‘You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet’ is a song by Canadian rock band Bachman–Turner Overdrive (BTO). The song was written by Randy Bachman for the band's third studio album Not Fragile (1974). It was released as a single in 1974. According to Bachman, the song was performed as a joke for his brother, Gary, who had a stutter. They only intended to record it once with the stutter and send the only recording to Gary.
Bachman developed the song while recording BTO's third album, Not Fragile (1974). It began as an instrumental piece inspired by the rhythm guitar on Dave Mason's "Only You Know and I Know". Bachman says "it was basically just an instrumental and I was fooling around... I wrote the lyrics, out of the blue, and stuttered them through." The band typically used the song as a "work track" in the studio to get the amplifiers and microphones set properly. But when winding up production for the album, Charlie Fach of Mercury Records said the eight tracks they had lacked the "magic" that would make a hit single. Some band members asked Bachman, "what about the work track?" Fach asked to hear it, and they played the recording for him. Fach smiled and said "That's the track. It's got a brightness to it. It kind of floats a foot higher than the other songs when you listen to it."
Bachman agreed to rearrange the album sequence so the song could be added, but only if he could re-record the vocals first, without the stutter. Fach agreed, but Bachman says "I tried to sing it normal, but I sounded like Frank Sinatra. It didn't fit." Fach said to leave it as it was, with the stutter.
‘You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet’ was not originally intended to be a single, but it became popular as an album cut. Radio stations all over the USA were giving it a great deal of airplay, as Not Fragile (1974) was soaring up the album charts. With no singles yet released from the Not Fragile album, Fach would regularly call Bachman with airplay reports, asking for permission to release ‘You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet’. Bachman said, "And I refused for three weeks. I was producer, so I had final say on what went out. I woke up one day and asked myself, 'Why am I stopping this?' Some of my favorite records are really dumb things like 'Louie, Louie'...so I said to Charlie, 'O.K., release it. I bet it does nothing.'" The song was released as a single in September 1974.
The song debuted at number 65 on September 21, 1974, and reached the top of the Hot 100 seven weeks later. It was the only US number 1 single in BTO's chart history. (While as part of the Guess Who, Bachman had penned one other US chart-topper, "American Woman", which hit number 1 in 1970.). It topped the Canadian RPM chart the week of November 9, 1974, as well as earning the band their only major hit single in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart. The follow-up single, "Roll on Down the Highway", was also a minor UK hit.
Label – MercurySongwriter – Randy Bachman
Producer – Randy Bachman
SONG LYRICS
[Instrumental Lead In][Verse 1]
I met a devil woman
She took my heart away
She said, I've had it comin' to me
But I wanted it that way
[Pre-Chorus]
I think that any love is good lovin'
So I took what I could get
Mmh, mmh, mmh
She looked at me with big brown eyes
And said
[Chorus]
You ain't seen nothin' yet
B-b-b-baby, you just ain't seen n-n-n-nothin' yet
Here's something that you're never gonna forget
B-b-b-baby, you just ain't seen n-n-n-nothin' yet
Nothin' yet, you ain't been around
That's what she told me
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 2]
And now I'm feelin' better
'Cause I found out for sure
She took me to her doctor
And he told me of a cure
[Pre-Chorus]
He said that any love is good love
So I took what I could get
Yes, I took what I could get
And then she looked at me with them big brown eyes
And said
[Chorus]
You ain't seen nothin' yet
B-b-b-baby, you just ain't seen n-n-n-nothin' yet
Here's something, here's something you're never gonna fff-forget, baby
You know, you know, you know, you just ain't seen nothin' yet
You need an education
Got to go to school
[Instrumental Break]
[Pre-Chorus]
Any lovin' is good lovin'
So I took what I could get
Yes, I took what I could get
And then, and then, and then she looked at me with them big brown eyes
And said
[Chorus]
You ain't seen nothin' yet
Baby, you just ain't seen n-n-n-nothin' yet
Here's something, here's something
Here's a lover you're never forget, baby
Baby baby baby, you just ain't seen n-n-n-nothin' yet
You ain't been around
[Outro]
You ain't seen nothin' yet, that's what she told me
She said I need an education
Go to school
I know I ain't seen nothin' yet
I know I ain't seen nothin' yet
Mmh, mmh, mmh
You got something for me when I get home
Better be good
I been everywhere
But I ain't seen nothin' yet
But I deserve it one of these days
Woohoo, but I ain't seen nothin' yet
I ain't seen nothin' yet
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I ain't seen nothin' yet
I'll wait, I'll wait, I'll wait
If you want to show me what I ain't seen, where I ain't been
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