I Ain't Never
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| "I Ain't Never" | ||||
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| Single by Mel Tillis | ||||
| from the album I Ain't Never | ||||
| B-side | "Burden Of Love" | |||
| Released | July 1972 | |||
| Recorded | May 26, 1972 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:09 | |||
| Label | MGM 14418 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Mel Tillis, Webb Pierce | |||
| Producer(s) | Jim Vienneau | |||
| Mel Tillis singles chronology | ||||
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| Official audio | ||||
| "I Ain't Never" on YouTube | ||||
"I Ain't Never" is a song co-written by American country music artists Webb Pierce and Mel Tillis. Each co-writer recorded the song separately, with both Pierce's (1959), and years later Tillis's (1972, although Tillis had previously recorded the song in 1962), with both versions resulting in major hits.
According to Tillis, he wrote the song himself, and agreed to credit Pierce as a co-writer in exchange for a pair of boots Pierce was wearing when Tillis pitched him the song. In Tillis's words, "Them old boots cost me over eight hundred thousand dollars" in royalties.[1]
