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Bad Girls

  • KORD-0090
  • Released April 25, 1979
  • by Donna Summer
  • from Bad Girls
Toot-Toot! Heyyy, Beep-Beep! "Bad Girls," Donna Summer's biggest-selling single, may seem on its surface a frivolous disco concoction. The song's Latin-flavored beat, brassy, exuberant riffs and joyous hooks made it a dancefloor staple and propelled it to the top of the charts, and its onomatopoeic singalong refrain has been getting stuck in people's heads ever since. But there's much more to "Bad Girls'' than meets the eye.Read more...

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From the original liner notes:

Casablanca Record and Filmworks, Inc.
NBLP - 2-7150

Track 2. Bad Girls 4:57
(Music and Lyrics by Donna Summer, Eddie Hokenson, Bruce Sodano and Joe "Bean" Esposito)
Copyright (c) 1979 Starrin Music Publishing Corp./Sweet Summer Night Music (BMI) All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

This album was mixed with the "APHEX" Audio Exciter.

Studio Technical Director: Roman Olearczuk
Album Cover Concept: Donna Summer
Design: Stephen Lumel, David Fleming/Gribbitt!
Photography: Harry Langdon


To Neil: I remember yesterday. I love you, thanks for being a believer.

I would like to thank all the heads of the departments and all those without heads for your undying support. Larry Harris, Bruce Bird, Cecil Holmes, Peter Guber, Dick Sherman, Marc Paul Simon, Brian Interland, Ellen Wolff, Roberta Skopp

To Maurice Lathower: Remember my name is "Donnierre Summierre," and get that right.

To Chris Whorf: You never let me down.

To Phyllis Chotin: We both have the same Dream in common.

To Celeste Peters: From roly-poly little kid on the corner.

To Frances Lawson: Little Orphan Frannie.

To Eva Martinez and Pina Linares: Siempre está ahi cuando las necesito, y siempre tien una sonrisa.

To Joyce Bogart: Thank you for your wonderful contributions on my album cover. I love you.

To Susan Munao: The magic woman. My absolute love and admiration for your ability to sustain through the thick of it. By the way, you make a very good bad girl on the cover too.

To the gang at Munao Management: You wouldn't be satisfied 'til you brought Brooklyn with you.

To Marie Bennett (Aunt Marie): Thank you for coming out here, we need you. Toni Ann Serpico, Mark Figueroa, Barry Sudano and Helene Oster.

To Gerardo Bernard: I gave you the chance and you ran away with it. Mister, am I proud of you.

To Pat Naderhoff: You give me your love, I give you my ulcers.

To Keith Robertson: You never let me down when things get rough.

To Brian Rooney: One would think that after all these years, the draft would have killed you.

To Giorgio Moroder: Giorgio, you make a great john.

To Pete Bellotte: You did an incredible job. I told you if you took off your hat your head would get a chance to breathe.

To Juergen Koppers: Koppy, you are the best and the best in the wets. Ja wohl!

To Keith Forsey: You are great with your four on the floor.

To Harold Faltermeyer: You did a fantastic job. I love working with you.

To Steve Smith and Carolyn: It's always great working with good people.

To Summer Nights and all the boys in the band (Michael Warren, Bob Conti, Virgil Weber Sal Guilliami, Doug Livingston, Richard Edelman): You've picked me up when I've been down and treated me like….!

To Sunshine (Carlene Williams, MaryEllen Bernard, Dara Bernard): Hold on it won't be long.

To Brooklyn Dreams (Joe Esposito, Eddie Hokenson, Bruce Sudano): Thank you boys for making my "Live And More" album such a success.

To James Anderson: Ladies may fall over your green eyes but you are still "au sauvage" to me.

To Wilbert Reed: Y-Y-You a-a-are t-t-the b-b-best.

To Inky (Bobby) Incorvaia: Thanks for being so good to me when I needed a studio and you gave me some time at Magic Wand.

To Peter De Palmer: You make me feel like it's worth it all… I love you.

To Jan Silverno and Lee Friedman: Thanks for helping me get my house and mind together.

To Louis and Barbare Veglia: You've finally made it to the cover.

To Nellie Prestwood and Linda Steihl: Thanks for being bad girls.

To Nicole, Joey, Phyllis Esposito and the kids in Brooklyn: I love you.

I would like to say hi to all my friends in Roxbury.

To Mummy and Daddy: I don't need to say I love you and that I honor you. Now that I have my own child, I know that I must have driven you crazy.

To Jeanette, Ricky, Andrea, Linda, MaryEllen and Dara: It's time to move out West.

I would like to thank Howie, Mozel, Gerardo and Gilbert for their support.

I would like to thank all my nieces and nephews, Morgan, Corwin, Ayana, Katanya, Asha Ruru, and little Summer.

Dear Bruce: If you want me to be strong, I'll give it everything I can. You'll never have to worry cause we're not in a hurry. On my honor, I'll try.

To Mimi: Sometimes when you're gone, I don't know why, I find the simple need to sit and cry. It's not that I'm lonely or that I'm blue, it's just that I need to be with you. Our love will last forever.

I want to thank GOD for all the wonderful things above, behind, beneath and in front of me.

DONNA SUMMER

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