"Bad Seed" is a single by American country music artist

Jan Howard Jan Howard (born Lula Grace Johnson; March 13, 1929 – March 28, 2020) was an American country music singer and songwriter. As a singer, she placed 30 singles on the ''Billboard'' country songs chart, was a Grand Ole Opry member and was nomin ...

. Released in September 1966, the song reached #10 on the ''

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Hot Country Singles Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States. This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sal ...

chart. The single was later released on an album of the same name in 1966. The song was written by fellow country artist Bill Anderson. In addition, "Bad Seed" became Howard's final top ten ''Billboard'' solo single of her career. The remainder of her top ten hits would come from collaborations with Bill Anderson.

Chart performance

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{{authority control 1966 singles Jan Howard songs Songs written by Bill Anderson (singer) Song recordings produced by Owen Bradley 1966 songs Decca Records singles