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"Good Lovin' Gone Bad"
Single by Bad Company
from the album Straight Shooter
B-side"Whiskey Bottle"
ReleasedMarch 1975[1]
RecordedSeptember 1974
GenreHard rock
Length3:35
LabelSwan Song, Island
Songwriter(s)Mick Ralphs
Producer(s)Bad Company
Bad Company singles chronology
"Bad Company"
(1974)
"Good Lovin' Gone Bad"
(1975)
"Feel Like Makin' Love"
(1975)

"Good Lovin' Gone Bad" was a 1974 Top 40 song in both the United States and the UK for the English rock band, Bad Company. The song was written by the band's guitarist Mick Ralphs and appeared on the album, Straight Shooter.[2]

Billboard described it as a "raucous, smashing assault" and praised the vocal performance and the guitar playing.[3] Cash Box called it a "solid, quality rocker."[4]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Good Lovin' Gone Bad"3:35
2."Whiskey Bottle"3:46

Chart positions

Chart (1974) Peak
position
UK 31[5]
CAN 48[6]
US 36[7]
AUS 93

References

  1. ^ Strong, Charles (2002) [Originally published in 1994]. The Great Rock Discography (Sixth ed.). United Kingdom: Canongate Books. p. 133. ISBN 1-84195-312-1.
  2. ^ Naha, Ed. 1975 June album review in Rolling Stone magazine. Accessed 2014-02-07
  3. ^ "Top Single Picks" (PDF). Billboard. April 12, 1975. p. 86. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  4. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. April 12, 1975. p. 22. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  5. ^ "The Official Charts Company - Bad Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  6. ^ "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". RPM. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  7. ^ "Bad Company - Chart history|Billboard". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 2, 2016.