Bad Boy/Having a Party

"Bad Boy/Having a Party"
Single by Luther Vandross
from the album Forever, for Always, for Love
ReleasedAugust 1982
StudioMediasound, New York City
GenreR&B, soul
Length5:16
LabelEpic Records
Songwriter(s)Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller, Sam Cooke
Producer(s)Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller
Luther Vandross singles chronology
"If This World Were Mine"
(1982) 		""Bad Boy" / "Having a Party""
(1982) 		"Since I Lost My Baby"
(1983)

"Bad Boy/Having a Party" is a song by American recording artist Luther Vandross in 1982. The song was released as the first single in support of his album Forever, for Always, for Love. The single 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.[1] The song was featured during the opening credits of the 1990 film House Party. 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").

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 597.