| Bad to Me | |
| Cover: | Bad_to_Me_-_Billy_J._Kramer_with_the_Dakotas.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas |
| Album: | Little Children |
| B-Side: | I Call Your Name |
| Released: | 26 July 1963 (UK) May 1964 (US) |
| Recorded: | 26 June 1963 |
| Genre: | Pop, beat |
| Length: | 2:22 |
| Label: | Parlophone R5049 |
| Producer: | George Martin |
| Prev Title: | Do You Want to Know a Secret |
| Prev Year: | 1963 |
| Next Title: | I'll Keep You Satisfied |
| Next Year: | 1963 |
| Bad to Me | |
| Artist: | the Beatles |
| Album: | The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963 |
| Released: | 17 December 2013 |
| Recorded: | 1963 |
| Genre: | Merseybeat |
| Length: | 1:29 |
| Label: | Apple, Universal Music Group |
"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[1] 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.[2] 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).
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. Paul McCartney was present during the recording session at Abbey Road Studios. The single was released in the US the following year, and was a top-ten hit there, reaching number 9.[3] In Canada "Bad To Me' reached number 12 on both the CHUM and RPM charts.[4] [5] [6]
