Carter Duets (1987)
Chuck Brown - "It don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't got That Go-Go Swing)", Go Go Swing Live (1987) albümünden
Tony Bennett – MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett (1995), Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool (1999)
The SuperJazz Big Band - "UAB SuperJazz, Featuring Ellis Marsalis." (2001)
Gabin – Doo Uap, Doo Uap, Doo Uap (2002)
Eva Cassidy – American Tune (2003)
The Mills Brothers (1932) – Golden Greats (2002), Goodbye, Blues (2005)
Della Reese, Raven-Symoné, Anneliese van der Pol- That's So Raven (2006)
The Puppini Sisters – The Rise and Fall of Ruby Woo ("Puttin' on the Ritz",  "Over the Rainbow", "Mambo Italiano" ve "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" şarkılarından sözler ve müzikler içermektedir) (2008)
Joe Jackson - The Duke (2012)
Tony Bennett ve Lady Gaga - "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)", Cheek to Cheek (2014) albümünden
Cleo Laine - Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem ile The Muppet Showda (1977)

Kaynakça 

1931'de eserler
Lady Gaga şarkıları