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

Album: Very Best of Joe Tex (1977)
Charted: 2 12
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  • Three nights ago, I was at a disco
    Man, I wanted to bump, I was rarin' to go
    And this big fat woman, bumped me on the floor
    She was rarin' to go, that chick was rarin' to go
    Man she did a dip, almost broke my hip
    She was gettin' down, that chick was gettin' down
    She wanted to bump some more, but I told her no
    You done knocked me down once
    You done knocked me down once
    Said if you wanna dance
    Find you a big fat man
    Ya'll both can get on down
    Ya'll both can get on down, huh

    I ain't gonna bump no more with no big fat woman
    I ain't gonna bump no more with no big fat woman
    I ain't gonna bump no more with no big fat woman
    I ain't gonna bump no more with no big fat woman
    Ain't gonna bump no more with no big fat woman
    I ain't gonna bump no more with no big fat woman
    Lord, I ain't gonna bump no more with no big fat woman
    I ain't gonna bump no more with no big fat woman

    Somebody take her
    She's too big for me
    She'll knock me down, oh well

    She came over to me, snatched me out of my seat
    She wanted to get on down, still wanna get on down
    I told her to go on and leave me alone
    I ain't gettin' down
    You done hurt my hip once

    I know what you'll do
    I ain't gonna bump with you
    I don't feel like gettin' down, don't feel like gettin' down
    She just shook her head at every word I said
    She wanted to get on down, that woman wanna to get on down
    She did that dip again and I hit the floor again
    She was gettin' down, Lord, that woman was gettin' down

    I ain't gonna bump no more with no big fat woman
    I ain't gonna bump no more with no big fat woman
    I ain't gonna bump no more with no big fat woman
    I ain't gonna bump no more with no big fat woman
    I ain't gonna bump no more with no big fat woman
    Ain't gonna bump no more with no big fat woman
    I ain't gonna bump no more with no big fat woman
    I ain't gonna bump no more with no big fat woman

    Somebody take her, I don't want her
    She done hurt my hip, she done knocked me down
    Done hurt my hip, she done knocked me down
    Somebody take her, I don't want her
    Say, Leroy, you can have this one, dude
    This big fat woman, dude, I don't want her Writer/s: Bennie McGinty, Buddy Killen
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Comments: 2

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1977 {May 22nd} "Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With A Big Fat Woman) by Joe Tex peaked at #2 {for 1 week} on the United Kingdom's Official Top 50 Singles* chart, the week it was at #2, the #1 record for that week was "I Don't Want To Talk About It"/"First Cut Is The Deepest" by Rod Stewart...
    Across the pond in the U.S.A., "Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With A Big Fat Woman)" peaked at #7 on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart...
    "Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With A Big Fat Woman)" was Joe Tex's only record to make the U.K. Singles chart...
    Sadly, Joe Tex, born Joseph Arrington Jr., passed away at the young age of 47 on August 13th, 1982 {heart attack}...
    May he R.I.P.
    * And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, the remainder of the U.K. Singles' Top 10 on May 22nd, 1977:
    At #3. "Star Is Born (Evergreen)" by Barbra Streisand
    #4. "Lucille" by Kenny Rogers
    #5. "Good Morning Judge" by 10CC
    #6. "The Shuffle" by Van McCoy
    #7. "Free" by Deniece Williams
    #8. "Mah-Na, Mah-Na" by Piero Umiliani
    #9. "Got To Give It Up" by Marvin Gaye
    #10. "Hotel California" by The Eagles
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn March 27th 1977, "Ain't Gonna Bump No more (With No Big Fat Woman)" by Joe Tex entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #80; ten weeks later on June 5th, 1977 it would peak at #12 {for 2 weeks} and spent 18 weeks on the Top 100...
    It reached #7 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart...
    Between 1964 and 1979 he had thirty-five hits on the R&B Singles chart; with eleven making the Top 10 and four reaching #1; "Hold What You've Got" {1964}, "I Want To (Do Everything For You)" {1965}, "A Sweet Woman Like You" {1966}, and "I Gotcha" {1972}...
    He just missed having a fifth #1 record on the R&B Singles chart when "Skinny Legs and All" peaked at #2 in 1967...
    R.I.P. Mr. Tex, born Joseph Arrington, Jr., {1933 - 1982}.
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