Bad Boy/Having a Party

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"Bad Boy/Having a Party"
Single by Luther Vandross
from the album Forever, for Always, for Love
ReleasedAugust 1982
Studio Mediasound, New York City
Genre R&B, soul
Length5:16
Label Epic Records
Songwriter(s) Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller, Sam Cooke
Producer(s) Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller
Luther Vandross singles chronology
"If This World Were Mine"
(1982)
""Bad Boy" / "Having a Party""
(1982)
"Since I Lost My Baby"
(1983)

"Bad Boy/Having a Party" is a song by American recording artist Luther Vandross in 1982. The song was released as the first single in support of his album Forever, for Always, for Love . The single became a top five R&B hit which peaked to number-three on the Hot R&B Singles chart, and reached #55 on the Billboard Hot 100. [1] The song was featured during the opening credits of the 1990 film House Party . The bridge samples the chorus from the Sam Cooke song "Having a Party," but with new lyrics added to the end ("you can't go").

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Charts

Chart (1982)Peak
position [2]
US Billboard Hot 100 55
US Billboard Hot R&B Singles 3

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 597.
  2. Luther Vandross - Singles Chart history.Billboard.com