Bad Girls (Donna Summer song)

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"Bad Girls"
Single by Donna Summer
from the album Bad Girls
B-side "On My Honor"
Released June 23, 1979
Format
Recorded 1979
Genre Disco
Length 4:55
Label Casablanca
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Certification Platinum
Donna Summer singles chronology
"Hot Stuff"
(1979)		 "Bad Girls"
(1979)		 "Dim All the Lights"
(1979)

"Bad Girls" is a song by American singer Donna Summer, co-written by Summer and the Brooklyn Dreams.

The song hit the spot on the Billboard pop, R&B and disco singles charts simultaneously becoming, alongside "Hot Stuff", her most successful single. Bad Girls the single, spent 5 weeks on the top of the "Hot 100 chart" and sold over 2 millions copies in the US. The song helped the album of the same name to reach the multi-platinum status in the United States. A 12" single of the song was released as a medley with "Hot Stuff".

Although "Hot Stuff" was extended for the 12" single, "Bad Girls" remained in the 4:55 album version. A "Bad Girls" 12" single with a time of 6:55 was produced but never released commercially. A demo version of the song was released on the "Deluxe Edition" of the "Bad Girls" CD.

Background

The inspiration for her 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 Donna to give it to Cher for her upcoming album.[1] Donna refused and put it away for a couple of years. The song won favourite Pop/Rock single at the American Music Awards, and Donna won both Favourite Soul/R & B Female Artist and Favourite Pop/Rock Female Artist for the song. She was also nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for the song at the 22nd Grammy Awards in 1980.

Chart performance

The song was a huge hit, making it number one on the Billboard Hot 100, R&B and disco singles charts simultaneously becoming, alongside "Hot Stuff", her most successful single. Bad Girls the single, spent 5 weeks on the top of the "Hot 100 chart" and sold over 2 millions copies in the US. Billboard ranked it as the No. 2 song for 1979.[2] The song helped the album of the same name to reach the multi-platinum status in the United States. A 12" single of the song was released as a medley with "Hot Stuff".

Cover versions

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 Donna Summers part.
  • The last missive from Late Nite Tuff Guy in 2015 is a Disco edit of Donna Summer‘s “Bad Girls”, entitled “Do U Wanna Get Down”.[4]

Appearances in other media

Charts and certifications

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