Let's Be Bad (song)

"Let's Be Bad" is an original song introduced in the fifth episode of the first season of the musical TV series Smash, entitled "Let's Be Bad". It was written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman,^[1] but within the show's universe, it was written by the songwriting team Tom Levitt (Christian Borle) and Julia Houston (Debra Messing) for the Bombshell musical they are working on about Marilyn Monroe.

In the episode, the setting has Ivy Lynn (Megan Hilty) and the ensemble of Bombshell in a rehearsal room working on the song, while the show cuts away to a fantasy sequence of Ivy as Marilyn Monroe confronting her husband Arthur Miller and studio executives on her lateness and drug habits while trying to make a movie, with the ensemble members as various backup performers.

The song was initially released as a single on iTunes and Amazon.com's MP3 store and is currently available as a track on the cast albums The Music of Smash and Bombshell.

References

Smash Episodes Season 1 "Pilot" "The Callback" "Enter Mr. DiMaggio" "The Cost of Art" "Let's Be Bad" "Chemistry" "The Workshop" "The Coup" "Hell on Earth" "Understudy" "The Movie Star" "Publicity" "Tech" "Previews" "Bombshell" Season 2 "On Broadway" "The Fallout" "The Dramaturg" "The Song" "The Read-Through" "The Fringe" "Musical Chairs" "The Bells and Whistles" "The Parents" "The Surprise Party" "The Dress Rehearsal" "Opening Night" "The Producers" "The Phenomenon" "The Transfer" "The Nominations" "The Tonys" Music albums The Music of Smash Bombshell Original songs Season 1 "Never Give All the Heart" "The National Pastime" "Let Me Be Your Star" "The 20th Century Fox Mambo" "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" "History Is Made at Night" "I Never Met a Wolf Who Didn't Love to Howl" "Let's Be Bad" "On Lexington & 52nd Street" "Touch Me" "Don't Say Yes Until I Finish Talking" "Dig Deep" "A Thousand and One Nights" "Second Hand White Baby Grand" "Smash!" "Don't Forget Me" Season 2 "Cut, Print...Moving On" "Broadway, Here I Come!" "They Just Keep Moving the Line" "Caught in the Storm" "Good for You" "Our Little Secret" "I Can't Let Go" "Public Relations" "A Letter From Cecile" "Heart Shaped Wreckage" "Ce N'Est Pas Ma Faute (It's Not My Fault)" "Rewrite This Story" "(Let's Start) Tomorrow Tonight" "I Heard Your Voice In a Dream" "Reach for Me" "Hang the Moon" "Don't Let Me Know "The Goodbye Song" "At Your Feet" "The Love I Meant to Say" "Pretender" "I'm Not Sorry" "The Right Regrets" Other Smash (novel) Bombshell (musical) Hit List (musical) Characters Category