This article is about the Phineas and Ferb song. For the Cory in the House episode, see I Ain't Got Rhythm.
"
Ain't Got Rhythm" is a song sung by
Phineas Flynn and
Sherman (aka "Swampy") from
Love Händel. The song describes Swampy's reasons for not wanting to be a part of a Love Händel reunion concert, with Phineas eventually winning him over. This song was sung in the Tri-State Area Public Library in "
Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together." The song is also on the
Phineas and Ferb soundtrack and is one of the creators' favorites. In "
Phineas and Ferb Musical Cliptastic Countdown",
Ain't Got Rhythm was the 8th favorite song chosen by
Phineas and Ferb fans. Ain't Got Rhythm is also one of the eight songs that were re-released in the Phineas and Ferb Karaoke Soundtrack.
Lyrics[]
- Phineas: So you're saying that you don't have rhythm
- But listen what you're doing right there!
- With that stamp and a book
- You've got a real nice hook
- Sounds to me like you've got rhythm to spare
- Sherman: I have no idea what you're talking about
- I've got as much rhythm as that chair
- What happened to me was a tragedy
- But I don't have to be a millionaire
- Look, I got a sweet deal going on here
- I got all the books that I can read
- All these sweet old ladies and this carpet from the 80's
- What more could a librarian need?
- Woman: Ssh!
- Sherman: Besides, I ain't got rhythm
- No, I ain't got rhythm
- Said I ain't got rhythm
- I ain't got rhythm!
- Phineas: You're kidding me right, y-you're kidding me
- Don't you see what you were doing right then?
- That's a wicked groove you were starting to move
- Mister, you got rhythm times ten
- Sherman: I think perhaps that you're not listening
- I find it tedious to repeat
- It's no big crime,
- I just can't keep time
- I'm telling you I lost the beat
- I don't need my face on T-shirts
- Or hit a power-chord guitar
- They were screaming my name
- I guess it's a shame
- But I don't need to be a rock star
- Besides, I ain't got rhythm
- No, I ain't got rhythm
- Said I ain't got rhythm
- I ain't got rhythm!
- I ain't got rhythm
- Phineas: Sounds like rhythm to me!
- Sherman: No, I ain't got rhythm
- Phineas: Seems like they all agree!
- Sherman: Said I ain't got rhythm
- Phineas: But you're laying down
- Sherman: (I ain't got rhythm!)
- Phineas: Some funky syncopation!
- Sherman: I ain't got rhythm
- Phineas: But you got that beat!
- Sherman: No, I ain't got rhythm
- Phineas: Look at them, they're stomping their feet!
- Sherman: Said I ain't got rhythm
- Phineas: It's time for you to rock
- Phineas and Sherman: A brand new generation
- Library patrons: Brand new generation
- Sherman: Gonna rock a
- Phineas and Sherman: Brand new generation
- Sherman: Because I ain't got rhythm!
- Woman: (sigh) Would you just go join the band?
- (Music style switches to a swing tune)
- Library patrons: Ain't got rhythm!
- Sherman: Hey, hey!
- Library patrons: Ain't got rhythm!
- Sherman: Hey, look at...!
- Library patrons: Ain't got rhythm!
- Sherman: Look at that trick!
- Library patrons: Ain't got rhythm!
- Sherman: Check it out! Look at me!
- (Drum solo)
- Sherman: Hey, I got rhythm!
- (On the soundtrack Phineas's first line "So you're saying that you don't have rhythm" changes to "You keep saying that you don't have rhythm". Also, it's a little slower.)
Trivia[]
- Goof: Near the end of the song, Swampy's earring switches ears for a second.
- Nominated for the 2008 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics. Interestingly, both the song's Emmy nomination and its official registration title with Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), a songwriters' union, give the title as "I Ain't Got No Rhythm". Although "ain't got no" is a common phrase, if taken literally, the legal title contains a double negative which would imply having rhythm rather than lacking it.
- While Phineas mentions that Swampy is "layin' down some funky syncopation", all of Swampy's notes fall on the beats, and he puts stress on downbeats.
- The first part of the song, before the start of the letter, is based on the first rhythmic cells (in order 1, 2 and 3) (which are used to teach music in primary school).
- The instrumental version is heard in the Disney Infinity games when the Danville Sky Power Disc is used.
- The song became an internet meme at one point during 2017, with many meme edits usually titled “Ain’t Got Rhythm but...” accompanied by various forms of video manipulation for comedic effect. Other songs from the series (S.I.M.P. (Squirrels In My Pants) and J-Pop (Welcome to Tokyo) being the most popular) have been given similar treatment.
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Season One: "Rollercoaster" • "Candace Loses Her Head" • "The Fast and the Phineas" • "Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror" • "The Magnificent Few" • "S'Winter" • "Are You My Mummy?" • "Flop Starz" • "Raging Bully" • "Lights, Candace, Action!" • "Get That Bigfoot Outta My Face!" • "Tree to Get Ready" • "It's About Time!" • "Jerk De Soleil" • "Toy to the World" • "One Good Scare Ought to Do It!" • "A Hard Day's Knight" • "I, Brobot" • "Mom's Birthday" • "Journey to the Center of Candace" • "Run Away Runway" • "I Scream, You Scream" • "It's a Mud, Mud, Mud, Mud World" • "The Ballad of Badbeard" • "Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together" • "Ready for the Bettys" • "The Flying Fishmonger" • "Phineas and Ferb Get Busted!" • "Greece Lightning" • "Leave the Busting to Us!" • "Crack That Whip" • "The Best Lazy Day Ever" • "Boyfriend From 27,000 B.C." • "Voyage to the Bottom of Buford" • "Put That Putter Away" • "Does This Duckbill Make Me Look Fat?" • "Traffic Cam Caper" • "Bowl-R-Ama Drama" • "The Monster of Phineas-n-Ferbenstein" • "Oil on Candace" • "Unfair Science Fair" • "Unfair Science Fair Redux (Another Story)" • "Out to Launch" • "Got Game?" • "Comet Kermillian" • "Out of Toon" • "Hail Doofania!"
Season Two: "The Lake Nose Monster" • "Interview With a Platypus" • "Tip of the Day" • "Attack of the 50 Foot Sister" • "Backyard Aquarium" • "Day of the Living Gelatin" • "Elementary My Dear Stacy" • "Don't Even Blink" • "Chez Platypus" • "Perry Lays an Egg" • "Gaming the System" • "The Chronicles of Meap" • "Thaddeus and Thor" • "De Plane! De Plane!" • "Let's Take a Quiz" • "At the Car Wash" • "Oh, There You Are, Perry" • "Swiss Family Phineas" • "Hide and Seek" • "That Sinking Feeling" • "The Baljeatles" • "Vanessassary Roughness" • "No More Bunny Business" • "Spa Day" • "Phineas and Ferb's Quantum Boogaloo" • "Phineas and Ferb Musical Cliptastic Countdown" • "Bubble Boys" • "Isabella and the Temple of Sap" • "Cheer Up Candace" • "Fireside Girl Jamboree" • "The Bully Code" • "Finding Mary McGuffin" • "Picture This" • "Nerdy Dancin'" • "What Do It Do?" • "Atlantis" • "Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation!" • "Just Passing Through" • "Candace's Big Day" • "I Was a Middle Aged Robot" • "Suddenly Suzy" • "Undercover Carl" • "Hip Hip Parade" • "Invasion of the Ferb Snatchers" • "Ain't No Kiddie Ride" • "Not Phineas and Ferb" • "Phineas and Ferb-Busters!" • "The Lizard Whisperer" • "Robot Rodeo" • "The Beak" • "She's the Mayor" • "The Lemonade Stand" • "Phineas and Ferb Hawaiian Vacation" • "Summer Belongs to You!" • "Nerds of a Feather" • "Wizard of Odd" • "We Call it Maze" • "Ladies and Gentlemen, Meet Max Modem!" • "The Secret of Success" • "The Doof Side of the Moon" • "Split Personality" • "Brain Drain" • "Rollercoaster: The Musical!" • "Make Play" • "Candace Gets Busted"
Season Three: "The Great Indoors" • "Canderemy" • "Run, Candace, Run" • "Last Train to Bustville" • "Phineas' Birthday Clip-O-Rama!" • "The Belly of the Beast" • "Moon Farm" • "Ask a Foolish Question" • "Misperceived Monotreme" • "Candace Disconnected" • "Magic Carpet Ride" • "Bad Hair Day" • "Meatloaf Surprise" • "Phineas and Ferb Interrupted" • "A Real Boy" • "Mommy Can You Hear Me?" • "Road Trip" • "Tour de Ferb" • "Skiddley Whiffers" • "My Fair Goalie" • "Bullseye!" • "That's the Spirit" • "The Curse of Candace" • "Escape from Phineas Tower" • "Lotsa Latkes" • "Ferb Latin" • "A Phineas and Ferb Family Christmas" • "Tri-Stone Area" • "Doof Dynasty" • "Excaliferb" • "Phineas and Ferb and the Temple of Juatchadoon" • "Monster from the Id" • "Gi-Ants" • "The Remains of the Platypus" • "Mom's in the House" • "Perry the Actorpus" • "Let's Bounce" • "Bully Bromance Break Up" • "Quietest Day Ever" • "Doonkleberry Imperative" • "Meapless in Seattle" • "Delivery of Destiny" • "Buford Confidential" • "The Mom Attractor" • "Cranius Maximus" • "Agent Doof" • "Minor Monogram" • "What a Croc!" • "Sleepwalk Surprise" • "Sci-Fi Pie Fly" • "Sipping with the Enemy" • "Tri-State Treasure: Boot of Secrets" • "Doofapus" • "Norm Unleashed" • "Where's Perry?" • "Ferb TV" • "When Worlds Collide" • "What'd I Miss?" • "Road to Danville" • "This is Your Backstory" • "Blackout!"
Season Four: "For Your Ice Only " • "Happy New Year!" • "Fly On the Wall" • "Bully Bust" • "My Sweet Ride" • "Der Kinderlumper" • "Sidetracked" • "Primal Perry" • "Mind Share" • "Backyard Hodge Podge" • "Bee Day" • "Bee Story" • "Great Balls of Water" • "Where's Pinky?" • "Phineas and Ferb Musical Cliptastic Countdown Hosted by Kelly Osbourne" • "Knot My Problem" • "Just Desserts" • "La Candace-Cabra" • "Happy Birthday, Isabella" • "Love at First Byte" • "One Good Turn" • "Mission Marvel" • "Thanks But No Thanks" • "Troy Story" • "Druselsteinoween" • "Terrifying Tri-State Trilogy of Terror" • "Face Your Fear" • "Cheers for Fears" • "Steampunx" • "Just Our Luck" • "Return Policy" • "Live and Let Drive" • "Phineas and Ferb Save Summer" • "Father's Day" • "Imperfect Storm" • "The Return of the Rogue Rabbit" • "It's No Picnic" • "The Klimpaloon Ultimatum" • "Operation Crumb Cake" • "Mandace" • "Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars" • "Lost in Danville" • "The Inator Method" • "Night of the Living Pharmacists" • "Tales from the Resistance: Back to the 2nd Dimension" • "Doof 101" • "Act Your Age" • "Last Day of Summer" • "O.W.C.A. Files"
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