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"Ain't It Fun" is a song written by Peter Laughner and Gene O'Connor (known as Cheetah Chrome) and performed by their protopunk band Rocket from the Tombs. The song was first released by O'Connor's later group, Dead Boys, on their 1978 second studio album We Have Come for Your Children.[1] Laughner died a year before.

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"Ain't It Fun"
Song by Dead Boys
from the album We Have Come for Your Children
Released	June 1978
Genre	Punk rock
Length	4:33
Label	Sire
Songwriter(s)	Peter Laughner Gene O'Connor
Producer(s)	Felix Pappalardi

Lyrics

"Ain't It Fun" is notable for being one of the first commercially-released recordings of song lyrics containing the profanity cunt, which is said once in the song's third verse. The word's presence was not picked up on by the media at the time, with the same being the case following the release of Guns N' Roses' 1993 cover, which reached the top 10 in several countries' singles charts despite being uncensored.

Guns N' Roses version

"Ain't It Fun"
Single by Guns N' Roses
from the album "The Spaghetti Incident?"
B-side	"Down on the Farm"
Released	November 15, 1993
Recorded	1993
Genre	Hard rock
Length	5:06
Label	Geffen
Songwriter(s)	Peter Laughner Gene O'Connor
Producer(s)	Mike Clink Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses singles chronology
"Civil War" (1993) "Ain't It Fun" (1993) "Estranged" (1994)

The song was later covered by the American rock band Guns N' Roses for their 1993 cover album "The Spaghetti Incident?". It was also released as a single and was included on the Guns N' Roses Greatest Hits compilation in 2004. Michael Monroe from Hanoi Rocks featured in the song on vocals.

Charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[2]	26
Finland (The Official Finnish Charts)[3]	15
Germany (Official German Charts)[4]	34
Ireland (IRMA)[5]	14
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6]	20
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[7]	36
Norway (VG-lista)[8]	3
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[9]	5
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[10]	15
UK Singles (OCC)[11]	9
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[12]	8

Other covers

When Rocket from the Tombs reunited in 2003, they recorded the song and released it on their debut album, Rocket Redux. Rollins Band also covered the song for their album A Nicer Shade of Red. The Lords of Altamont covered the song on their 2011 album Midnight to 666.

Notes

Sources

• Cheetah Chrome and Legs McNeil, (2010). Cheetah Chrome: A Dead Boy's Tale: From the Front Lines of Punk Rock (Voyageur Press; First edition). ISBN 978-0-7603-3773-8.

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- [en] Ain't It Fun (Dead Boys song)

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[es] Ain't It Fun (canción de Dead Boys)

«Ain't It Fun» es una canción de la banda estadounidense de punk rock The Dead Boys, de su segundo álbum de estudio We Have Come for Your Children. Originalmente escrita por Gene O'Connor (más tarde conocido como The Cheetah Chrome) y Peter Laughner.

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