Randy Bachman didn't intend to release this song with the stuttering vocal. He sang it with the stutter to make fun his brother, Gary, who had a speech impediment. During microphone checks, he would sing it with the stutter and recorded a version that was intended just for Gary. His record company liked it a lot better than the non-stuttering version, so that's the one they released. Eventually, Gary stopped stuttering.
The lyrics, especially "She took me to her doctor and he told me of a cure", led to rumors that the song was about herpes or some other social disease. According to Bachman, the lyrics were just words he improvised, as he didn't thing the song was going to be released and was just using it to test levels in the studio.
The title is grammatically incorrect. It is a double-negative, although "You Haven't Seen Anything Yet" wouldn't have the same ring to it.
This song came about when the band was playing a jam session in the key of "A."
"Takin' Care Of Business" also came out of a jam session, but that one was in the key of "C."
Bachman's inspiration for the intro/verse melody was Dave Mason's "Only You Know and I Know."
Since they didn't think this take was going to be released, they considered it a scratch track to get the sound correct in the studio. The band didn't even tune their instruments for it. It was released while they were on tour and later had to be remastered to hide the fact that the instruments were not in tune.
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