"Bad Girlfriend" is the second single released by Theory of a Deadman

Theory of a Deadman

Theory of a Deadman is a Canadian rock band from Delta, British Columbia, formed in 2001. The band is currently signed to Roadrunner Records as well as Island Records. The band also includes traits of other music styles, such as country and acoustic, as well as their post-grunge and alternative...

 from their album Scars & Souvenirs

Scars & Souvenirs

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. It was released to radio and for downloads on May 14, 2008. In the U.S., "Bad Girlfriend" was the most added song on rock radio and grew quickly in plays and downloads, therefore making a debut on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles

Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles

The Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It lists the top 25 singles below number 100 that have not yet charted on the Billboard Hot 100. Sometimes, however, singles halt their progress on this chart, and never appear on the Hot 100...

 chart. It debuted at #89 on the Canadian Hot 100, and quickly arose to peak at #1. It is currently their most successful single in the U.S, with "So Happy", the single before it, being their previous most successful, making Scars & Souvenirs their most successful album as well. The song is Theory's second big breakthrough from this album, carrying the band to the top of the Mainstream Rock Charts within 14 weeks. It is also the band's second song to reach the top 20 of the Modern Rock Chart, so far peaking at #8. So far, it been their fourth top 10 hit on the Mainstream Rock Charts. Almost a year and a half after the release of "Bad Girlfriend" to rock radio, it is being released to mainstream radio in December, as Sirius Hits 1

SIRIUS Hits 1

Sirius XM Hits 1 is an alternative rock-leaning Top 40 radio station on Sirius XM Radio channel 2 and Dish Network channel 6002. The channel was formerly known as US-1 until 2004, until acquiring the current name. All three names are parodies of VH1, which originally meant Video Hits 1...

 added the song in November 2008.

Song meaning

The song is about Tyler Connolly's wife, the actress Christine Danielle, who makes him feel very protective of her because she is attractive and always has other guys hitting on her, as the band stated in an interview with Fuse

Fuse TV

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.

Music video

The uncensored version of the music video was released on July 18, 2008. A censored version of the video came out later in early August. This video reached #21 on the MuchMusic Countdown. The video shows a girl leaving for work, presumably at a hospital, leaving her boyfriend a note about how she's working the late shift. The band sings a song at a strip club, and are shown watching the strippers on stage. They're surprised when one of their girlfriend

Girlfriend

Girlfriend is a term that can refer to either a female partner in a non-marital romantic relationship or a female non-romantic friend that is closer than other friends....

s comes out, stripping and inviting him on stage.

Charts

"Bad Girlfriend" entered the Mainstream Rock Tracks at #30 on the week of June 14, 2008, previously being the most added song on that chart, and later debuted on the Modern Rock Tracks. On the week of September 27, 2008, "Bad Girlfriend" entered the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 at #98, and dropped off the next week. A week after, it re-entered at #90, and has since climbed to #75. Since the song was later released to pop radio, "Bad Girlfriend" re-entered once again at #100 on the week of December 13, 2008, and has so far climbed to #89.

Chart positions

Chart (2008–2009)	Peak position
Canadian Hot 100 Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007...	42
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	75
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs Hot Digital Songs The Hot Digital Songs chart ranks the best-selling digital singles in the United States, according to Billboard.Beginning in February 2005, digital sales have been incorporated into many of Billboards music single charts. It was decided to do so mainly because of the dramatic rise in popularity of...	62
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 Pop 100 The Pop 100 was a songs chart that debuted in February 2005 and was released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States until its discontinuation in 2009...	58
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks	6