Donna Summer - Bad Girls (Casablanca Records 1979)

"Bad Girls" is a song by American singer Donna Summer, co-written by Summer and the Brooklyn Dreams.

The song hit the spot on the Billboard pop, R&B and disco singles charts simultaneously becoming, alongside "Hot Stuff", her most successful single. Bad Girls the single, spent 5 weeks on the top of the "Hot 100 chart" and sold over 2 millions copies in the US. 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.

Bad Girls is the seventh studio album by American singer and songwriter Donna Summer, released in April 25, 1979 on Casablanca Records. Originally issued as a double album, it incorporates such musical styles as pop, disco, soul, rock, funk and country . Bad Girls became the best-selling album of Summer's career, achieving double platinum sales certification in the United States.

LaDonna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948 – May 17, 2012), known by her stage name Donna Summer, was an American singer, songwriter, and painter. She gained prominence during the disco era of the late-1970s. A five-time Grammy Award winner, she was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach No. 1 on the United States Billboard album chart and charted four number-one singles in the U.S. within a 12-month period. Summer has reportedly sold over 140 million records, making her one of the world's best-selling artists of all time.

While influenced by the counterculture of the 1960s, she became the front singer of a psychedelic rock band named Crow and moved to New York City. Joining a touring version of the musical Hair, she left New York and spent several years living, acting, and singing in Europe, where she met music producers, Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte.

Summer returned to the U.S., in 1975 with commercial success of the song 'Love to Love You Baby', followed by a string of other hits, such as "I Feel Love", "Last Dance", "MacArthur Park", "Heaven Knows", "Hot Stuff", "Bad Girls", "Dim All the Lights", "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (duet with Barbra Streisand), and "On the Radio". She became known as the "Queen of Disco", while her music gained a global following.

Summer died on May 17, 2012, at her home in Naples, Florida. In her obituary in The Times, she was described as the "undisputed queen of the Seventies disco boom" who reached the status of "one of the world's leading female singers." Moroder described Summer's work with him on the song 'I Feel Love' as "really the start of electronic dance" music. In 2013, Summer was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Bad girls
Talking about the sad girls
Sad girls
Talking about bad girls, yeah

See them out on the street at night, walkin'
Picking up on all kinds of strangers
If the price is right
You can't score if you're pocket's tight
But you want a good time

You ask yourself
Who they are
Like everybody else
They come from near and far

Bad girls
Talking about the sad girls, yea
Sad girls
Talking about bad girls, yeah

Friday night and the strip is hot
Sun's gone down and they're out to trot
Spirit's high and legs look hot
Do you want to get down

Now don't you ask yourself
Who they are
Like everybody else
They want to be a star

Bad girls
Sad girls
You're such a dirty bad girl
(repeat)

Beep beep uh uh
Now you and me we're both the same
But you call yourself by different names
Now your mama won't like it when she finds out
Her girl is out at night

Bad girls
Sad girls
You're such a dirty bad girl
Beep beep uh uh

You Bad girls
You Sad girls
You're such a dirty bad girl
Beep beep uh uh

Hey, Mister, have you got a dime
Mister, do you want to spent some time, oh, yeah
I got what you want, you got what I need
I'll be your baby, come and spend it on me

Bad girls
Bad girls
Talking aboud bad girls
Sad girls

[deewoo]

This song turned 42 years old this April 2021. Still sounds relevant today. There's only 1 Donna Summer.
Beautiful Talented Lady
I miss her alot.

[krisreed]

THE GUITAR IS SO ICONIC - this version is distinguishable against any other one

[dwantaylor]

Donna Summer was legendary, and a history maker!

[diamondback]

I can remember back in 1980 my mom opening up all the windows in the house and spring cleaning on a clear Saturday afternoon while this record player over our stereo. Take me back please 🙏🏼

[thecaffeinatedteacher]

This is my favorite version because of the intro alone

[karenmansfield]

Such an awesome artist!! She is sorely missed, always loved, never forgotten. This is one of my favs!! Love the beat

[hectoribarra]

This how I was living the Disco good old days going out to the club after 10pm remember

[mannypintado]

The Queen of Disco. True Paradise Garage Diva.

[savymicheal]

Every time she sang a note, it was a master class!

[RogerHicksNEXTLEVEL]

this song taught me how to mix house ands club music

[antoniolusso]

She's The Queen, ever an' Forever Thanks Donna for your talent, your voice now is singin' among angels above the stars

[Shawn-vn]

In 1979 I was 14yrs old when this was out Donna summers was my crush back in da daze's shamiwan napathalay the israelite!!!

[tinatornado]

I love the beginning of this song and how you used the intro from the On The Radio mix! Awesome!

[lolawinewinelola]

My Momma Song ..Happy Birthday Beautiful Mother 12-28-1941/04-29-2008 ..Toot toot hey beep beep...Rip Donna Summers.. 2Queens..Thanks. Momma use too love this song

[lunnouxhinds]

Just listening to this again. How could Casablanca not release this.
I always thought the released 12 version was to short.

[mrgregtable]

70's was music not none of this bullshit today that they are listening to old skool forever

[eugenelynch]

Harvey MILK! You Bad Girl! Happy Birthday Harvey 05-22-2022!!

[johnscalf]

In 2021 listening to Donna Summer in Music City Tennessee

[LANEBarrett]

Thanks For Throwing Us Under The Bus, So Here's A Throwback For You. - Original Style.

[CrisIvan]

This is the Unreleased 12” Version of the Bad Girls single