Question: who wrote the original bad to the bone
Answer: `` 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 )