| "Bad Blood" | ||||
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| Single by Supergrass | ||||
| from the album Diamond Hoo Ha | ||||
| B-side | "Rough Knuckles" | |||
| Released | 17 March 2008 (UK) | |||
| Recorded | Hansa Studios, Berlin Germany, 2007 "Beat It"- Xfm London, January 2008 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 3:03 | |||
| Label | Parlophone | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Gaz Coombes, Danny Goffey, Mick Quinn, Rob Coombes | |||
| Producer(s) | Nick Launay | |||
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"Bad Blood" is the second single from British rock group Supergrass' sixth album, Diamond Hoo Ha. It was released on 17 March 2008, which was one week before the album's release date. The song is about a rough night out in Reykjavík, Iceland, as Gaz Coombes explains;
"We'd played the Airwaves festival, and it was about four in the morning, and right outside our bedroom window in Reykjavík there were loads of boozy scuffles. A really beautiful town, peaceful during the day – then it just went mental at night with drunken fights and shouting. I just thought the contrast was amazing. We carried on writing the lyrics later, using experiences we'd had, wandering around New York City at two in the morning, the worse for wear, and being excited by the dangers, but also being a bit naive. The big line in there is, "I don't believe that man needs God, thank God". Then it goes on: "I can't forget you, you're all I've got my love". It's saying man doesn't need God, he just needs a good woman."[1] This song is featured in Need for Speed: Undercover as one of the tracks used in the series.
Gaz Coombes is also quoted as saying that "Bad Blood" is about violence and paranoia in the 21st century.[2]