Word to the Badd!!

{{Short description|1991 single by Jermaine Jackson}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Word to the Badd!!

| cover = Jermaine Jackson - Word to the Badd cover.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Jermaine Jackson featuring TLC

| album = You Said

| released = August 13, 1991

| recorded = 1991

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = R&B, new jack swing, dance-pop, hip hop

| length = 5:14

| label = {{hlist|LaFace|Arista}}

| writer = L.A. Reid, Babyface, Daryl Simmons, Jermaine Jackson, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Jermaine-Jackson-Word-To-The-Badd/master/1341301|title=Jermaine Jackson - Word to the Badd!!|website=Discogs}}

| producer = The LaFace Family (Babyface, L.A. Reid, Daryl Simmons, Kayo)

| prev_title = Don't Take It Personal

| prev_year = 1989

| next_title = You Said, You Said

| next_year = 1991

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = TLC

| type = single

| title = Word to the Badd!!

| year = 1991

| next_title = Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg

| next_year = 1991

}}

}}

"Word to the Badd!!" is a song by American musician Jermaine Jackson, taken from his thirteenth studio album You Said (1991).{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-11-07-ca-1387-story.html|title=Jermaine Jackson - 'Word to the Badd!!'|last=Chuck Philips|author-link=Chuck Philips|date=November 7, 1991|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=19 April 2017}} The song was written by Jackson, L.A. Reid, Babyface, Daryl Simmons and labelmates TLC's group member Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes. It was produced by Reid, Babyface, Simmons and Kayo. The song was released as the album's lead single on August 13, 1991, by LaFace Records and Arista Records.

It reached #78 on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 30, 1991. It also peaked very low on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at #88. An early appearance of TLC, the song features vocals from T-Boz, with a rap verse written by Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes thus earning her co-writing credit. The original version of the track, later edited for its album appearance, gained significant controversy for its scathing lyrics directed towards Jermaine's brother Michael.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vNGey9ugwY Jackson Family Interview (1993) - Part 1] Both versions are featured on the 2014 expanded edition of You Said. There was no music video made for the song.