Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)

"Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)"
Single by Joe Tex
from the album Bumps & Bruises
B-side	"I Mess Up Everything I Get My Hands On"
Released	December 1976
Recorded	1976
Studio	Sound Shop (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Funk disco R&B comedy
Length	3:30(single version) 6:34 (full version)
Label	Tree Productions, Epic
Songwriter(s)	Bennie Lee McGinty (Joe Tex), Buddy Killen
Producer(s)	Buddy Killen
Joe Tex singles chronology
"Have You Ever" (1976) "Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)" (1976) "Hungry for Your Love" (1977)

"Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)" is a song composed by Joe Tex and Buddy Killen, and released by Tex as a single in December 1976, bringing the musician back to the top 40 of the US pop and R&B charts simultaneously for the first time since 1972's "I Gotcha". Tex used his aunt Bennie Lee McGinty's name as composer for tax reasons.

Reception

Tex's previous hit, "Have You Ever", was a hit in New Zealand. In the US, "Ain't Gonna Bump No More" was received well upon its release, reaching number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 7 on the Billboard R&B chart. ^[1] Overseas, it was also a success in Europe, reaching number 2 on the UK Singles Chart ^[2] and number 3 in Ireland.

Tex was later nominated for a Grammy Award for the song and performed it at the ceremony in 1978. The song was later included on the album Bumps & Bruises , without the parenthetical part of the title of the single. It was Tex's final hit before his death in 1982. ^[3]

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1977) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report) [4] 2 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [5] 12 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [6] 29 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [7] 13 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [8] 6 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [9] 5 Ireland (IRMA) [10] 3 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [11] 18 UK Singles (OCC) [12] 2 US Billboard Hot 100 [13] 12 US Hot Soul Singles ( Billboard ) [14] 7 West Germany (GfK) [15] 25

Year-end charts Chart (1977) Position Australia (Kent Music Report) [16] 22 Belgium (Ultratop Flanders) [17] 98 Canada Top Singles (RPM) [18] 124 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [19] 48 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [20] 55 UK Single (OCC) [21] 32 US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual) [22] 97

Personnel

Credits taken from the liner notes of the LP Bumps & Bruises. ^[23]

• Joe Tex: singer, composer
• Buddy Killen: producer
• Ernie Winfrey: recording engineer
• Lea Jane Berinati, Janie Fricke, Yvonne Hodges, Ginger Holladay: background vocals

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 574.
2. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 554. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
3. "Bio - The World of Joe Tex" . Retrieved July 18, 2012.
4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 307. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
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13. "Joe Tex Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
14. "Joe Tex Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard . Retrieved January 24, 2022.
15. "Offiziellecharts.de – Joe Tex – Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
16. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 429. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
17. "Jaaroverzichten 1977". Ultratop. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
18. "Top 200 Singles of '77 – Volume 28, No. 11, December 31 1977". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
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21. Hunter, Nigel; Scaping, Peter, eds. (1978). "Top 100 Singles in 1977". BPI Year Book 1978 (3rd ed.). London, England: The British Phonographic Industry Ltd. pp. 216–17. ISBN   0-906154-01-4.
22. Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN   0-89820-142-X.
23. Joe Tex - Bumps and Bruises (LP liner notes). Epic Records. FZ 34666