Bad Girls (song)
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| "Bad Girls" | ||
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| Single by Donna Summer | ||
| from the album Bad Girls | ||
| B-side(s) | On My Honor | |
| Released | 1979 | |
| Format | 7" single, 12" single | |
| Genre | Disco, Pop, Soul, R&B, Rock | |
| Label | Casablanca | |
| Writer(s) | Donna Summer, Eddie Hokenson, Bruce Sudano, Joe "Bean" Esposito | |
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| Donna Summer singles chronology | ||
| "Hot Stuff" (1978) |
"Bad Girls" (1979) |
"Dim All The Lights" (1979) |
"Bad Girls" is a 1979 single released by American singer Donna Summer. Co-written by Summer, 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 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.
Its "toot-toot, beep-beep" chant would be sampled by hip hop artists, most notably Aaliyah, in her album track, "Ladies in the House", off her sophomore 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 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 children.
| Preceded by "Ring My Bell" by Anita Ward |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single July 14, 1979 |
Succeeded by "Good Times" by CHIC |
