"Doin' Time" is a song appearing on the band Sublime's monumental self-titled 3rd album. The lyrics tell of a cheating girlfriend, whose infidelities and poor treatment of her lover makes him feel like he's in prison. "Doin' Time" features heavy looping of bass and drums in the dub style for which Sublime became very well known. It was released as a single on November 25, 1997, which contained alternate versions of the song including one by Wyclef Jean; additional versions appeared on the post-Bradley Nowell compilation album Second-hand Smoke and several bootlegs. {{Infobox_band | ok ... Sublime is the self-titled hit album released by the eponymous band just two months after the tragic death of lead singer and guitarist Brad Nowell. ... Bass (IPA: [], rhyming with face), when used as an adjective, describes tones of low frequency. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... Dub is a form of Jamaican music, which evolved out of ska and reggae in 1970s Jamaica. ... In music, a single is a short (usually ten minutes or less*) record, usually featuring one or two tracks as A-side, often accompanied by several B-sides, usually remixes or other songs. ... November 25 is the 329th (in leap years the 330th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Album cover of 2000s The Ecleftic Wyclef Jean (born October 17, 1972 in La Plaine, Haiti) is a rapper, producer, and member of the superstar hip hop trio The Fugees, known now for a series of high-profile hit singles. ... Bradley James Nowell (February 22, 1968 – May 25, 1996), was an influential ska musician, who served as lead singer and guitarist of rock band Sublime. ... A compilation album is a musical album featuring songs or tunes with some common characteristics. ... Second-hand Smoke is an album by the band Sublime. ... A bootleg recording is a audio or video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority. ...

The song is a loose cover of "Summertime" by George Gershwin, composed for the opera Porgy and Bess; future Long Beach Dub Allstars DJ Marshall Goodman appears on the recording and is mentioned in the lyrics. Summertime is the name of a 1935 song composed by George Gershwin for the opera Porgy and Bess. ... George Gershwin photograph by Edward Steichen in 1927. ... The cast of Porgy and Bess during the Boston try-out prior to the Broadway opening. ... The Long Beach Dub Allstars were a punk band formed in 1997 and disbanded in 2002. ... DJ or dj may stand for Disc jockey, dinner jacket The DeadJournal website, or Djibouti. ...