Bad Girls (song)

"Bad Girls"
Single by Donna Summer
from the album Bad Girls
B-side	"On My Honor"
Released	June 1979
Format	7" single, 12" single
Recorded	1979
Genre	Pop, disco
Length	4:55
Label	Casablanca
Writer(s)	Donna Summer Eddie Hokenson Bruce Sudano Joe "Bean" Esposito
Producer	Giorgio Moroder Pete Belotte
Certification	Platinum
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 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. A rough version of the song had originally been written a couple of years before its release. Casablanca Records founder Neil Bogart, upon hearing it, wanted Donna to give it to Cher for her upcoming album. Donna refused and put it away for a couple of years.

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 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.

Chart positions

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Dutch GfK chart	10
Dutch Top 40	7
US Billboard Hot 100	1
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	1

Cover versions and appearances in other media

• Trinu and the Burger Queens covered the song.
• A remix of this song by Juliet Roberts appears in the 1999 music video game arcade Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix. She covered this song as a no. 17 UK hit.
• Jeffree Star covered the song in 2010 for the MTV original movie Turn the Beat Around soundtrack extended play.

Live cover performances

• Jamiroquai covered the song in a concert in Verona in 2002.

Sampling

• 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 1996 release, One in a Million.
• In 2006, Latin singer Lucero sampled the song in her remix song "La unica que te entiende" for her album Quiéreme Tal Como Soy.

Appearances in other media

• In 1999, John Cleese danced to the song's tune wearing ladies clothes in the remake of The Out-of-Towners.
• In 2000, Cheryl Chase, Kevin Michael Richardson, Billy West, 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 and spoiled children.
• The song was also featured in a scene of the 2000 movie The Replacements.
• The song was also featured in a scene of the TV series Sex and the City in the third season episode "Where There's Smoke...".
• In 2004, the song was the theme to the TV show Bad Girls Most Wanted on ITV 1 hosted by Jack Ellis aka Jim Fenner.

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