You've Got It Bad Girl Explained

You've Got It Bad Girl
Type:studio
Artist:Quincy Jones
Cover:gotbadjones.jpg
Released:October 1973
Recorded:1973
Studio:A&M Studios (Hollywood, CA)
Sun West Studios (Hollywood, CA)
The Record Plant (Hollywood, CA)
The Burbank Studios (Burbank, CA)
A&R Studios (New York)
Genre:Jazz-funk
Length:42:39
Label:A&M
Producer:Quincy Jones
Prev Title:The Hot Rock
Prev Year:1972
Next Title:Body Heat
Next Year:1974

You've Got It Bad Girl is a 1973 album by the American jazz musician/producer Quincy Jones.

The opening track is an interpretation of the Lovin' Spoonful's "Summer in the City", and won Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement at 16th Annual Grammy Awards, beating Spain (instrumental) by Chick Corea in the process.

The track features Chuck Rainey on bass guitar, Eddy Louiss on Hammond organ, Dave Grusin on Rhodes piano, Grady Tate on drums, and Valerie Simpson, best known from Ashford & Simpson, on vocals. Simpson's lyrics are reduced to only one bridge and one chorus, while a line is changed from “Go out and find a girl” to “Ain’t it nice just to be a girl?”.

Jones's version of "Summer in the City" has been sampled by several artists. According to whosampled.com it has been sampled in 87 songs (by October 2024)[1] .

The title track "You've Got It Bad Girl" is a song written by Yvonne Wright and Stevie Wonder[2] and was originally released on Wonder's 1972 album Talking Book. Jones himself performs the lead vocals.

The album features another Stevie Wonder song: "Superstition", featuring vocals from Bill Withers, Billy Preston and Stevie Wonder himself, billed as 'Three Beautiful Brothers'.

The album also includes the "Sanford and Son Theme (The Streetbeater)", which was used for the opening and closing credits themes for the NBC situation comedy Sanford and Son.

The final track on the album, "Chump Change", was first used as the main theme to 1972's The New Bill Cosby Show on CBS, where Jones's orchestra provided music. The CBS game show Now You See It used "Chump Change" as its main theme as well, both in 1974 and on its revival in 1989. It is also used as the main theme to the Dutch radio programme Langs de lijn, as well as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's programme Ukeslutt.

Track listing

  1. "Summer in the City" (John Sebastian, Mark Sebastian, Steve Boone) – 4:05
  2. "Eyes of Love" (Quincy Jones, Bob Russell) – 3:28
  3. Tribute to A.F.-Ro': "Daydreaming"/"First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (Aretha Franklin)/(Ewan MacColl) – 7:11
  4. "Love Theme from The Getaway" (Jones) – 2:35
  5. "You've Got It Bad Girl" (Stevie Wonder, Yvonne Wright) – 5:45
  6. "Superstition" (Wonder) – 4:32
  7. "Manteca" (Gil Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo) – 8:42
  8. "Sanford and Son Theme (The Streetbeater)" (Jones) – 3:05
  9. "Chump Change" (Bill Cosby, Jones) – 3:19

Personnel

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Songs that Sampled Summer in the City. WhoSampled.com. October 27, 2024.
  2. Web site: Photographic image of record label. JPG. Discogs.com. March 30, 2022.
  3. Web site: You've Got It Bad Girl – Quincy Jones | Awards . AllMusic. March 30, 2022.

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