Bad Time (Grand Funk song)

"Bad Time"
Single by Grand Funk
from the album All the Girls in the World Beware!!!
B-side"Good & Evil"
ReleasedMarch 24, 1975
Recorded1974
GenreRock
Length2:55
LabelCapitol Records 4046
Songwriter(s)Mark Farner[1]
Producer(s)Jimmy Ienner
Grand Funk singles chronology
"Some Kind of Wonderful"
(1974)
"Bad Time"
(1975)
"Take Me"
(1976)

"Bad Time" is a song written by Mark Farner and performed by Grand Funk. The song is featured on the band's 1974 album, All the Girls in the World Beware!!!.[2] It peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 the weeks of June 7 and 14, 1975.[3][4]

Jimmy Ienner produced the song, and it was arranged by Tony Camillo.[5] It was the group's fourth and final single to reach the Top 10, and their final Top 40 hit in the U.S.

"Bad Time" marked the end of the group's two-year run as Grand Funk, during which time they scored all their major hits. Following this release, their name reverted to Grand Funk Railroad.

  1. ^ "Grand Funk – Bad Time (1975, Winchester Pressing, Vinyl)". Discogs.com. 24 March 1975. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Grand Funk – All The Girls In The World Beware !!! (1974, Winchester Pressing, Vinyl)". Discogs.com. 15 December 1974. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  3. ^ Billboard Hot 100, Week of June 7, 1975 – Billboard.com. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  4. ^ Billboard Hot 100, Week of June 14, 1975 – Billboard.com. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  5. ^ "Grand Funk - Bad Time". 45cat.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.