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{{Short description|1963 single by Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas}}
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{{Infobox song
| name       = Bad to Me
| cover      = Bad_to_Me_-_Billy_J._Kramer_with_the_Dakotas.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas]]
| album      = [[Little Children (album)|Little Children]]
| B-side     = [[I Call Your Name]]
| released   = 26 July 1963 (UK) <br/>May 1964 (US)
| format     =
| recorded   = 26 June 1963
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Beat music|beat]]
| length     = 2:22
| label      = [[Parlophone]] R5049<ref name="500 Number One Hits"/>
| writer     = [[Lennon–McCartney]]<ref name="500 Number One Hits">{{cite book
  | first     = Jo
  | last      = Rice
  | year      = 1982
  | title     = The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits
  | edition   = 1st
  | publisher = Guinness Superlatives Ltd 
  | location  = Enfield, Middlesex
  | page      = 73
  | isbn      = 0-85112-250-7
}}</ref>
| producer   = [[George Martin]]<ref name="500 Number One Hits"/>
| prev_title = [[Do You Want to Know a Secret]]
| prev_year  = 1963
| next_title = [[I'll Keep You Satisfied]]
| next_year  = 1963
}}
{{Infobox song
| name     = Bad to Me
| cover    =
| alt      =
| type     =
| artist   = [[the Beatles]]
| album    = [[The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963]]
| released = 17 December 2013
| format   =
| recorded = 1963
| studio   =
| venue    =
| genre    = [[Beat music|Merseybeat]]
| length   = 1:29
| label    = [[Apple Records|Apple]], [[Universal Music Group]]
| writer   = [[Lennon–McCartney]]
| producer =
}}
"'''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 (band)|the Dakotas]]<ref name="sheff">David Sheff, ''All We Are Saying''. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000, {{ISBN|0-312-25464-4}}, p. 170</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Compton |first1=Todd |title=Who wrote the Beatle songs? : a history of Lennon-McCartney |date=2017 |publisher=Todd M. Compton |location=San Jose, California |isbn=978-0998899701 |page=50}}</ref> 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]]).

==Chart performance==
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]].<ref name="500 Number One Hits"/> [[Paul McCartney]] was present during the recording session at [[Abbey Road Studios]]. The single was released in the [[United States|US]] the following year, and was a top-ten hit there, reaching number 9.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=353}}</ref> In Canada "Bad To Me' reached number 12 on both the [[CHUM Chart|CHUM]] and [[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] charts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chumtribute.com/64-05-11-chart.jpg| title=CHUM Hit Parade - May 11, 1964}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://chumtribute.com/64-06-08-chart.jpg| title=CHUM Hit Parade - June 8, 1964}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.4722.pdf| title=RPM Top 40-5s - June 29, 1964}}</ref>

==Cover versions==
*[[Terry Black]] released a version of the song on his 1965 debut album, ''[[Only 16]]''.<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/Terry-Black-Only-16/release/3789221 Terry Black, ''Only 16''] Retrieved 15 June 2015</ref>
*[[Graham Parker]] recorded a version of the song for the 2003 album ''Lost Songs of Lennon & McCartney'', new versions of 17 Lennon–McCartney songs that were originally released by other artists.<ref name="erlewine2009">{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|title=Review of ''Lost Songs of Lennon & McCartney''|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lost-songs-of-lennon-mccartney-mw0000024616|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> [[Leif Garrett]] also recorded a version of the song for [[Leif Garrett (album)|his self-titled debut album]]. Finnish rock band [[Hurriganes]] covered this song in their third album, ''Crazy Days''.
*Recordings of "Bad to Me" as the Beatles may have performed it are available on the 1989 album by Bas Muys entitled ''Secret Songs: Lennon & McCartney''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tagtuner.com/music/albums/Bas-Muys/Lennon-%26-McCartney-Secret-Songs-%28Vinyl%29/album-v217698f |title=Bas Muys, Lennon & McCartney Secret Songs (Vinyl) |publisher=Tagtuner.com |date=2006-12-18 |accessdate=2011-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722135007/http://www.tagtuner.com/music/albums/Bas-Muys/Lennon-%26-McCartney-Secret-Songs-%28Vinyl%29/album-v217698f |archive-date=22 July 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gnudb.org/cd/roa406b90d |title=Bas Muys - Lennon & McCartney Secret Songs (Vinyl) |publisher=Gnudb.org |accessdate=2011-08-20| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110726121416/http://www.gnudb.org/cd/roa406b90d| archive-date= 26 July 2011 <!--DASHBot-->| url-status= live}}</ref> and on the 1998 release ''It's Four You'' by the [[Australia]]n [[Tribute act|tribute band]] [[The Beatnix]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Its-Four-You-Beatnix/dp/B00000IBDI/ |title=It's Four You |website=Amazon |accessdate=2011-08-20}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{YouTube|Be4isUx3tEo|Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas - Bad to Me}}

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