Song · Billie Eilish
“Bad Guy” by Billie Eilish
From the album WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? (2019)
“Bad Guy” by Billie Eilish appears on 26 radio countdowns from 19 stations between 2019 and 2026. It was first released in 2019 on the album WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?. Its best result is #1 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2019, and it was voted number one on two countdowns in total. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #1 alternative song of 2019, #6,165 alternative song of all time and #94 of the '10s.
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"Bad Guy" dropped on March 29, 2019, the fifth single from Billie Eilish's debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, and its whole trick is how little is in it. Her brother Finneas O'Connell co-wrote and produced it, with Eilish chipping in on production, and the track is mostly empty space, a minimalist pop-trap bounce with a vocal delivered somewhere between a smirk and a dare. The lyric needles some guy who plays at being tough and lets him know she's the more durable bad guy of the two.
It ended the 19-week reign of Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, and at the 62nd Grammys it took both Record and Song of the Year. Dave Meyers' video, all wild dancing, a nosebleed and Eilish perched on a man doing push-ups, leaned gleefully into camp.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 11 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2019 | 91 |
| 2019 | 16 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 50 Songs of 2019 | 50 |
| 2019 | 1 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2019 | 50 |
| 2019 | 27 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2019 | 90 |
| 2019 | 17 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2019 | 88 |
| 2019 | 2 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2019 | 103 |
| 2019 | 2 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2019 | 89 |
| 2019 | 10 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2019 | 51 |
| 2019 | 4 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2019 | 104 |
| 2019 | 1 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2019 | 100 |
| 2020 | 41 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 93 Songs of 2020 | 93 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 35 | ALT 98.7 | ALT 98.7 Top 98 ALT Songs of the Decade | 98 |
| 2019 | 27 | 103.3 The Edge | 103.3 The Edge Top 103.3 Songs of the Decade | 103 |
| 2019 | 56 | 102.7 WEQX | WEQX Top 102.7 of the 2010's Decade | 103 |
| 2020 | 5 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 of the 2010s | 102 |
| 2020 | 75 | The Buzz | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of the Decade | 99 |
| 2020 | 5 | X96 | X96's Top 100 Songs of the Last Decade | 100 |
| 2020 | 71 | Triple J | Triple J Hottest 100 of the 2010s (2020) | 100 |
| 2022 | 402 | 101X | 101X 500 (2022) | 498 |
| 2023 | 186 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
| 2024 | 831 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2024 | 287 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 10 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 16 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2026 | 903 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
| 2026 | 460 | 101X | 101X 500 (2026) | 500 |
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