I'm Bad

Infobox Single
Name = I'm Bad


Artist = LL Cool J
from Album = Bigger and Deffer
B-side = Get Down
Released = 1987
Format = CD Single, Cassette Single
Recorded = 1987
Genre = Hip hop
Length = 4:39
Label = Def Jam
Writer = James Todd Smith
Producer = L.A. Posse, LL Cool J
Chart position =

#1(US R&B/Hip-Hop)
Last single = "You'll Rock" (1986)
This single = "I'm Bad" (1987)
Next single = "I Need Love" (1987)

"I'm Bad" (Sometimes spelt "I'm BAD") was the first single from LL Cool J's second album, Bigger and Deffer. It was released in 1987 for Def Jam Recordings and was produced by the production group, The L.A. Posse and LL Cool J himself, with Russell Simmons executive producing the single. I'm Bad made it to several "Billboard Charts", including 84 on the Billboard Hot 100, 4 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, 23 on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales, 34 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play and 7 on the UK Singles Chart. This single was followed by I Need Love and Go Cut Creator Go.

The song features a sample of the short-lived T.V. series S.W.A.T. (it was later made into a feature film with L.L. Cool J as a police officer). This is the first mainstream rap song where the phrase 'motherfucker' was used (usually edited from radio airplay).

Track listing

The Bigger Side

*"I'm Bad"- 4:39

The Deffer Side

*"Get Down"- 3:23