Excerpt of my largest playlist when sorted by song title:
Ain’t Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman) – Joe Tex
Ain’t It Funky Now – James Brown
Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City – Bobby Blue Bland
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Diana Ross
Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers
Ain’t Nobody’s Business – B.B. King
Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing -Â Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love – Van Halen
Ain’t That a Groove – James Brown
Ain’t That Lovin’ You – Bobby Blue Bland
Ain’t That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One) – David Porter and Isaac Hayes
Ain’t Too Proud to Beg – The Temptations
If you’re keeping count, that includes
- 13 song titles beginning with “Ain’t” (out of 1312 total, or 1%). For comparison, “You …” has 34 songs and “I …” has 66 songs.
- Two “Ain’t…” titles each by James Brown, Bobby Blue Bland, and Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell, or about half the “Ain’t…” songs (or 0.5% of total).
- Six titles, almost half, also include double negatives.