Song · Korn
“Make Me Bad” by Korn
From the album Issues (1999)
“Make Me Bad” by Korn appears on 30 radio countdowns from 21 stations between 2000 and 2023. It was first released in 1999 on the album Issues. Its best result is #4 on The End Top 107 Songs of 2000. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #19 alternative song of 2000, #3,502 alternative song of all time and #289 of the '00s.
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"Make Me Bad" was the second single from Issues, Korn's fourth album, arriving in February 2000 with Brendan O'Brien producing and mixing and Nick DiDia recording. All five members share the writing credit: Jonathan Davis, Fieldy, Head, Munky and David Silveria. It's nu metal at its most coiled, guitars grinding in low gear while Davis slithers from a murmur to a snarl.
Plenty of fans hear it as Davis wrestling with alcohol and drugs, and with the choice he made to quit, twelve months ahead of the album's release. The Alien-inspired video ranks among the costliest the band ever shot, with Brigitte Nielsen, Udo Kier, Tatjana Patitz and Shannyn Sossamon in the cast. In December 2006 Korn played it acoustic with the Cure for MTV Unplugged, folded into a medley with the Cure's "In Between Days".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 79 | The Edge | KEDJ Countdown 2000 (106 songs) | 106 |
| 2001 | 435 | WBRU | WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) | 500 |
| 2002 | 497 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
| 2006 | 87 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 107 Songs of the Millennium (December 2006) | 107 |
| 2007 | 353 | KROQ | KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) | 500 |
| 2014 | 368 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) | 500 |
| 2015 | 394 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) | 500 |
| 2019 | 482 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) | 500 |
| 2020 | 313 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) | 420 |
| 2021 | 372 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) | 420 |
| 2022 | 487 | 101X | 101X 500 (2022) | 498 |
| 2022 | 373 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) | 420 |
| 2023 | 389 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) | 420 |
| 2023 | 485 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) | 500 |
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