Bad Boy/Having a Party
"Bad Boy/Having a Party" is a song by American recording artist Luther Vandross in 1982. The song was released as the first single in support of his album Forever, for Always, for Love. The single became a top five R&B hit which peaked to number-three on the Hot R&B Singles chart, and reached #55 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was featured during the opening credits of the 1990 film House Party and was in the 2022 Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance with Somebody. The bridge samples the chorus from the Sam Cooke song "Having a Party," but with new lyrics added to the end.
Personnel
- Luther Vandross – lead and background vocals, arrangements, vocal arrangements
- Nat Adderley Jr. – keyboards, background vocals
- Marcus Miller – bass, arrangements
- Yogi Horton – drums
- Doc Powell, Georg Wadenius – guitar
- Ralph MacDonald – percussion
- Ed Walsh – synthesizer
- Brenda White, Paulette McWilliams, Fonzi Thornton, Phillip Ballou – background vocals