Bad to Me is a song credited to Lennon–McCartney.
In late interviews, John Lennon said that he wrote it for Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas while on holiday in Spain. However, in a 1964 interview he said that he and Paul McCartney wrote it in the back of a van, declaring McCartney a contributor. Lennon's original demo of the song was released on iTunes in December 2013 on the album The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963. It became one of the first occasions a Lennon–McCartney composition made the US Top 40 recorded by an artist other than the Beatles (the first being "A World Without Love" by Peter & Gordon).
"Bad to Me" | ||||
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Single by Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas | ||||
from the album Little Children | ||||
B-side | "I Call Your Name" | |||
Released | 26 July 1963 (UK) May 1964 (US) | |||
Recorded | 26 June 1963 | |||
Genre | Pop, beat | |||
Length | 2:22 | |||
Label | Parlophone R5049 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Lennon–McCartney | |||
Producer(s) | George Martin | |||
Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas singles chronology | ||||
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"Bad to Me" | |
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Song by the Beatles | |
from the album The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963 | |
Released | 17 December 2013 |
Recorded | 1963 |
Genre | Merseybeat |
Length | 1:29 |
Label | Apple, Universal Music Group |
Songwriter(s) | Lennon–McCartney |
Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas released their recording of the song in 1963 and it became their first number 1 in the UK Singles Chart. Paul McCartney was present during the recording session at Abbey Road Studios. The single was released in the US the following year, and was a top-ten hit there, reaching number 9.
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