Bad Blood (Neil Sedaka song)

"Bad Blood"
"Bad Blood"
Single by Neil Sedaka
from the album Overnight Success and ; The Hungry Years
B-side	"Your Favorite Entertainer" (US); "Hey Mister Sunshine" (UK); "Baby Blue" (Italy);
Released	September 1975
Genre	Rock
Length	3:09
Label	Rocket/MCA (US); Polydor (UK)
Songwriter(s)	Neil Sedaka, Phil Cody
Producer(s)	Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka singles chronology

"Bad Blood" is a popular song written by Neil Sedaka and Phil Cody. The song, with uncredited backing vocals by Elton John,^[2] reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975, remaining at the top position for three weeks. It was certified Gold by the RIAA and was the most successful individual commercial release in Sedaka's career. "Bad Blood" was replaced at the number one spot by John's single "Island Girl".

Personnel

Neil Sedaka – vocals, acoustic piano
Elton John – background vocals (uncredited)
Dean Parks, Steve Cropper – guitar
David Foster – keyboards
Chuck Findley, Dick Hyde, Jackie Kelso, Jim Horn – woodwinds
Nigel Olsson – drums
Leland Sklar – bass guitar
Milt Holland – percussion

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1975)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[3]	11
Canada RPM Top Singles	1
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary^[4]	31
US Billboard Hot 100^[5]	1
US Billboard Easy Listening^[6]	25
US Cash Box Top 100^[7]	1
US Record World	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1975)	Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[3]	97
Canada^[8]	2
US Billboard Hot 100^[9]	93

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[10]	Gold	75,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[11]	Gold	1,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Breihan, Tom (August 9, 2019). "The Number Ones: Neil Sedaka's "Bad Blood"". Stereogum. Retrieved June 26, 2023. Sedaka, it turns out, sounds a lot better belting out glitzy Broadway-rock than he does crooning sleepy ballads.
^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 214.
^ ^a ^b "National Top 100 Singles for 1975". Kent Music Report. December 29, 1975. Retrieved January 15, 2022 – via Imgur.
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1975-10-25. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1975-11-01 Adult Contemporary Music Chart, November 1, 1975
^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, November 1, 1975". Archived from the original on June 20, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca.
^ "Top 100 Hits of 1975/Top 100 Songs of 1975 | Music Outfitters".
^ "Canadian single certifications – Neil Sedaka – Bad Blood". Music Canada. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
^ "American single certifications – Neil Sedaka – Bad Blood". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 16, 2023.

External links

This 1970s single–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[Breihan_2019-1] Breihan, Tom (August 9, 2019). "The Number Ones: Neil Sedaka's "Bad Blood"". Stereogum. Retrieved June 26, 2023. Sedaka, it turns out, sounds a lot better belting out glitzy Broadway-rock than he does crooning sleepy ballads.

[2] Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 214.

[aus75-3] "National Top 100 Singles for 1975". Kent Music Report. December 29, 1975. Retrieved January 15, 2022 – via Imgur.

[4] "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1975-10-25. Retrieved 2021-05-12.

[5] Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X

[6] ttp://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1975-11-01 Adult Contemporary Music Chart, November 1, 1975

[7] "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, November 1, 1975". Archived from the original on June 20, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2017.

[8] "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca.

[9] "Top 100 Hits of 1975/Top 100 Songs of 1975 | Music Outfitters".

[CanadaNeil_SedakaBad_BloodsingleCertRef-10] "Canadian single certifications – Neil Sedaka – Bad Blood". Music Canada. Retrieved June 16, 2023.

[United_StatesNeil_SedakaBad_BloodsingleCertRef-11] "American single certifications – Neil Sedaka – Bad Blood". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 16, 2023.

[2]

[1]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]