I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)

{{Short description|1941 show tune by Duke Ellington}}

"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" is a pop and jazz standard with music by Duke Ellington and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster published in 1941. It was introduced in the musical revue Jump for Joy by Ivie Anderson,{{cite book |title=Notable Black American Women |last=Smith |first=Jessie Carney |year=1996 |publisher=VNR AG |isbn=0-8103-9177-5 |page=72 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ssMBzqrUpjwC&pg=PA72 |access-date=14 November 2011}} who also provided the vocals for Duke Ellington and His Orchestra on the single Victor 27531.{{cite book |title=Tin Pan Alley: an encyclopedia of the golden age of American song |last=Jasen |first=David A. |year=2003 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=0-415-93877-5 |page=123 |type=Google eBook |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=65zkcD3O6w8C&pg=PA123 |access-date=14 November 2011}} Recordings to reach the Billboard charts in 1941 and 1942 were by Duke Ellington (#13) and by Benny Goodman (vocal by Peggy Lee) (#25).{{cite book |last1=Whitburn |first1=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 |date=1986 |publisher=Record Research Inc. |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |isbn=0-89820-083-0 |page=515}}