| "Bad Boys" | ||||
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Bad_Boys_Inner_Circle_Sweden_1990.jpg) Swedish single picture sleeve, 1990 | ||||
| Single by Inner Circle | ||||
| from the album One Way and Bad Boys/Bad to the Bone | ||||
| B-side | "Sweat (A La La La La Long)" | |||
| Released | 1 October 1987 | |||
| Genre | Reggae | |||
| Length | 3:52 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ian Lewis | |||
| Producer(s) | Ian Lewis, Touter Harvey, Roger Lewis | |||
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"Bad Boys" is a 1987 song by the Jamaican reggae band Inner Circle, which gained high popularity in the United States after its re-release in 1993, peaking at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and number seven on the Top 40 Mainstream.[1] It is the opening theme to the American TV show Cops and the theme song of the Bad Boys franchise.