''You've Got It Bad Girl'' is a 1973 album by the American jazz musician/producer

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. The opening track is an interpretation of

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's " Summer in the City", and won Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement at

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, beating

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in the process. The track features

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, Eddy Louiss on

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on drums, and

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, best known from

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, on vocals. Simpson's lyrics are reduced to only one bridge and one chorus, while a line is changed from “Go out and find a girl” to “Ain’t it nice just to be a girl?”. Jones's version of "Summer in the City" has been

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by several artists. The title track "You've Got It Bad Girl" is a song written by

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and

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and was originally released on Wonder's 1972 album ''

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''. Jones himself performs the lead vocals. The album features another Stevie Wonder song: "

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", featuring vocals from

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and

himself, billed as 'Three Beautiful Brothers'. The album also includes the "

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", which was used for the opening and closing credits themes for the

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situation comedy ''

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''. The final track on the album, "Chump Change", was first used as the main theme to 1972's ''

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'' on

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, where Jones's orchestra provided music. The

game show ''

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'' used "Chump Change" as its main theme as well, both in 1974 and on its revival in 1989. The original recording has been used as the theme for Dutch sport radio show ''Langs de Lijn'' since 1975, and a remake is used by Norwegian broadcaster

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for its show ''Ukeslutt''.

Track listing

# " Summer in the City" (

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, Mark Sebastian,

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) – 4:05 # "Eyes of Love" (

, Bob Russell) – 3:28 # Tribute to A.F.- Ro': "Daydreaming"/" First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (

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)/(

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) – 7:11 # "Love Theme from ''The Getaway''" (Jones) – 2:35 # "You've Got It Bad Girl" (

) – 5:45 # "

" (Wonder) – 4:32 # " Manteca" (

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Dizzy Gillespie John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie ( ; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improvisation, improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy El ...

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) – 8:42 # "

" (Jones) – 3:05 # "Chump Change" (

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, Jones) – 3:19

Personnel

* Quincy Duke – vocals *

–

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– vocals *

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–

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*Tom Junior Morgan – harmonica soloist *

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– guitar, whistle, harmonica *

Ernie Watts Ernest James Watts (born October 23, 1945) is an American jazz and R&B saxophonist who plays soprano, alto, and tenor saxophone. He has worked with Charlie Haden's Quartet West and toured with the Rolling Stones. On Frank Zappa's album '' ...

– saxophone * Bobbye Porter – percussion * Bob James & Creations – keyboards * Ray Brown – producer, mixing,

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– electric bass *

– electric bass * Eddie Louiss – organ *

George Duke George Martin Duke (January 12, 1946 – August 5, 2013) was an American keyboardist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer. He worked with numerous artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and as ...

– piano *

– trumpet, arranger, Conductor, Vocals, producer, Mixing, Soloist *

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– Engineer *Kevin Reeves – mastering *Phil (Boogie) Schier – mixing *

Cat Anderson William Alonzo "Cat" Anderson (September 12, 1916 – April 29, 1981) was an American jazz trumpeter known for his long period as a member of Duke Ellington's orchestra and for his wide range, especially his ability to play in the altissimo regis ...

– soloist *

– drums

Charts

*Jazz Albums: #1 *R&B Albums: #14 *Billboard 200: #94

References

1973 albums Quincy Jones albums Albums produced by Quincy Jones Albums arranged by Quincy Jones A&M Records albums {{1970s-jazz-album-stub