Bad to the Bone - wikipedia Bad to the Bone For the album by the same performer, see Bad to the Bone ( George Thorogood & The Destroyers album ). For other uses, see Bad to the Bone ( disambiguation ). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( June 2014 ) `` Bad to the Bone '' Single by George Thorogood and the Destroyers from the album Bad to the Bone B - side `` No Particular Place to Go '' Released September 17, 1982 Format 7 '' Recorded 1981 Genre Blues rock, hard rock Length 4 : 52 Label EMI America Songwriter ( s ) George Thorogood Producer ( s ) The Delaware Destroyers George Thorogood and the Destroyers singles chronology `` Nobody but Me '' ( 1982 ) `` Bad to the Bone '' ( 1982 ) `` Nobody but Me '' ( 1982 ) `` Bad to the Bone '' ( 1982 ) `` Bad to the Bone '' is a song by George Thorogood and the Destroyers released in 1982 on the album of the same name. While it was not widely popular during its initial release, its video made recurrent appearances on the nascent MTV, created a year before. Licensing for films, television, and commercials has since made the song more popular. Contents 1 Structure and influences 2 Music video 3 Personnel 4 In popular culture 4.1 Film and television 4.2 Adverts 4.3 Sporting events 4.4 Other media 5 Authorship claim 6 References Structure and influences This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( November 2016 ) The song 's roots can be traced back to rock and roll musician Bo Diddley 's song `` I 'm a Man '', which uses a similar guitar riff and vocal rhythm, and has a similar overall structure, as well as Willie Dixon 's `` Hoochie Coochie Man '', Muddy Waters 's `` Mannish Boy, '' John Lee Hooker 's `` I 'm Bad Like Jesse James '', and Johnny `` Guitar '' Watson 's `` Gangster of Love ''. The riff is also very similar to the one from Chuck Berry 's `` No Money Down '' as well as Elvis Presley 's `` Trouble ''. Music video The video intercuts a live performance by Thorogood and his band with his playing a lengthy game of pool with Diddley. Pool player Willie Mosconi is summoned from another room by a spectator ( played by Michael Parks ), and he wagers a large sum of money on Diddley. As Thorogood appears to be winning, a group of children outside celebrate while Diddley gets a dirty look from Mosconi. Thorogood smokes a fat cigar throughout the pool - playing sequence. The video ends with Thorogood making the 8 ball drop into a pocket by flicking a large quantity of cigar ash on the floor, apparently triggering the drop of the ball in the pocket. Personnel George Thorogood -- guitar, vocals Billy Blough -- bass Jeff Simon -- drums Hank Carter -- saxophone Ian Stewart -- piano In popular culture This article appears to contain trivial, minor, or unrelated references to popular culture. Please reorganize this content to explain the subject 's impact on popular culture rather than simply listing appearances ; add references to reliable sources if possible, otherwise delete it. ( September 2017 ) Film and television The song has been used in filmmaking and television productions, often as a tongue - in - cheek comedic device when a `` bad guy '' needs to be introduced or identified. An example of this is in the opening of the movie Christine, where the song is played as the red and white 1958 Plymouth rolls down the production line and injures an inspector. The song was used in the bar scene in Terminator 2 : Judgment Day where the Terminator first is shown in his full leather outfit. It can also be heard in the card game scene from the remake of The Parent Trap. The song was used in the scenes in the 1988 drama film Talk Radio in the scenes where radio talk show host Barry Champlain 's radio show, used as the opening and closing theme of his radio show. It was also used in the 2010 3D animation movie, Megamind. It was also the title theme to Problem Child and its sequel, and Major Payne. It is also included in the South Park episode `` You 're Not Yelping '' while Cartman walks down a hallway. It is also played during Shaun the Sheep Movie after Shaun is caught by Animal Containment. The song was used many times in Married... with Children, when Al Bundy does something fun, usually followed by the line `` Let 's Rock. '' For example, in `` Hot off the Grill '', `` A Man 's Castle '', `` Heels on Wheels '' episodes. The song was referenced in the episode of Family Matters, Crash Course, by Steve Urkel when Eddie Winslow crashed the family station wagon in the living without a driver 's license. Urkel stated that he is bad to the bone and that bad is his middle name. Alvin and the Chipmunks covered the song for the episode `` Alvin 's Oldest Fan '' from their TV series. It was also featured in the episode `` Endless Summer '' of the series Renegade. Almost the entire record can be heard at the beginning of the episode `` Nobody Lives Forever '' on the TV series Miami Vice. An episode of Disney 's TV show 101 Dalmatians : The Series has an episode named after the song. Adverts In 2008, `` Bad to the Bone '' was used for a Wrangler Jeans TV commercial featuring Dale Earnhardt, Jr. A similar commercial featuring Brett Favre was released later that year. A modified version of the song was used in a TV ad for the Buick Grand National. In advertisements for the TV show Lost, the song was used as the theme music for the character James `` Sawyer '' Ford. In 2013, it was heard in a TV commercial for Bank of America. Sporting events The song is used by Dennis Anderson 's Grave Digger monster truck as entrance music, and plays during his portion of the freestyle round at Monster Jam events, and as an entrance theme for closing pitcher Takashi Saito of the Los Angeles Dodgers. It was also played during every at bat of former Seattle Mariners slugger Jay Buhner and former Atlanta Braves and San Diego Padres slugger Ryan Klesko. The song is also used by 2 - Time World Champion Professional Bull Rider JB Mauney. The song is also used as an entrance theme song in professional wrestling. Multiple wrestlers have used it as their theme song, such as L.A. Park in Mexico, Kevin Wacholz, who used the song in the 1980s as `` Mr. Magnificent '' Kevin Kelly while wrestling for the American Wrestling Association and Gino Hernandez and Chris Adams as `` The Bad to the Bone Boys '' in World Class Championship Wrestling in Texas. American mixed martial artist Phil Baroni used it as his entrance song at UFC 106. It was also used by The Bad Crew. The song is used in the home matches of HIFK ( a Finnish professional ice hockey team competing in the Liiga ) when HIFK acquires a penalty. Other media On October 7, 2008, the song was released as downloadable content for the music video game series Rock Band. It also featured in Rock Band Track Pack : Classic Rock. The video game Rock ' n Roll Racing also uses it. Talk show host Bill Cunningham uses the song as the opening intro to his afternoon talk show on WLW in Cincinnati, Ohio, and on his Sunday night radio show. The song E.V.I.L.B.O.Y.S. from the hit Disney show Phineas and Ferb sampled the base melody of the song to give it a Blues - sound. Authorship claim Chicago area musician James Pobiega, who goes by the stage name `` Little Howlin ' Wolf '', has claimed that he wrote `` Bad to the Bone '' and that Thorogood stole it from him. References Jump up ^ Mehr, Bob ( 10 November 2005 ). `` Out of the Wilderness ''. Chicago Reader. Retrieved 13 June 2014. George Thorogood and the Destroyers Studio albums 1977 : George Thorogood and the Destroyers 1978 : Move It On Over 1979 : Better Than the Rest 1980 : More George Thorogood and the Destroyers 1982 : Bad to the Bone 1985 : Maverick 1986 : Nadine 1988 : Born to Be Bad 1991 : Boogie People 1993 : Haircut 1997 : Rockin ' My Life Away 1999 : Half a Boy / Half a Man 2003 : Ride ' Til I Die 2006 : The Hard Stuff 2009 : The Dirty Dozen 2011 : 2120 South Michigan Ave. Live albums 1995 : Live : Let 's Work Together 2004 : 30th Anniversary Tour : Live Compilation albums 2004 : Greatest Hits : 30 Years of Rock Singles 1982 : `` Bad to the Bone '' 1985 : `` I Drink Alone '' `` Willie and the Hand Jive '' 1988 : `` Treat Her Right '' Songs 1977 : `` Madison Blues '' `` One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer '' `` Kind Hearted Woman '' `` John Hardy '' 1978 : `` Move It On Over '' `` Who Do You Love ? '' `` The Sky Is Crying '' `` Cocaine Blues '' 1979 : `` My Way '' `` I 'm Ready '' `` Nadine '' 1980 : `` Restless '' 1982 : `` Nobody but Me '' `` New Boogie Chillun '' `` As the Years Go Passing By '' `` No Particular Place to Go '' 1985 : `` Dixie Fried '' `` Crawlin ' King Snake '' `` Memphis '' 1988 : `` Shake Your Money Maker '' `` Smokestack Lightning '' `` I 'm Moving On '' 1991 : `` Six Days on the Road '' 1993 : `` Down in the Bottom '' 1995 : `` Bad Boy '' `` Let 's Work Together '' `` St. Louis Blues '' `` Johnny B. Goode '' 1997 : `` Trouble Every Day '' 1999 : `` Double Shot '' 2006 : `` Drifter 's Escape '' 2011 : `` Hi - Heel Sneakers '' `` Seventh Son '' `` Spoonful '' `` Let It Rock '' `` Two Trains Running ( Still a Fool ) '' `` Bo Diddley '' `` Help Me '' `` My Babe '' `` 2120 South Michigan Ave. '' Other articles Discography Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bad_to_the_Bone&oldid=806693839 '' Categories : 1982 singles 1982 songs EMI America Records singles George Thorogood songs Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from June 2014 All articles needing additional references Articles with hAudio microformats Articles needing additional references from November 2016 Articles with trivia sections from September 2017 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español Français Italiano Português Русский Slovenčina Suomi Edit links This page was last edited on 23 October 2017, at 16 : 00. 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Question: who wrote the original bad to the bone
Answer: George Thorogood