Bad Girls (Donna Summer song)
| "Bad Girls" | ||||
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| Single by Donna Summer | ||||
| from the album Bad Girls | ||||
| B-side | "On My Honor" | |||
| Released | June 23, 1979 | |||
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| Recorded | 1979 | |||
| Genre | Disco, Rock, Pop, Soul | |||
| Length |
3:57 (radio edit) 4:55 (album version) | |||
| Label | Casablanca | |||
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| Certification | Platinum (RIAA) | |||
| Donna Summer singles chronology | ||||
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"Bad Girls" is a song by American singer Donna Summer from her 1979 seventh studio album of the same name, released as the second single from the Bad Girls album on June 23, 1979, through Casablanca Records. The song was produced by Summer's regular collaborators Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, and co-written by Summer and the Brooklyn Dreams.
"Bad Girls" became a worldwide success, peaking within the top-ten in seven countries, including Spain and New Zealand. In the United States, it spent five weeks at number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 and sold over two million copies, simultaneously becoming, alongside "Hot Stuff", her most successful single. The single also helped the Bad Girls album to reach the multi-platinum status in the US.
Background
The inspiration for Summer to write the song came after one of her assistants was offended by a police officer who thought she was a street prostitute. A rough version of the song had originally been written a couple of years before its release. Casablanca Records' founder Neil Bogart, upon hearing it, wanted Summer to give it to Cher for her upcoming album.[1] Summer refused and put it away for a couple of years.
A 12" version of the song was released as a medley with "Hot Stuff". Although "Hot Stuff" was extended for the 12" version, "Bad Girls" remained in the four minutes, fifty-five seconds album version. A "Bad Girls" 12" version with a length of almost seven minutes was produced but never released commercially. A demo version of the song was released on the "deluxe edition" of Bad Girls.
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
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Cover versions
- Trinu and the Burger Queens covered the song.
- A remix of this song by Juliet Roberts appears in the 1999 music video game arcade Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix.[23] She covered this song as a no. 17 UK hit.
- Cheryl Chase, Kevin Michael Richardson, Billy West, and Tim Curry covered the song in 2000 for Rugrats in Paris: The Movie.
- Jeffree Star covered the song in 2010 for the MTV original movie Turn the Beat Around soundtrack extended play.
- Sasha Allen sung the song on The Voice.
Sampling
- Its "toot-toot, beep-beep" chant would be sampled by hip hop and R&B artists, most notably by R. Kelly on the remix to "Ignition" and his ex-wife Aaliyah and Missy Elliott on their track "Ladies in Da House", a deep cut from her 1996 album One in a Million.
- The "toot-toot, beep-beep" chant was also used for Miranda!'s Mirandamix from their 2008 Album 'El Templo Del Pop'.
- The chorus was sampled in Lil Kim's unreleased song 'Bad Girl' in which RuPaul takes Summer's part.
- The last missive from Late Nite Tuff Guy in 2015 is a Disco edit of Summer‘s “Bad Girls”, entitled “Do U Wanna Get Down”.[24]
Appearances in other media
- A segment of the song was used on the Homicide: Life on the Street episode "A Many Splendored Thing."
- In 1999, John Cleese danced to the song's tune wearing ladies clothes in the remake of The Out-of-Towners.
- In 2000, Cheryl Chase, Kevin Michael Richardson, Billy West, and Tim Curry covered the song in the animated movie Rugrats in Paris. Chase did the voice of Angelica singing the song and most of the lyrics were changed in order to make the song appropriate for kids. Instead of street hookers, the theme of it was misbehaved and spoiled children.
- The song was also featured in the 2005 trailer for Monster-in-Law.
- The song was also featured in a scene of the 2000 movie The Replacements.
- The song was also featured in a scene of the TV series Sex and the City in the third season episode " Where There's Smoke...".
- The song was also featured in a scene of the TV series Ugly Betty in the first season episode "Four Thanksgivings and a Funeral".
- In 2004, the song was the theme to the TV show Bad Girls Most Wanted on ITV 1, hosted by Jack Ellis aka Jim Fenner.
- The song was used in the lip sync challenge in episode 2 of season 4 of RuPaul's Drag Race.
References
- ↑ Summer, Donna; Marc Eliot (2003). Ordinary Girl: The Journey. New York: Villard. p. 172. ISBN 1400060311.
- ↑ Danyel Smith, ed. (1979). Billboard 8 september 1979. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Donna Summer – Bad Girls" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – Donna Summer – Bad Girls" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
- ↑ "Bad girls in Canadian Top Singles Chart". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ↑ "Bad girls in Canadian Disco Singles Chart". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ↑ Dominic DURAND / InfoDisc. "Bad girls in French Chart". Retrieved 13 June 2013. You have to use the index at the top of the page and search "Donna Summer"
- ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Donna Summer – Bad Girls". GfK Entertainment Charts.
- ↑ "Bad girls in Irish Chart". IRMA. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2013. 2nd result when searching "Bad girls"
- ↑ "The best-selling singles of 1979 in Italy". HitParadeItalia (it). Retrieved 8 July 2013.
64. Bad girls - Donna Summer [#17] - ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Donna Summer search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
- ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Donna Summer – Bad Girls" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
- ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Donna Summer – Bad Girls". Top 40 Singles.
- ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Donna Summer – Bad Girls". VG-lista.
- 1 2 Fernando Salaverri (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
- ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Donna Summer – Bad Girls". Singles Top 100.
- ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Donna Summer – Bad Girls". Swiss Singles Chart.
- ↑ "1979 Top 40 Official UK Singles Archive - 28th July 1979". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Donna Summer awards on Allmusic". Allmusic. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ↑ "Canadian single certifications – Donna Summer – Bad Girls". Music Canada.
- ↑ "British single certifications – Donna Summer – Bad Girls". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Bad Girls in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search
- ↑ "American single certifications – Donna Summer – Bad Girls". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
- ↑ Konami (1999). Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix (in Japanese). Arcade.
- ↑ New Disco Edit of Donna Summer’s “Bad Girls”
External links
| Preceded by "Ring My Bell" by Anita Ward |
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single July 14 - August 11, 1979 |
Succeeded by "Good Times" by Chic |
| Preceded by "Ring My Bell" by Anita Ward |
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one single July 21, 1979 |
Succeeded by "Good Times" by Chic |
| Preceded by "Ring My Bell" by Anita Ward |
Billboard Dance Club Songs number-one single (with "Hot Stuff") May 26, 1979 - July 7, 1979 |
Succeeded by "Born to Be Alive" by Patrick Hernandez |
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