| Big Bad Handsome Man | |
| Cover: | Big Bad Handsome Man.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Imelda May |
| Album: | Love Tattoo |
| Released: | April 13, 2009 |
| Recorded: | 2008 at Embassy Studios in Basingstoke, United Kingdom |
| Genre: | Rockabilly, jazz |
| Length: | 2:45 |
| Label: | Ambassador Records (Universal Music Ireland) |
| Producer: | Imelda May |
| Prev Title: | Johnny Got a Boom Boom |
| Prev Year: | 2009 |
| Next Title: | Psycho |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
"Big Bad Handsome Man" is a song by Irish rockabilly singer Imelda May. Written solely by May, the song was released as her second single on April 13, 2009 and final single from her second studio album, Love Tattoo.
The song is known to have been written by May during her professional career. The song was recorded during the Love Tattoo sessions at Embassy Studios, a sixteen track analogue recording studio in a converted cow shed, near Basingstoke, United Kingdom.
Though no promotional music video for "Big Bad Handsome Man" was recorded, the song still remained popular among critics and fans, though not to the extent of its predecessor, "Johnny Got a Boom Boom".
The song was performed at various television appearances by May in promotion for Love Tattoo, including Later... with Jools Holland, on which she gained recognition in the United Kingdom and The Late Late Show.[1] [2]
The song was featured in a trailer for the HBO television series True Blood in 2009,[3] and further promoted May in the United States, where she later toured with British musician Jamie Cullum.
All songs written by Imelda May.