Bad Time | |
Cover: | Bad_Time_-_Grand_Funk.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Grand Funk |
Album: | All the Girls in the World Beware!!! |
B-Side: | Good & Evil |
Released: | March 24, 1975 |
Recorded: | 1974 |
Genre: | Rock |
Label: | Capitol Records 4046 |
Producer: | Jimmy Ienner |
Prev Title: | Some Kind of Wonderful |
Prev Year: | 1974 |
Next Title: | Take Me |
Next Year: | 1976 |
"Bad Time" is a song written by Mark Farner and performed by Grand Funk. It reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June 1975[1] and appeared on the band's 1974 album, All the Girls in the World Beware!!![2]
Jimmy Ienner produced the song, and it was arranged by Tony Camillo.[3] It was the group's fourth and final single to reach the Top 10 and 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 release, their name reverted to Grand Funk Railroad.
Chart (1975) | Peak position | |
---|---|---|
Canada RPM Top Singles[4] | 3 | |
New Zealand (RIANZ)[5] | 19 | |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] | 4 | |
U.S. Cashbox Top 100 | 5 |
Chart (1975) | Rank | |
---|---|---|
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 61 | |
U.S. Cash Box Hot 100[7] | 76 | |
Canada[8] | 46 |