Song · Adicts
“Bad Boy” by Adicts
From the album Smart Alex (1985)
“Bad Boy” by Adicts appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2002. It was first released in 1985 on the album Smart Alex. Its best result is #1481 on the Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,235 alternative song of all time.
The Adicts put "Bad Boy" out on Razor Records in May 1983, and it became the biggest hit the punk band ever had, reaching number 4 on the UK Independent Chart and sneaking in at number 75 on the national singles chart. Razor pressed it as a standard black-vinyl seven-inch and as a picture disc with an extra track thrown in.
Even that modest splash got the major labels circling, and the band's next single came out on Sire, a Warner imprint. "Bad Boy" itself, the follow-up to "Chinese Takeaway", was folded into their next album, Smart Alex, in 1985. Michael Davison, Pete Dee Davison, Mel Ellis and Keith Warren share the writing credit, and Pete Dee Davison produced it with Lelo Danino and Oswin Falquero.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1481 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
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