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Bad GirlsDonna Summer

Released: June 23, 1979

Songwriter: Joe Esposito Edward Hokenson Bruce Sudano Donna Summer

Producer: Pete Bellotte Giorgio Moroder

[Intro/Interlude]
Toot toot, hey, beep beep, toot toot, hey, beep beep
Toot toot, hey, beep beep, toot toot, hey, beep beep

[Chorus 1]
Bad girls, talking ’bout the sad girls
Sad girls, talking ’bout bad girls, yeah

[Verse 1]
See them out on the street at night (Walkin')
Picking up all kinds of strangers, if the price is right
You can score if your pocket’s nice
But you want a good time

[Pre-Chorus 1]
You ask yourself, "Who they are?"
Like everybody else, they come from near and far
Woah, bad girls, yeah

[Chorus 1]
Bad girls, (Bad girls) talking ’bout the sad girls (Sad girls)
Sad girls, (Sad girls) talking ’bout bad girls, yeah

[Verse 2]
Friday night and the strip is hot (Hot)
Sun’s gone down and they’re about to trot (Out trottin')
Spirit’s high and they look hot
Do you wanna get down?

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Now, don’t you ask yourself, "Who they are?"
Like everybody else, they wanna be a star
Woah, yeah, yeah, there comes

[Chorus 2]
Bad girl, sad girl, you’re such a naughty bad girl
Beep beep, uh-huh
You bad girl, you sad girl, you’re such a naughty bad girl
Beep beep, uh-huh

[Verse 3]
Now you and me, we are both the same (Both the same)
But you call yourself by different names (Different names)
Now your Mama won’t like it when she finds out (Finds out)
Girl is out at night

[Interlude]
Toot toot, hey, beep beep, toot toot, hey, beep beep
Toot toot, hey, beep beep, toot toot, hey, beep beep

[Bridge]
Hey mister, have you got a dime?
(Toot toot, hey, beep beep, toot toot, hey, beep beep)
Mister, do you want to spend some time, oh yeah
(Toot toot, hey, beep beep, toot toot, hey, beep beep)
I got what you want, you got what I need
(Toot toot, hey, beep beep, toot toot, hey, beep beep)
I’ll be your baby, come and spend it on me
(Toot toot, hey, beep beep, toot toot, hey, beep beep)
Hey mister, I’ll spend some time with you
(Toot toot, hey, beep beep, toot toot, hey, beep beep)
With you, you’re fine, with you
(Toot toot, hey, beep beep, toot toot, hey, beep beep)

[Outro]
Bad girls, they’re just bad girls
(Toot toot, hey, beep beep, toot toot, hey, beep beep)
Talkin’ about sad girls, yeah, sad girls, yeah
(Toot toot, hey, beep beep, toot toot, hey, beep beep)
Hey, hey mister, got a dime?
(Toot toot, hey, beep beep, toot toot, hey, beep beep)
(Toot toot, hey, beep beep, toot toot, hey, beep beep)
(Toot toot, hey, beep beep, toot toot, hey, beep beep)

Donna Summer

As the unquestioned queen of disco, the one and only Donna Summer lit up the late 70s and 80s with flashy, exuberant vocals and automatic earworms. Born LaDonna Adrian Gaines on Dec. 31, 1948, Summer moved to Germany after being cast in a Munich production of Hair. There, she happened to meet Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, and the trio conglomerated to form a dynamic music team. With Moroder, Summer forged together her first album, The Hostage, which reached moderate success in Northern Europe. Summer’s big break, however, would come later with the release of 1975’s sexual “Love to Love You Baby”, which became one of disco’s first mainstream hits and reached #2 on the Billboard Charts.

1977 came around with the concept album I Remember Yesterday, which featured the Top 10 single “I Feel Love”. The next year, Summer hit the silver screen with the movie Thank God It’s Friday, whose soundtrack featured one of her own the iconic “Last Dance.” This would later become one of the disco legends' signature songs. “Dance” would take home an Academy Award for Best Original Song, a Grammy, and a Golden Globe, and it jumped to a peak of #3 on the charts.

Yet Summer’s illustrious career was far from finished – Summer’s first live album Live and More featured the single “MacArthur Park”, a melting ballad that was a cover of the Jimmy Webb ballad of the same name. “Park” became Summer’s first – and perhaps most memorable – No. 1 hit, and cemented her status as a vocalist as well as a performer. With the track, she became the first female in modern rock history to hold the top spot in both the Hot 100 and the Billboard 200. 1979, though, would really be the peak of her career.

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