<P>' Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It) is a song written by jazz musicians Melvin "Sy" Oliver and James "Trummy" Young . It was first recorded in 1939 by Jimmie Lunceford, Harry James, and Ella Fitzgerald, and again the same year by Nat Gonella and His Georgians . The "shim sham" is often danced to the Lunceford recording of this song . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> "It Ain't What You Do ..." </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Single by Fun Boy Three with Bananarama </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> from the album Fun Boy Three </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> B - side </Th> <Td> "The Funrama Theme" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Released </Th> <Td> 29 January 1982 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Format </Th> <Td> 7" single, 12" single </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Recorded </Th> <Td> 1981 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Pop, ska, new wave </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Length </Th> <Td> 2: 48 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Label </Th> <Td> Chrysalis Records </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Sy Oliver Trummy Young </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Producer (s) </Th> <Td> Dave Jordan, Fun Boy Three </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Fun Boy Three singles chronology </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> "The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)" (1981) </Td> <Td> "It Ain't What You Do ..." (1982) </Td> <Td> "Really Saying Something" (1982) </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <P> </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> "The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)" (1981) </Td> <Td> "It Ain't What You Do ..." (1982) </Td> <Td> "Really Saying Something" (1982) </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Bananarama singles chronology </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> "Aie a Mwana" (1981) </Td> <Td> "It Ain't What You Do ..." (1982) </Td> <Td> "Really Saying Something" (1982) </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

Who sang it ain't what you do it's the way that you do it