Make Me Bad

"Make Me Bad"
Single by Korn
from the album Issues
ReleasedFebruary 2000 (2000-02)
Recorded1999
GenreNu metal[1]
Length3:55
LabelImmortal/Epic
Songwriter(s)Reginald Arvizu, Jonathan Davis, James Shaffer, David Silveria, Brian Welch
Producer(s)Brendan O'Brien
Korn singles chronology
"Jingle Balls"
(1999)
"Make Me Bad"
(2000)
"Somebody Someone"
(2000)

"Make Me Bad" is a song written and recorded by the American nu metal band Korn for their fourth studio album, Issues. Many Korn fans interpret the lyrics to be about frontman Jonathan Davis' getting tired of drinking or drug abuse and his decision to get sober a year prior to Issues coming out. It was released as the album's second single in February 2000, enjoying major success on US rock radio stations and in the United Kingdom. The Alien-inspired music video is one of the most expensive videos Korn have ever filmed featuring actors Brigitte Nielsen, Udo Kier, Tatjana Patitz, and Shannyn Sossamon. An acoustic medley of "Make Me Bad" and The Cure's "In Between Days" was performed with The Cure for the MTV Unplugged series in December 2006.

  1. ^ "When good TV goes bad: The time MTV Unplugged went nu-metal | Television & radio | the Guardian".