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“Girl All the Bad Guys Want” by Bowling for Soup
From the album Drunk Enough to Dance (2002)
“Girl All the Bad Guys Want” by Bowling for Soup appears on 10 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 2002 and 2003. It was first released in 2002 on the album Drunk Enough to Dance. Its best result is #5 on the Virgin Radio Top 10 Songs of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #82 alternative song of 2002.
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"Girl All the Bad Guys Want" came off Bowling for Soup's 2002 album Drunk Enough to Dance, and it's the kind of goofy, grinning pop-punk that sounds like a teen movie soundtrack running at double speed. Frontman Jaret Reddick shares the writing credit with Butch Walker, formerly of Marvelous 3, and Tom Lord-Alge's mix buffs the power chords and the big, shout-along chorus to a high shine.
The band had been stuck in a lean stretch, and this one turned their fortunes around: it made number 8 in the UK, scraped onto the Billboard Hot 100 and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. With A Hangover You Don't Deserve following in 2004, Reddick later told MTV it was the song that saved their career.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 63 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2002 | 106 |
| 2002 | 86 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002 | 100 |
| 2002 | 41 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 | 101 |
| 2002 | 23 | Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA | Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2002 | 105 |
| 2002 | 47 | 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL | Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2002 | 103 |
| 2002 | 5 | Virgin Radio United Kingdom | Virgin Radio Top 10 Songs of 2002 | 10 |
| 2002 | 61 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2002 | 103 |
| 2002 | 77 | Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT | WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 2002 | 104 |
| 2003 | 70 | Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA | Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2003 | 105 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 49 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio VR10x10 (April 2003) | 100 |
Also listed as: Girl all the Bad Guys Want; Girl All The Bad Guys Want.
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