Donna Summer – Bad Girls

“Bad Girls” – Single by Donna Summer from the album Bad Girls, released June 23, 1979.

The “Bad Girls” are prostitutes. Summer got the idea when she was working at the offices of her label, Casablanca Records, in Los Angeles. She sent her secretary on an errand, which took her down Sunset Boulevard, a street known for illicit activity. The secretary, who was black, told Summer that the police harassed her, assuming she was a working girl. This raised the ire of Summer, but also provided inspiration for the song, which came together when she started ad-libbing lyrics in the studio.

Summer wrote this song in 1977 when she was collaborating with a vocal group called Brooklyn Dreams, which was comprised of Eddie Hokenson, Joe Esposito, and Summer’s future husband, Bruce Sudano. All three members of the group contributed to its writing and shared the songwriter credits with Summer.

“Bad Girls” became a worldwide success, peaking within the top-ten in seven countries, including Spain and New Zealand. In the United States, it spent five weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, from the weeks of July 14 to August 11, 1979; and sold over two million copies, simultaneously becoming, alongside “Hot Stuff”, her most successful single.

This was Summer’s biggest hit. It was #1 in the US for five weeks, helping her earn the title “The Queen Of Disco.”

Donna Summer performed this song on her TV special (unimaginatively titled The Donna Summer Special), which aired January 27, 1980. The performance featured summer dressed as a prostitute singing on a studio replica of Sunset Boulevard. Her fellow “bad girls” were played by the model/actresses Twiggy, Debralee Scott, and Pat Ast.

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Melodie de pe albumul cu acelasi titlu “Bad Girls”, lansat la 25 Aprilie 1979. A fost cel de-al 7-lea album al ei. Este considerat a fi cel mai bun album al ei.

Melodia este compusa de:

• Donna Summer
• Bruce Sudano
• Joe “Bean” Esposito
• Edward “Eddie” Hokenson

Echipa de muzicieni care a particpat la inregistrarea albumului a fost compusa din:

• Donna Summer – lead and background vocals, composition, production
• Giorgio Moroder – bass guitar, synthesizer, guitar, composition, production
• Pete Bellotte – bass guitar, composition, production
• Harold Faltermeyer – bass guitar, composition, drums, keyboards, synclavier
• Bruce Sudano – synthesizer, composition
• Joe Esposito – background vocals, composition
• Keith Forsey – background vocals, drums, percussion, composition
• Jeff Baxter – guitar (solo on “Hot Stuff”)
• Bob Conti – percussion, composition
• Edward “Eddie” Hokenson – composition
• Jai Winding – piano
• Jay Graydon, Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar
• Al Perkins – steel guitar
• Sid Sharp – strings
• Scott Edwards, Bob Glaub – bass guitar
• Gary Grant, Jerry Hey, Steve Madaio – trumpet
• Gary Herbig – saxophone
• Dick Hyde, Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
• Stephanie Straill, Julia, Maxine Willard – backing vocals

Lyrics:

You bad girl, you sad girl
You’re such a naughty bad girl
Beep beep, uh-huh

[Verse 3]
Now you and me, we are both the same
But you call yourself by different names
Now your Mama won’t like it when she finds out
Girl, is out at night

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