Bad Time
| "Bad Time" | ||||
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| Single by Grand Funk | ||||
| from the album All the Girls in the World Beware!!! | ||||
| B-side | "Good and Evil" | |||
| Released | March 24, 1975 | |||
| Recorded | 1974 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 2:55 | |||
| Label | Capitol Records 4046 | |||
| Writer(s) | Mark Farner | |||
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Ienner | |||
| Grand Funk singles chronology | ||||
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"Bad Time" is a song written by Mark Farner and performed by Grand Funk. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 7-14 June 1975.[1] The song appeared on the band's 1974 album, All the Girls in the World Beware!!![2]
The song was produced by Jimmy Ienner and arranged by Tony Camillo.[3] It was the group's fourth single to reach the Top 10, and was their final Top 40 hit in the U.S.
"Bad Time" marked the end of the group's two-year run as 'Grand Funk', during which time they scored all their major hits. Following this song, their name reverted to 'Grand Funk Railroad'.
Chart performance
Weekly singles charts
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Year-end charts
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Other versions
- The Jayhawks released a version of the song on their 1995 album, Tomorrow the Green Grass. The song went to #40 on the UK Singles Chart.[10]
- Guns N' Roses played the song on their Use Your Illusion Tour in the early 1990's.
References
- ↑ The Billboard Hot 100 for 14 June 1975 Retrieved 2015-02-15
- ↑ Grand Funk, All the Girls in the World Beware!!! Retrieved January 21, 2014
- ↑ Grand Funk, "Bad Time" single release Retrieved January 21, 2014
- ↑ http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1975.htm
- ↑ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3986a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=p9u4e8g9k38tn9251sjaflelh0
- ↑ http://www.users.qwest.net/~oldiesloon/wls062175.htm
- ↑ http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/1975YESP.html
- ↑ http://www.oldiesloon.com/il/wls89of75.htm
- ↑ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4057a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=p9u4e8g9k38tn9251sjaflelh0
- ↑ The Jayhawks, "Bad Time" Chart Position Retrieved January 21, 2014
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