Bad Girls (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Bad Girls


Artist = Donna Summer
from Album = Bad Girls
B-side = "On My Honor"
Released = 1979
Format = 7" single, 12" single
Recorded = 1979
Genre = Disco/rock/funk
Length = 4:55
Label = Casablanca
Writer = Donna Summer
Eddie Hokenson
Bruce Sudano
Joe "Bean" Esposito
Producer = Giorgio Moroder
Pete Belotte
Certification = Platinum
Last single = "Hot Stuff" (1978)
This single = "Bad Girls" (1979)
Next single = "Dim All the Lights" (1979)
Misc =

"Bad Girls" is a critically acclaimed 1979 single released by American singer Donna Summer. Co-written by Summer and the Brooklyn Dreams. 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.

The song became a number-one hit on the "Billboard" pop, R&B and dance singles charts simultaneously becoming, alongside "Hot Stuff", her most successful single. The song helped the 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 of6:55 was produced but never released commercially. A demo version of the song was released on the "Deluxe Edition" of the "Bad Girls" cd.

Cover versions and appearances in other media

* Its "toot-toot, beep-beep" chant would be sampled by hip hop artists, most notably Aaliyah, in her album track, "Ladies in the House", from her second release, "One in a Million".
* In 1999, John Cleese danced to that tune wearing ladies clothes in the remake of The Out-of-Towners.
* In 2000, Cheryl Chase and Tim Curry covered the song in the movie "". 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 children.
* A remix of this song, by Juliet Roberts, was seen on the music video game arcade Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix. [Cite video game |title=Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix |developer=Konami |date=1999 |platform=Arcade |language=Japanese] . She covered this song as a no. 17 UK hit.
* Jamiroquai also covered this songs in a concert in Verona in 2002. Trinu and the Burger Queens also covered the song.
* The song was also featured in a scene of TV Series Sex and the City (episode 3-1 Where There's Smoke... (SATC episode)
Where There's Smoke...).

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