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Bad is een nummer van Michael Jackson uit 1987, afkomstig van zijn gelijknamige album Bad. In de Verenigde Staten was het de tweede van vijf nummer 1-hits van dat album. Ook in Nederland kwam het nummer op de eerste plaats, al was het hier de tweede van “slechts” drie nummer 1-hits in de top 40. In totaal was het in Nederland zijn vijfde nummer 1-hit (na One Day in Your Life, Beat It, Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' en I Just Can't Stop Loving You).

Oorspronkelijk wilde Jackson dit nummer als een duet zingen met zijn rivaal Prince. Uiteindelijk weigerde Prince omdat hij het nummer niet goed vond en vooral de eerste regel “your butt is mine” te dubbelzinnig vond klinken. Jackson wilde zijn tekst niet aanpassen en het plan ging niet door.

"Bad" is a song by the American singer Michael Jackson. It was released by Epic Records on September 7, 1987, as the second single from his seventh studio album, Bad. The song was written and composed by Jackson, and produced by Jackson and Quincy Jones. It was influenced by a true story Jackson read about a young man who tried to escape poverty by attending private school but was killed upon returning home.

"Bad" received positive reviews, with some critics noting that "Bad" helped give Jackson an edgier image. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and remained there for two weeks, becoming the album's second number-one single, and Jackson's eighth number one entry on the chart. It also charted on the Hot R&B Singles, Hot Dance Club Play and Rhythmic chart at number one. "Bad" is certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It reached number one in Ireland, Norway, Spain and the Netherlands, and the top ten in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and several European countries.

The music video for "Bad" premiered in a TV special, Michael Jackson: The Magic Returns, on CBS during prime time on August 31, 1987. It was directed by Martin Scorsese and co-starred Wesley Snipes in one of his first appearances. The video, inspired in part by the film West Side Story, shows Jackson and a group of gangsters portraying a street gang dancing in a subway station, set at the Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets station. It has been praised by critics as one of the most iconic videos of all time; Jackson's outfit has been recognized as an influence on fashion.