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Song Lyric Sunday was created by Helen Vahdati from This Thing Called Life One Word at a Time and author Jim Adams from A Unique Title For Me is our current host. For complete rules or to join in the fun, click here.
This week’s theme is “Birthday/Cake/Gift/Party/Surprise.”
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Released in September of 1982, Luther Vandross’ sophomore album, Forever, for Always, for Love, was his second album to chart in the top 20 on the Billboard 200 and his second album to top the R&B Albums chart where it spent three weeks.
The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA, and earned Vandross his third nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male, but Marvin Gaye won for his song, Sexual Healing.
The first release from the album, Bad Boy /Having a Party, 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… and it became a party anthem that can still be heard at class reunions, wedding receptions, family reunions, Christmas parties and cookouts almost forty years later!
The song is about a teenage boy, grounded for staying out too late, who decides to sneak out of his home to attend the party of the year.
FUN FACTS:
- 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”).
- The song was featured during the opening credits of the 1990 film House Party.
- Before he began a successful solo career, Vandross sang backing vocals for many top artists including Roberta Flack, Chaka Khan, Ben E. King, Bette Midler, Diana Ross, Carly Simon, Barbra Streisand, and Donna Summer, and for the bands Mandrill, Chic and Todd Rundgren’s Utopia.
Enjoy!
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Bad Boy / Having a Party
Oh Yeah (Do doobie, doobie, de, de)
Well alright, (Do doobie, doobie, de, de) oh yeah
(Yeah) Well alright, (Whoa, ey)
oh yeah (bad boy’s swingin’) (Do doobie, dwiddle, de, de)
Well alright, (Dwiddle, de, Dwiddle, de, Dwiddle, de)
oh yeah (Do, do, do, de, do, yeah)
We’re gonna have us a good time tonight
Every time that we meet, we skip and we dip to the beat, yeah
What in the world could be better than getting together again
That’s why your mama told you that you couldn’t go out (stay in the house)
Cause he sure wants to go out and dance
the chandelier down stairs has fallen (Well alright)
I know its hard to resist, this is the party no one wanted to miss
You’re going to be in trouble (Well alright)
I hope your mama don’t look in your room
Cause if she does she’ll be here soon
You got in trouble
(boy),
Say goodbye to your friends
’cause it’s gonna be a while til you see them again
Cause he sure wants to go out and dance
(ooo yeah)
On the radio-o-o
Havin’ a party, everybody swingin’ (he’s a bad boy swingin)
Dancin’ to the music on the radio-o-no-no-no (you can’t go)
Cause he sure wants to go out and dance
On the radio-o-o
Havin’ a party, everybody swingin’ (he’s a bad boy swingin)
Dancin’ to the music on the radio-o-no-no-no (you can’t go)
d-d-d-dip out her window,
diddle, diddle, de
dippity, dippity, de, de, de,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, o-o-oh, oh yeah
Bad Boy (oh bad boy) he’s gonna sneak out tonight, he’s gonna tip out her window,
d-d-d-dip out her window,
diddle, diddle, de
Nesie's Place 
Oh yes he is sooo smooth! I loved this one Felicia
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Smooth grooving tune.
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The man was the king of smooth! 😊
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🙂
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Love Luther! Great song choice today!
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It is very slow for a party song and I think it would be hard to dance to. It is a good song but the title is misleading.
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It’s more about attitude and “showing out.” The background vocals are what brings folks to the dance floor ready to have fun. 😉😉
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