Bad Company (song)


"Bad Company" is a song by the hard rock band Bad Company. It was released as the third single from their debut album Bad Company in 1974, although it did not chart. Co-written by the group's lead singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke, the song's meaning comes from a book on Victorian morals. The song uses the same chords and piano figure as Joni Mitchell's song "Woodstock" from 1970.

In popular culture

performed the song at a number of concerts in 1994 and 1996.
Bill Champlin did a cover of the song that was featured in season two, episode nine of The Young Riders. The title of the episode is "Bad Company".
In the beginning of ', Stephen King quotes the lines "I was born 6-gun in my hand, Behind a gun I'll make my final stand".
Garth Brooks covers the song on his box set '.
The South African trio of Mark Haze, Dozi and Ghapi recorded a cover version on their album Rocking Buddies in 2013.
In the fourth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga, Keicho Nijimura's stand, Bad Company is named after the band.
Rickie Lee Jones covered the song on her album.
Five Finger Death Punch released a cover of the song.

Personnel

frequently performs a cover of this song live, and recorded the song for their second album War Is the Answer. The song has a significantly heavier tone to it, along with several lyrical edits. The song has been used as entrance music by Washington Nationals closer Drew Storen, Chicago Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta and San Francisco Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner.

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