The Tracks — Erotica, Track 06
Bad Girl
Not happy. So unhappy.
At a Glance
Title
Bad Girl
Record
Erotica (1992) | Track 06
Single
Third single | February 1993
Writers
Madonna | Shep Pettibone | Anthony Shimkin
Producers
Madonna | Shep Pettibone
Video
Directed by David Fincher
Chart peaks
UK No. 10 | US No. 36
Beneath the provocation of Erotica sits “Bad Girl”: a lonely, self-destructive ballad about a woman who cannot let herself be loved.
The Song
Produced with Shep Pettibone, it was Madonna’s first single to miss the US top twenty.
The Video
David Fincher’s video casts Madonna as a Manhattan executive whose nights end in danger, watched over by a guardian angel played by Christopher Walken.
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