"Bad Time"
Single by Grand Funk
from the album All the Girls in the World Beware!!!
B-side"Good & Evil"
ReleasedMarch 24, 1975
Recorded1974
GenreRock
Length2:55
LabelCapitol Records 4046
Songwriter(s)Mark Farner[1]
Producer(s)Jimmy Ienner
Grand Funk singles chronology
"Some Kind of Wonderful"
(1974) 		"Bad Time"
(1975) 		"Take Me"
(1976)

"Bad Time" is a song written by Mark Farner and performed by Grand Funk. It reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June 1975[2] and appeared on the band's 1974 album, All the Girls in the World Beware!!![3]

Jimmy Ienner produced the song, and it was arranged by Tony Camillo.[4] It was the group's fourth and final single to reach the Top 10 and their final Top 40 hit in the U.S.

"Bad Time" marked the end of the group's two-year run as Grand Funk, during which time they scored all their major hits. Following this release, their name reverted to Grand Funk Railroad.

Chart performance

Other versions

References

  1. ^ "Grand Funk – Bad Time (1975, Winchester Pressing, Vinyl)". Discogs.com. 24 March 1975. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  2. ^ "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Grand Funk – All The Girls In The World Beware !!! (1974, Winchester Pressing, Vinyl)". Discogs.com. 15 December 1974. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Grand Funk - Bad Time". 45cat.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  6. ^ "The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Top 100 Hits of 1975/Top 100 Songs of 1975". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  8. ^ "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1975". Cashbox Magazine. Archived from the original on 2012-08-19. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
  9. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  10. ^ "Bad Time (song by The Jayhawks)". Musicvf.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.

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