Doin' Time

"Doin' Time" is a single by the American band Sublime. It is featured on their self-titled third album. The lyrics tell of a cheating girlfriend, whose infidelities and poor treatment of her lover makes him feel like he is in prison. It was released as a single on November 25, 1997; the disk contained alternate versions of the song by Wyclef Jean and The Pharcyde. Additional versions appeared on the post-Bradley Nowell compilation album Second-hand Smoke and several bootlegs, including one with Snoop Dogg.

This song reached #87 ^[1] and it peaked #28 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.

Composition

"Doin' Time" is a loose cover of "Summertime" by George Gershwin, composed for the opera Porgy and Bess. The track heavily samples a cover of "Summertime" by jazz flautist Herbie Mann, a live bossa nova version from his album Herbie Mann at the Village Gate. The band originally recorded the song with the lyrics "doin' time and the livin's easy". In order to release the song using the Gershwin sample, the band had to agree to use the line "summertime" instead of "doin' time". However, the song was already recorded with the "doin' time" lyric, and lead singer Bradley Nowell had recently died of a heroin overdose. The lyric was re-recorded by Sublime's friend/producer Michael Happoldt singing "summertime". It is this version of the song that appears on Sublime's self-titled album.^[2] Future Long Beach Dub Allstars DJ Marshall Goodman appears on the recording and is mentioned in the lyrics.

The line "And we can do it like this, in the place to be." is sampled from the Beastie Boys' "Slow and Low" from their 1986 album Licensed to Ill. The song also samples "Jump for Jah" by Ini Kamoze, "Buffalo Gals" by Malcolm McLaren, and "Holy Thursday" by David Axelrod.

Re-release

The original version of "Doin' Time", which includes Bradley Nowell, was released in 2006 on the Deluxe Edition of the band's self-titled Sublime album, as well as the 2 disc 180 gram vinyl "Back To Black 60th Vinyl Anniversary" edition. The deluxe edition also includes 5 remixes of "Doin' Time", and the original music video.

Chart performance

Chart (1997–98)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	87
U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks	28

Track listing

"Doin' Time (Bradley Version)" – 4:16
"Doin' Time (Remixed by Wyclef Jean)" – 3:49
"Doin' Time (Remixed by Marshall Arts featuring The Pharcyde)" – 4:10
"Doin' Time (Album Version)" – 4:12

References

↑ "Sublime - Chart history". Billboard. 1998-01-17. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
↑ Sublime - Stories, Tales, Lies and Exaggerations (1998) DVD

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Sublime

Bradley Nowell Eric Wilson Bud Gaugh

Studio albums	40oz. to Freedom Robbin' the Hood Sublime

Other albums	Second-hand Smoke Stand by Your Van Sublime Acoustic: Bradley Nowell & Friends Greatest Hits 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Sublime Gold Everything Under the Sun

Songs	"Date Rape" "Badfish" "Smoke Two Joints" "Scarlet Begonias" "We're Only Gonna Die" "Rivers of Babylon" "5446-That's My Number" "What I Got" "Wrong Way" "Doin' Time" "Santeria" "April 29, 1992 (Miami)" "Caress Me Down"

Tributes and legacy	Look at All the Love We Found Forever Free Long Beach Dub Allstars Long Beach Shortbus Badfish

See also	Discography Sublime with Rome Skunk Records Miguel Happoldt

George Gershwin

Albums	Gershwin Plays Gershwin: The Piano Rolls

Ballets	An American in Paris Gershwin Piano Concerto Three Preludes Who Cares? List of stagings

Operas	Blue Monday (1922) Porgy and Bess (1935)

Orchestral works	Rhapsody in Blue (1924) Concerto in F (1925) An American in Paris (1928) Second Rhapsody (1931) Cuban Overture (1932) Strike Up the Band (1934) Hoctor's Ballet (1937)

Piano compositions	Three Preludes (1926) French Ballet Class (1937)

Songs	"Aren't You Kind Of Glad We Did?" "(I've Got) Beginner's Luck" "Bidin' My Time" "Blah Blah Blah" "Boy Wanted" "Boy! What Love Has Done To Me!" "But Not for Me" "By Strauss" "Clap Yo' Hands" "Do It Again" "Doin' Time" "Embraceable You" "Fascinating Rhythm" "A Foggy Day" "For You, For Me, For Evermore" "Funny Face" "'The Half of It, Dearie' Blues" "He Loves and She Loves" "How Long Has This Been Going On?" "I Can't Be Bothered Now" "I Got Rhythm" "I Was Doing All Right" "I've Got a Crush on You" "Isn't It a Pity?" "Just Another Rhumba" "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" "Let's Kiss and Make Up" "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" "Looking for a Boy" "Lorelei" "Love Is Here to Stay" "Love is Sweeping the Country" "Love Walked In" "The Man I Love" "My Cousin in Milwaukee" "My One and Only" "Nice Work If You Can Get It" "Of Thee I Sing" "Oh, Lady Be Good!" "Oh, So Nice!" "The Real American Folk Song (is a Rag)" "'S Wonderful" "Sam and Delilah" "Slap That Bass" "Somebody from Somewhere" "Somebody Loves Me" "Someone to Watch Over Me" "Soon" "Stairway to Paradise" "Stiff Upper Lip" "Strike Up the Band" "Swanee" "That Certain Feeling" "They All Laughed" "They Can't Take That Away from Me" "Things Are Looking Up" "Tra-la-la" "Treat Me Rough" "Walking the Dog" "Who Cares?" "You've Got What Gets Me"

Tribute albums	Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin By George Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book Ella Sings Gershwin Gershwin Live! Gershwin's World The Glory of Gershwin Ira, George and Joe Nice Work If You Can Get It Oscar Peterson Plays the George Gershwin Songbook Red Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin Groove Rosemary Clooney Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin

Related articles	List of compositions Gershwin Prize Arthur Gershwin Frances Gershwin Ira Gershwin Gershwin Theatre

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