(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet

{{Short description|1966 single by the Blues Magoos}}

{{Infobox song

| name = (We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet

| cover = File:We aint got nothin yet by blues magoos US single side-A.png

| alt = side-A label

| caption = One of the A-side labels of the US single

| type = single

| artist = Blues Magoos

| album = Psychedelic Lollipop

| B-side = Gotta Get Away

| released = {{Start date|1966|10}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = {{hlist|Garage rock{{cite web|url=https://oldies.about.com/od/60spop/tp/The-10-Biggest-Garage-Rock-Hits-Of-All-Time.htm|title=Garage Rock's 10 Biggest Hits of All Time|last=Fontenot|first=Robert|website=About.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414151927/http://oldies.about.com/od/60spop/tp/The-10-Biggest-Garage-Rock-Hits-Of-All-Time.htm|archive-date=April 14, 2016|access-date=February 26, 2017}}|proto-punk|psychedelic rock}}

| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=10}}

| label = Mercury

| writer = {{hlist|Ron Gilbert|Ralph Scala|{{nowrap|Mike Esposito}}}}

| producer = {{hlist|Bob Wyld|Art Polhemus}}

| prev_title = Tobacco Road

| prev_year = 1966

| next_title = Pipe Dream

| next_year = 1967

}}

"(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet" is a song by the American rock band Blues Magoos, released in October 1966.{{cite book|author=Stuart Rosenberg|title=Rock and Roll and the American Landscape: The Birth of an Industry and the Expansion of the Popular Culture, 1955-1969|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=736Mu91q_fcC&pg=PA112|date=September 28, 2009|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=9781440164583|page=112}} It was a chart hit in the United States in February 1967. It was written by Ron Gilbert, Ralph Scala and Mike Esposito. It reached number 5 on the Hot 100.{{cite book |title= Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2013 |publisher=Record Research |page=93}}

Background

The Vox Continental organ riff also appeared in the Liverpool Five's single "She's Mine" (released that same year).{{cite web | url=http://coolcatwild.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-history-of-famous-bass-riff-from.html | title=Cool Cat Wild!: The history of a famous bass riff - from "Summertime" to "Black Night" | date=2 December 2011 }}

Charts

class="wikitable"
Chart (1967)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100{{center|5}}
Canada RPM Top Singles{{center|4}}

The Spectres version

{{Infobox song

| name = (We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = the Spectres

| album =

| released = {{start date|1967|2|10|df=yes}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Rock

| length = 2:18

| label = Piccadilly

| writer = {{hlist|Gilbert|Scala|Esposito}}

| producer = John Schroeder

| prev_title = Hurdy Gurdy Man

| prev_year = 1966

| next_title = Almost but Not Quite There

| next_year = 1967

}}

The British rock band the Spectres (a predecessor of Status Quo) released a cover of the song in February 1967.{{cite web|url=http://www.statusquo.co.uk/records/singles1.htm |title=Status Quo discography |publisher=statusquo.co.uk |access-date=2010-01-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407020551/http://www.statusquo.co.uk/records/singles1.htm |archive-date=2010-04-07 }}

= Track listing =

  1. "(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet" (Gilbert/Scala/Esposito) – 2:18
  2. "I Want It" (Lynes/Coghlan/Rossi/Lancaster) – 3:01

See also

References

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