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Domino's recording of the song, originally stated as "Ain't It a Shame", released by Imperial Records in 1955, [1] [2] was a hit, eventually selling a million copies. It reached number 1 on the Billboard R&B chart and number 10 on the pop chart. [3] The song is ranked number 438 [4] on Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list.
John Lennon covered Domino's composition "Ain't That a Shame" on his 1975 album Rock 'n' Roll, his tribute to the musicians who had influenced him. American band Cheap Trick recorded "Ain't That a Shame" on their 1978 live album Cheap Trick at Budokan and released it as the second single from the album. It reached 35 of the Billboard Hot 100.
[2] [5] It has also become a British rugby song. [1] A wealthy older man seduces a young and pretty country girl. Out of shame, she flees to London, becomes a prostitute, and eventually drowns herself in the river; whereas he remains an accepted member of high society. The details vary, and the words have varying degrees of bawdiness.
Fats Domino's "Ain't That a Shame": On the original vinyl release of the soundtrack, an alternate version including an overdubbed female chorus (created for Domino's 1963 LP Let's Dance with Domino) is used. The CD issue uses the original hit single recording.
Because Cheap Trick was immensely popular in Japan, the band's Japanese label demanded that At Budokan include three new songs. [1] The three songs were "Ain't That a Shame", "Goodnight Now" and "Need Your Love." The song uses a traditional hard rock formula and does not use synthesized strings as were used on other songs on Dream Police. [2]
With a tracklist of 14 songs the album was released internationally on 30 September 1991. [2] ... "Ain't That a Shame" and "Crackin' Up", recorded on 21 July.
The band performed the songs "Baby Loves to Rock" and "Can't Stop It but I'm Gonna Try" on the January 17, 1981, episode of Saturday Night Live. There were several homages to The Beatles on this album. "Stop This Game" opens and closes with a droning guitar note similar to the piano chord that ends "A Day in the Life." The bridge to "Baby Loves ...
The song tackles the subject of a girlfriend with whom the singer's "love is real". The Four Seasons song is a rock ballad to a loving girlfriend ("I've been a-searching o’er this big wide world/Now, finally, I found my/Candy Girl").