"I Wanna Be Bad" is a dance-pop

Dance-pop

Dance-pop is dance-oriented pop music that originated in the early 1980s. Developing from post-disco, it is generally up-tempo music intended for clubs with the intention of being danceable or merely dancey...

 song by Willa Ford

Willa Ford

Amanda Lee Modano , known professionally as Willa Ford and often as Mandy Modano, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, model, television personality and film actress. She released her debut album, Willa Was Here, in 2001...

 and the first single from her album Willa Was Here

Willa Was Here

Willa Was Here is the debut album by American pop singer Willa Ford, released on July 17, 2001 in the United States on the former Atlantic imprint Lava Records. The album debuted and peaked at number fifty-six on the Billboard 200 chart...

. The single sold over 250,000 copies and peaked at #22 on The Billboard Hot 100 on July 24, 2001 (after reaching the Top 40 on June 26, 2001). This song was featured in the movies What a Girl Wants

What a Girl Wants (film)

What a Girl Wants is a 2003 film starring Amanda Bynes, Colin Firth, Kelly Preston and Oliver James. Directed by Dennie Gordon, the film is a remake of the 1958 film, The Reluctant Debutante which had a screenplay by William Douglas-Home, based on his play of the same name.The title, "What a Girl...

, Undercover Brother

Undercover Brother

Undercover Brother is a 2002 American comedy film starring Eddie Griffin and directed by Malcolm D. Lee. The screenplay is by Michael McCullers and co-executive producer John Ridley, who created the original internet animation characters. It spoofs blaxploitation films of the 1970s as well as a...

, and Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star is a 2003 American comedy film directed by Sam Weisman and starring David Spade and Mary McCormack.- Plot :...

. The rap is performed by Royce da 5'9".

Song

The song went along with Ford's "Bad Girl" image. "It's about a girl coming into her own and becoming a woman. It's a freedom song for me [Willa]." "I Wanna Be Bad" has been in a few movies: What a Girl Wants

What a Girl Wants (film)

What a Girl Wants is a 2003 film starring Amanda Bynes, Colin Firth, Kelly Preston and Oliver James. Directed by Dennie Gordon, the film is a remake of the 1958 film, The Reluctant Debutante which had a screenplay by William Douglas-Home, based on his play of the same name.The title, "What a Girl...

, Undercover Brother

Undercover Brother

Undercover Brother is a 2002 American comedy film starring Eddie Griffin and directed by Malcolm D. Lee. The screenplay is by Michael McCullers and co-executive producer John Ridley, who created the original internet animation characters. It spoofs blaxploitation films of the 1970s as well as a...

, Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star is a 2003 American comedy film directed by Sam Weisman and starring David Spade and Mary McCormack.- Plot :...

and the TV commercial of Six Flags Magic Mountain

Six Flags Magic Mountain

Six Flags Magic Mountain is a theme park located in Valencia, California north of Los Angeles. It opened on Memorial Day weekend on May 30, 1971 as Magic Mountain, by the Newhall Land and Farming Company. In 1979, Six Flags purchased the park and added the name Six Flags to the park's title. In...

 on which Willa herself appeared. It was also featured in 7UP campaign. Rapper Royce da 5'9" makes a short cameo in this song as well as in the video.

Video

"I Wanna Be Bad" had two similar video versions. One 'edited' and one more 'explicit' version. Both videos were directed by Chris Applebaum

Chris Applebaum

Chris Applebaum is an American music video director, who has worked with a diverse range of artists, among them Rihanna, Hilary Duff, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Mandy Moore, Natasha Bedingfield, Fountains of Wayne and Britney Spears...

 and edited by Jeff Selis. Willa herself came up with the treatment for the video. On the album 'Willa Was Here' there's a hyperlink that takes you to the video.

Track listings

Single May 29, 2001 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00005JH43

• 1. I Wanna Be Bad [No rap with vocorder] 3:08
• 2. I Wanna Be Bad [With Rap And With Vocorder] 3:04

Maxi-CD July 17, 2001 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00005NKI4

• 1 I Wanna Be Bad [Mike Rizzo Club Mix] 6:39
• 2 I Wanna Be Bad [Sal "Parm" Club Mix] 9:14
• 3 I Wanna Be Bad [Mike Rizzo Hyper Vocal Mix] 6:09
• 4 I Wanna Be Bad [Sal "Parm" Dub] 7:14
• 5 I Wanna Be Bad [Sal "Parm" Radio Edit] 3:59

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...	52
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	22
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	11
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks Top 40 Tracks Top 40 Tracks is a defunct airplay chart from Billboard Magazine. It was created in 1998, when Billboard Magazine changed the airplay profile of The Hot 100 Airplay to include more R&B, Country, and Rock stations to its profile . To preserve the notion of the former chart, Top 40 Tracks was...	19

External links

• [ All Music link]
• Top40-charts link
• Rock On The Net link
• [ Totally Hits 2001 link]
• [ MTV: The Best of TRL Pop link]
• [ What a Girl Wants (Soundtrack) link]