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"Bad" is een nummer van de Ierse rockband U2 uit 1985, afkomstig van het album The Unforgettable Fire. Hoewel het nummer nooit op single is uitgebracht, behoort het tot een van de bekendere nummers van de band, mede omdat het een van de nummers is die door de band het vaakst live gespeeld wordt.

De live-versie van het nummer is terug te vinden op de EP Wide Awake in America. De studioversie staat, behalve op The Unforgettable Fire, op de verzamelaar The Best of 1980-1990.

"Bad" is a song by Irish rock band U2 and the seventh track on their 1984 album The Unforgettable Fire. Thematically, the song is about heroin addiction, though lead vocalist Bono has given varying accounts of who was the inspiration behind his lyrics. "Bad" is considered a fan favourite and is one of U2's most frequently performed songs in concert. The band's 12-minute performance of the song at the Live Aid charity concert in 1985 was a breakthrough moment for them.

A live version of the song appears on U2's 1985 EP Wide Awake in America; this rendition became popular on album-oriented rock radio stations. In the United States, the song peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart. The album version of the song featured on the trailer of the 2009 film Brothers and in the opening and closing sequences of the 2004 film Taking Lives.