Bad to Me
{{Short description|1963 single by Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Bad to Me
| cover = Bad_to_Me_-_Billy_J._Kramer_with_the_Dakotas.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas
| album = Little Children
| B-side = I Call Your Name
| released = 26 July 1963 (UK)
May 1964 (US)
| format =
| recorded = 26 June 1963
| studio =
| venue =
| length = 2:22
| label = Parlophone R5049
| writer = Lennon–McCartney{{cite book
| first = Jo
| last = Rice
| year = 1982
| title = The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits
| edition = 1st
| publisher = Guinness Superlatives Ltd
| location = Enfield, Middlesex
| page = 73
| isbn = 0-85112-250-7
}}
| producer = George Martin
| prev_title = Do You Want to Know a Secret
| prev_year = 1963
| next_title = I'll Keep You Satisfied
| next_year = 1963
}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Bad to Me
| cover =
| alt =
| type =
| artist = the Beatles
| album = The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963
| released = 17 December 2013
| format =
| recorded = 1963
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Merseybeat
| length = 1:29
| label = Apple, Universal Music Group
| writer = Lennon–McCartney
| producer =
}}
"Bad to Me" is a song credited to Lennon–McCartney. In late interviews, John Lennon said that he wrote it for Billy J. Kramer with The DakotasDavid Sheff, All We Are Saying. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000, {{ISBN|0-312-25464-4}}, p. 170 while on holiday in Spain. However, in a 1964 interview he said that he and Paul McCartney wrote it in the back of a van, declaring McCartney a contributor.{{cite book |last1=Compton |first1=Todd |title=Who wrote the Beatle songs? : a history of Lennon-McCartney |date=2017 |publisher=Todd M. Compton |location=San Jose, California |isbn=978-0998899701 |page=50}} Lennon's original demo of the song was released on iTunes in December 2013 on the album The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963.
It became one of the first occasions a Lennon–McCartney composition made the US Top 40 recorded by an artist other than the Beatles (the first being "A World Without Love" by Peter & Gordon).
Chart performance
Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas released their recording of the song in 1963 and it became their first number 1 in the UK Singles Chart. Paul McCartney was present during the recording session at Abbey Road Studios. The single was released in the US the following year, and was a top-ten hit there, reaching number 9.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=353}} In Canada "Bad To Me' reached number 12 on both the CHUM and RPM charts.{{cite web|url=http://chumtribute.com/64-05-11-chart.jpg| title=CHUM Hit Parade - May 11, 1964}}{{cite web|url=http://chumtribute.com/64-06-08-chart.jpg| title=CHUM Hit Parade - June 8, 1964}}{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.4722.pdf| title=RPM Top 40-5s - June 29, 1964}}
Cover versions
- Terry Black released a version of the song on his 1965 debut album, Only 16.[http://www.discogs.com/Terry-Black-Only-16/release/3789221 Terry Black, Only 16] Retrieved 15 June 2015
- Graham Parker recorded a version of the song for the 2003 album Lost Songs of Lennon & McCartney, new versions of 17 Lennon–McCartney songs that were originally released by other artists.{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|title=Review of Lost Songs of Lennon & McCartney|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lost-songs-of-lennon-mccartney-mw0000024616|publisher=AllMusic}} Leif Garrett also recorded a version of the song for his self-titled debut album. Finnish rock band Hurriganes covered this song in their third album, Crazy Days.
- Recordings of "Bad to Me" as the Beatles may have performed it are available on the 1989 album by Bas Muys entitled Secret Songs: Lennon & McCartney{{cite web|url=http://www.tagtuner.com/music/albums/Bas-Muys/Lennon-%26-McCartney-Secret-Songs-%28Vinyl%29/album-v217698f |title=Bas Muys, Lennon & McCartney Secret Songs (Vinyl) |publisher=Tagtuner.com |date=2006-12-18 |accessdate=2011-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722135007/http://www.tagtuner.com/music/albums/Bas-Muys/Lennon-%26-McCartney-Secret-Songs-%28Vinyl%29/album-v217698f |archive-date=22 July 2011 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=http://www.gnudb.org/cd/roa406b90d |title=Bas Muys - Lennon & McCartney Secret Songs (Vinyl) |publisher=Gnudb.org |accessdate=2011-08-20| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110726121416/http://www.gnudb.org/cd/roa406b90d| archive-date= 26 July 2011 | url-status= live}} and on the 1998 release It's Four You by the Australian tribute band The Beatnix.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Its-Four-You-Beatnix/dp/B00000IBDI/ |title=It's Four You |website=Amazon |accessdate=2011-08-20}}
References
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External links
- {{YouTube|Be4isUx3tEo|Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas - Bad to Me}}
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Category:Songs written by Lennon–McCartney
Category:Billy J. Kramer songs
Category:Song recordings produced by George Martin
Category:UK singles chart number-one singles
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