Want You Bad
2000 single by The Offspring
"Want You Bad" is a song by American punk rock band the Offspring. The song appears as the fourth track on the band's sixth studio album, Conspiracy of One (2000), and was released to US radio in January 2001. It was released as a single overseas in March 2001. The song is also included on the band's Greatest Hits album (2005). It became another top-10 hit for the band on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, peaking at number 10. The title is a play on words, with the narrator of the song saying to his girlfriend he wants her "to be bad" as in a dominatrix way, rather than he wants her "badly".
"Want You Bad" was remixed by the Dwarves singer Blag Dahlia. The remix appeared on some versions of the "Million Miles Away" single. Two of the single's B-sides, "80 Times" and "Autonomy", appeared on the band's 2010 Japan only compilation album Happy Hour!.
Music video
The music video was filmed in Los Angeles, California, during January 10–11, 2001, and was directed by Spencer Susser.
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