One Bad Apple - wikipedia One Bad Apple This article is about the song. For the episode, see One Bad Apple ( My Little Pony : Friendship Is Magic episode ). `` One Bad Apple '' Single by The Osmonds from the album Osmonds B - side `` He Ai n't Heavy, He 's My Brother '' Released November 14, 1970 Format 7 '' vinyl Recorded October 26, 1970 Genre Pop, R&B, bubblegum pop Length 2 : 46 Label MGM Songwriter ( s ) George Jackson The Osmonds singles chronology `` I 've Got Loving on My Mind '' ( 1970 ) `` One Bad Apple '' ( 1970 ) `` Double Lovin ' '' ( 1971 ) `` I 've Got Loving on My Mind '' ( 1970 ) `` One Bad Apple '' ( 1970 ) `` Double Lovin ' '' ( 1971 ) `` One Bad Apple '' was a number - one hit single released by The Osmonds on November 14, 1970. It debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 on January 2, 1971. It hit the top of the chart on February 13, 1971 and stayed there for five weeks. It also reached number six on the R&B chart. Billboard ranked it as the No. 4 song for 1971. Both `` One Bad Apple '' and the Donny Osmond - credited single `` Sweet and Innocent '' are on the 1970 album Osmonds. It was certified Gold by the RIAA on February 4, 1971. The song was written by George Jackson, who originally had the Jackson 5 in mind when he wrote it. According to Donny Osmond, Michael Jackson later told him that the Jackson 5 almost recorded this song first, but chose to record `` ABC '' instead. `` One Bad Apple '' was also used as the theme to The Osmonds cartoon show on ABC - TV. Contents 1 Other versions 2 Chart performance 2.1 Weekly charts 2.2 Year - end charts 3 References Other versions 1984 : Nolan Thomas covered it on his only album, Yo Little Brother 1974 : The Credibility Gap recorded `` You Ca n't Judge a Book by Its Hair '' and a German version ( with totally unrelated lyrics ), `` Foreign Novelty Smash, '' both of which borrow melodic themes from `` One Bad Apple '' and the Jackson 5 's `` The Love You Save. '' Both recordings appear on the album A Great Gift Idea ! 1997 : Aaron Carter on his self - titled debut album Aaron Carter. Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1970 - 71 ) Peak position Australia KMR 37 Canada RPM New Zealand ( Listener ) 17 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 U.S. Billboard R&B / Soul 6 U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 37 U.S. Cash Box Top 100 Chart ( 1988 ) Peak position UK 89 Year - end charts Chart ( 1971 ) Rank Canada 20 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 U.S. R&B / Soul ( Billboard ) 48 U.S. Cash Box 9 References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 445. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits of 1971 / Top 100 Songs of 1971 ''. Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 03. Jump up ^ `` One Bad Apple by The Osmonds Songfacts ''. Songfacts.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 03. Jump up ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Acm64edbk7I Reference starts at 0 : 36 Jump up ^ `` Australian Chart Book ''. Austchartbook.com.au. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 03. Jump up ^ Flavour of New Zealand, 12 April 1971 Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 1990 - ISBN 0 - 89820 - 089 - X Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 445. Jump up ^ `` CASH BOX Top 100 Singles -- Week ending MONTH DD, 19YY ''. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 16.. Cash Box magazine. Retrieved 16 June 2016. Jump up ^ `` Songs from the Year 1971 ''. Tsort.info. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 03. Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 03. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits of 1971 / Top 100 Songs of 1971 ''. Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 03. Jump up ^ Billboard. Books.google.com. 1971 - 12 - 25. p. 15. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 03. Jump up ^ `` Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1971 ''. Tropicalglen.com. 1971 - 12 - 25. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 03. Preceded by `` Knock Three Times '' by Tony Orlando and Dawn US Billboard Hot 100 number one single February 13, 1971 ( five weeks ) Succeeded by `` Me and Bobby McGee '' by Janis Joplin Preceded by `` If You Could Read My Mind '' by Gordon Lightfoot Canadian RPM 100 number - one single February 27, 1971 ( two weeks ) Succeeded by `` Have You Ever Seen the Rain ? '' by Creedence Clearwater Revival The Osmonds Merrill Osmond Jay Osmond Donny Osmond Marie Osmond Jimmy Osmond Alan Osmond Wayne Osmond Studio albums The Wonderful World of The Osmond Brothers Hello ! The Osmond Brothers Osmonds Homemade Phase III Crazy Horses The Plan Love Me for a Reason The Proud One Osmond Family Christmas Live albums The Osmonds Live Compilation albums Osmondmania ! Singles `` Mister Sandman '' `` Ovan Regnbagen '' `` Taking a Chance on Love '' `` One Bad Apple '' `` Yo - Yo '' `` Down by the Lazy River '' `` Hold Her Tight '' `` We Can Make it Together '' `` Crazy Horses '' `` Goin ' Home '' `` Let Me In '' `` Love Me for a Reason '' `` I Ca n't Stop '' `` The Proud One '' `` I Ca n't Live a Dream '' `` I 'm Still Gonna Need You '' `` I Think About Your Lovin ' '' `` Never Ending Song of Love '' `` Anytime '' Related articles The Osmonds Donny & Marie ( 1976 ) Donny & Marie ( 1998 ) George Osmond Olive Osmond Tom Osmond Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=One_Bad_Apple&oldid=836788864 '' Categories : 1970 songs 1970 singles Songs written by George Jackson ( songwriter ) The Osmonds songs Aaron Carter songs Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles Hidden categories : All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from April 2018 Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 16 April 2018, at 21 : 09. 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Question: who sang one bad apple spoils the bunch
Answer: The Osmonds