Bad Girls (song)

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“Bad Girls”
Single by Donna Summer from the 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(s)	Donna Summer Eddie Hokenson Bruce Sudano Joe "Bean" Esposito
Producer	Giorgio Moroder Pete Belotte
Certification	Gold
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 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 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.

[edit] 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 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.
• A remix of this song, by Juliet Roberts, was seen on the music video game arcade Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix.^[1]
• Jamiroquai also covered this songs in a concert in Verona in 2002.

[edit] References

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's 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 Hot Dance Club Play number-one single (with "Hot Stuff") May 26, 1979 - July 7, 1979	Succeeded by "Born to Be Alive" by Patrick Hernandez