Song · Tom Waits
“Bad As Me” by Tom Waits
From the album Bad as Me (2011)
“Bad As Me” by Tom Waits appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2011 and 2025. It was first released in 2011 on the album Bad as Me. Its best result is #33 on the WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2011. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #154 indie & aaa song of 2011 and #6,560 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Bad as Me" came out of the sessions for Tom Waits' album of the same name, and when Anti- put it out as a single on August 23, 2011, it was his first new studio material in seven years, since Real Gone in 2004. He wrote it with his wife, Kathleen Brennan, and the two produced it together. The rollout got away from him: after he promised online to set the record straight, the artwork, track list and a clip of the song surfaced on Amazon and musicME, and he grumbled on YouTube that the leak had "spoiled the surprise."
The lineup is stacked: Waits on vocals and piano, Marc Ribot on guitars, Casey Waits on drums, Charlie Musselwhite on harmonica and Clint Maedgen on baritone sax, with Karl Derfler recording and mixing. Critics welcomed it with open arms.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 33 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2011 | 90 |
| 2011 | 79 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2011 | 104 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 639 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
Also listed as: Bad as Me.
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