"Bad Boy" is a song by the American band
Miami Sound Machine, led by Cuban-American singer
Gloria Estefan, and released as the second single from their second
English language album, and ninth overall, Primitive Love (1985). The song enjoyed much success following up on the band's mainstream breakthrough single, "
Conga". It also was featured in and opened the film Three Men and a Baby.
Song history
The radio release and single was an edited and remixed version of the original album cut. It was remixed by
Shep Pettibone. "Bad Boy" became the band's second top 10 single in the
United States, peaking at number eight on the
Billboard Hot 100, and reached the top 20 in many other countries around the world. The single was certified Gold by the
RIAA in the US for sales of 500,000 units and by the
ARIA in
Australia for sales of 35,000 copies. The song landed at number 79 on
Billboard magazine'syear-end chart of 1986.[1]
Music videos
Two
music videos were made for the song. One was made at the
Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach, in which Estefan plays a version of herself, trying to attract the attention of a Speedo-clad Hollywood star at the resort, whilst herself being pursued by a nerdy-looking fan. The other, directed by D.J. Webster, featured Estefan dancing with anthropomorphized alley cats,[2] led by choreographer Russell Clark, in the style of the musical Cats.
^Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). Sydney: Australian Chart Book. pp. 104, 199.
ISBN0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by
ARIA between 1983 and 26 June 1988.
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