Bad Company (song)
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| "Bad Company" | ||||
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| Single by Bad Company | ||||
| from the album Bad Company | ||||
| Released | 1974 | |||
| Recorded | November 1973 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 4:50 | |||
| Label | Swan Song Records (US) Island Records (UK) |
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| Writer(s) | Simon Kirke Paul Rodgers |
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| Producer | Bad Company | |||
| Bad Company singles chronology | ||||
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"Bad Company" is a song from the band Bad Company's album Bad Company. Co-written by the group's lead singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke, the song's meaning comes from the movie of the same name featuring Jeff Bridges and Barry Brown.[1] The introductory three chords of the song are also in the movie.
It is one of the few songs where the artist, album and song names are the same. Other examples include Black Sabbath, Blue Murder, Bad Religion, Visage, Motörhead, Iron Maiden, Metal Church, Minor Threat, Europe, Great Lake Swimmers, Another Black Day, Talk Talk, Bang Camaro, Wilco, Deicide, and Hellyeah.
Timothy McVeigh, the terrorist responsible for the April 19, 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, was quoted as saying as he fled the site of the bombing that he thought of a specific "Bad Company" lyric, "...dirty for dirty," heard towards the end of the song. Many websites describe this, but confuse that short phrase within a song as the title for another song.[citation needed]
This song is also heard in the 2006 episode of The CW series Supernatural, titled "Scarecrow". It can also be heard on an episode of The Simpsons where Ned Flanders moves to a new town and becomes a "rebel" by keeping an untrimmed mustache.
Tori Amos performed the song at a number of concerts in 1994 and 1996.[2]
In the beginning of the final book of his Dark Tower series, The Dark Tower, Stephen King quotes the lines "I was born 6-gun in my hand, Behind a gun I'll make my final stand".
Metal band Five Finger Death Punch has frequently performed a cover of this song live during their last tour, and have professionally recorded the song for their second album War is the Answer.
References
- ^ "Bad Company by Bad Company". Songfacts.
- ^ http://www.toriset.org/s.php?c=913&t=0
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