"Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)" was a composition by Joe Tex and Buddy Killen, and released by Tex as a single in December 1976, bringing the musician back to the top 40 of the US pop and R&B charts simultaneously for the first time since 1972's "I Gotcha". Tex used his aunt Bennie Lee McGinty's name as composer for tax reasons.
Reception
Tex's previous hit, "Have You Ever", was a hit in New Zealand. In the US, "Ain't Gonna Bump No More" was received well upon its release, reaching number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 7 on the Billboard R&B chart. Overseas, it was also a success in Europe, reaching number 2 in the UK Singles Chart and number 3 in Ireland.
Tex was later nominated for a Grammy Award for the song and performed the song at the ceremony in 1978. The song was included on the album Bumps & Bruises, without the parenthetical part of the title of the single. It would be Tex's final hit before his death in 1982.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Personnel
Credits taken from the liner notes of the LP Bumps and Bruises
Joe Tex: singer, composer
Buddy Killen: producer
Ernie Winfrey: recording engineer
Lea Jane Berinati, Janie Fricke, Yvonne Hodges, Ginger Holladay: background vocals