Bad to Me

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“Bad to Me”
Single by Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas
B-side "I Call Your Name" (Lennon/McCartney)
Released 26 July 1963
Recorded 26 June 1963 (both sides)
Genre Pop music, Beat music
Label Parlophone R5049
Writer(s) Lennon/McCartney
Producer George Martin

"Bad to Me" is a song written by John Lennon, credited to Lennon/McCartney, that Lennon wrote for Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas.[1] They released the song in 1963 and it became their first #1 UK hit. Paul McCartney was present during the recording session at Abbey Road Studios. The single would be released in the USA the following year, and become a top-ten hit in that country.

Bootlegs exist of John Lennon's original demo of the song.

The song was also recorded on the 2003 album From a Window, a set of 17 songs that Lennon and McCartney gave to other artists.

Preceded by
"Sweets for My Sweet" by The Searchers
UK number one single
August 22, 1963 (3 weeks)
Succeeded by
"She Loves You" by The Beatles

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ David Sheff, All We Are Saying (New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000, ISBN 0-312-25464), p. 170