# Bad Bad Boy

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{{Infobox song
| name       = Bad Bad Boy
| cover      = Nazareth Bad Bad Boy cover.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [Nazareth](/source/Nazareth_(band))
| album      = [Razamanaz](/source/Razamanaz)
| B-side     = {{ubl|"Hard Living"|"Spinning Top"}}
| released   = July 1973<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/576/mode/2up|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=1995|page=576 |isbn=9780862415419 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles }}</ref>
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      =
* [Hard rock](/source/Hard_rock)
* [blues rock](/source/blues_rock)
| length     =
| label      = [Mooncrest](/source/Mooncrest_Records)
| writer     =
* [Dan McCafferty](/source/Dan_McCafferty)
* Darrell Sweet
* Pete Agnew
* [Manny Charlton](/source/Manny_Charlton)
| producer   = [Roger Glover](/source/Roger_Glover)
| prev_title = [Broken Down Angel](/source/Broken_Down_Angel)
| prev_year  = 1973
| next_title = [This Flight Tonight](/source/This_Flight_Tonight)
| next_year  = 1973
}}

"'''Bad Bad Boy'''" is a song and single by [Scottish](/source/Scottish_people) rock group [Nazareth](/source/Nazareth_(band)). It was first released in 1973.<ref name=am>{{cite web | url=http://www.discogs.com/Nazareth-Bad-Bad-Boy/release/1854671| title=Bad Bad Boy | publisher=[Discogs](/source/Discogs) | accessdate=29 May 2014}}</ref>

==Background and chart success==
Musicians are [Dan McCafferty](/source/Dan_McCafferty) on lead vocals, [Darrell Sweet](/source/Darrell_Sweet_(musician)) on percussion, [Pete Agnew](/source/Pete_Agnew) on bass guitar and [Manny Charlton](/source/Manny_Charlton) on electric guitar. The song came from their 1973 album ''[Razamanaz](/source/Razamanaz)''. The song was the second of eleven of Nazareth's singles to appear in the [UK Singles Chart](/source/UK_Singles_Chart). It reached number 10 in 1973, staying for nine weeks.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/nazareth/ | title=Nazareth | publisher=www.officialcharts.com | accessdate=28 May 2014}}</ref>

A 2010 re-issue of their 1973 album ''[Loud 'n' Proud](/source/Loud_'n'_Proud)'' contained "Bad Bad Boy" as a bonus track not included on the original release. It was taken from a live recording from the [Bob Harris](/source/Bob_Harris_(radio)) show on [BBC Radio](/source/BBC_Radio).

==References== 
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Category:1973 songs
Category:1973 singles
Category:Nazareth (band) songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Roger Glover
Category:Mooncrest Records singles
Category:Songs written by Dan McCafferty
Category:Songs written by Darrell Sweet (musician)
Category:Songs written by Manny Charlton

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