History Main / BadGirlSong

In musicals, usually sung by the secondary female character (soubrette). She might be anything from a prostitute to a GoodBadGirl. Not to be confused with a VillainSong by a female villain.

* ''Theatre/{{Six}}'' has two.

* A lot of Music/MarinaDiamandis's songs, particularly from the ConceptAlbum Electra Heart, but Bubblegum Bitch and Homewrecker deserve special mention.

* A lot of Music/MarinaDiamandiss' songs, particularly from the ConceptAlbum Electra Heart, but Bubblegum Bitch and Homewrecker deserve special mention.

* A lot of Music/MarinaAndTheDiamonds's songs, particularly from the ConceptAlbum Electra Heart, but Bubblegum Bitch and Homewrecker deserve special mention.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ol4oWChjzk Cause I'm a Blonde]]" from ''Film/EarthGirlsAreEasy'' (sung by Julie Brown) Also, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2LQKBlxr9o Brand New Girl]]" (also sung by Julie Brown), which is about a GoodBadGirl teaching the Good Girl heroine how to ''act'' bad to get her boyfriend's attention. ("Your beauty's fresh and wholesome, but science has a cure!")

* Although a preexisting song, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy5THitqPBw Why Don't You Do Right?]]" serves as this for Jessica Rabbit in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', in spite of her not actually being bad, just drawn that way.

** And the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul-ZUQTdT1Q original]] 'I want to Be Evil', as sung by Eartha Kitt.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bgy9mzmi14 Sooner Or Later]]" as performed by [[{{Music/Madonna}} Breathless Mahoney]] in ''Film/DickTracy.''
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M6UYwaYRqw Perfect Isn't Easy]]" from ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany''.

* "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta-ra-ra_Boom-de-ay Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay]]":

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A18kYnP4Pec I Cain't Say No]]" from ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}''.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZTuNf2nmNs You Can Always Count on Me]]" from ''City of Angels''.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w7ywCbuXNY It's All the Same]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUAzljzoha0 Aldonza]]" from ''Man of La Mancha''.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vttQxqFZQYk Special]]" from ''Theatre/AvenueQ''.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-ckNG_hyTY My Body, My Business]]" from ''The Life''.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LroABeeh99E Out Tonight]]" and Maureen's half of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAfMZ_vWJDo Take Me Or Leave Me]]" in ''Theatre/{{Rent}}''.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPgsi8TaR5g Bring On The Men]]" from ''Theatre/JekyllAndHyde''. Also "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7pothIrMag The Girls of the Night]]," which is a lament sung by prostitutes about their circumstances.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72C-B4DTGgw Queenie Was A Blonde]]" for Queenie and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r073CbIA3KM&feature=plcp Look At Me Now]]" for Kate, from Andrew Lippa's ''Literature/TheWildParty''.
* In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnFzpBicjIk Always True to You (In My Fashion)]]" from ''Theatre/KissMeKate'', Lois sings that even though she's sleeping around, she's still true to Bill somehow.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jnsw2PmG_oQ Does Your Mother Know?]]" in ''Theatre/MammaMia''- almost a subversion of the trope, since it's more of a "you're not going to get it from me" song even though [[MrsRobinson Tanya]] spends the scene teasing the male characters.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK7UbORbBJE I Want To Be Bad]]" from ''Follow Thru''. The song was also sung by Helen Kane.

* Variation (and/or possible subversion)- The song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUqCv_1kGzM Toucha Toucha Toucha Touch Me]]" in ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' is sung by Janet [[AudienceParticipation "SLUT!"]] Weiss who is both the main female character and a pretty innocent girl... until Frank gets to her, that is.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLGMAw52gjc Lovely Ladies]]" from ''Theatre/LesMiserables'', which is literally about prostitutes.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1puXXH0DZ4 Tire Tracks and Broken Hearts]]" from ''Film/WhistleDownTheWind'': "Those good girls never know what they're missing / But us bad girls almost always do." (What exactly it is they're missing ranges from peroxide hair to "some real good times.")

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PBvjz-OWkc Raunchy]]" from ''Theatre/OneTenInTheShade''. Although it is sung by the main character, who is DEFINITELY not a bad girl, she sings it while flirting with the idea of being one for a while.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AuxNImLIHI Turn Back O Man]]" from ''{{Theatre/Godspell}}'' is traditionally performed this way.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt5MUqKvcUA Twice in Love Every Day]]" from ''Theatre/TheLikesOfUs''.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGwVLJrhw5Q There Are Worse Things I Could Do]]" from ''Film/{{Grease}}''.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG3VfKlfDEk Hey, Big Spender]]" from ''Theatre/SweetCharity''. About dancers (including those of the lap variety), not prostitutes, but certainly about the fun, laughs and good times that you can have with said dancers.

* Natalie's section of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv1PvJnpzlI Wish I Were Here]]" in ''Theatre/NextToNormal''; she's gone from a stressed student to an even more stressed club-goer who routinely steals medication from her bipolar mother.
* Depending on the version of the musical, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F50f76_CdIU A Lotta Locomotion]]" from ''Theatre/StarlightExpress'' has elements of this: except for Dinah, who establishes herself as a wholesome, hardworking waitress, the coaches characterize themselves in terms of the vices they enjoy. ("A Whole Lotta Locomotion," however, is a ChorusGirls song.)
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do-j6ZnpCEE The Heat is on in Saigon]]" from ''Theatre/MissSaigon'' has a few verses sung by the prostitutes, along with the soldiers.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w3QlDMhoFc Nonono]] from the Slovak musical Adam šangala.

** First, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao3nXzMuWw0 Don't Lose Ur Head]]" for Anne Boleyn, in which she playfully and proudly boasts about her beauty, and her affair (and eventually marriage) to Henry. Her flirtatiousness and hot temper eventually lead to her execution, but she still seems to think it was WorthIt.
** Then we get "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V2Pb6cNDXs All You Wanna Do]]" for Katherine Howard, and it's a complete {{deconstruction}}. Katherine starts out enjoying her flings, completely oblivious to how bad it is that adult men are willing to sleep with her when she's ''thirteen''. She genuinely believes each of the men love her, and that "this guy is different," only to be proven wrong. By the end, she's utterly broken by the realization that men just see her a sex object, not a real person, ''especially'' when she realizes that Thomas, who she thought of as a best friend, was only trying to get in her pants.

* The song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq37wQC2yOk I'm Me]]" from WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb, sung by [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Vanessa]], ''can'' be seen in this light, but ''only'' if you use the {{Double Entendre}} interpretation of the apparently meaningless lyrics.

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And whatever I've got, [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar I'm eager to lose]]"

* The song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq37wQC2yOk I'm Me]]" from WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb, sung by [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Vanessa]], ''can'' be seen in this light, but ''only'' if you use the GettingCrapPastTheRadar interpretation of the apparently meaningless lyrics.

* Villain song from ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'' "Poor Unfortunate Souls" is somewhat of a play on this. While mostly a song of a villain pretending to be good, her side comments to her [[ThoseTwoBadGuys henchmen]] show Ursula's real colors - bad, and lovin' it.

* "Our Lady of the Underground" is this for Persephone in ''Theatre/{{Hadestown}}''.

And Mary's got some scary little games to play!\\
I'll lather you up and give you a shave\\
A paddling while straddling my little slave! ♫]]

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That you've got it [[IncrediblyLongNote hard]]--\\
[[DoubleEntendre For ME]]!"''

* "Nur kein genieren" (Don't Be Embarrassed) from ''Theatre/{{Elisabeth}}'' has Madame Wolf and Lucheni presenting the prostitutes and their specialties, and promising a great time with the ladies.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A18kYnP4Pec I Cain't Say No]]" from ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}!''.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M6UYwaYRqw Perfect Isn't Easy]]" from Disney/OliverAndCompany.
* "Let Me Be Good To You" from Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective.

* Villain song from Disney/TheLittleMermaid "Poor Unfortunate Souls" is somewhat of a play on this. While mostly a song of a villain pretending to be good, her side comments to her [[ThoseTwoBadGuys henchmen]] show Ursula's real colors - bad, and lovin' it.

--> "You put in for Mama, she'll put ''out'' for you..."

--> "You have to understand the way I am, Mein Herr."

--> "I wanna be horrid, I wanna drink booze\\

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->So come on, baby, let down your guard.
->When your date's in the bathroom,
->I'll slip you my card!
->I can tell just by looking
->That you've got it [[IncrediblyLongNote hard]]--
->[[DoubleEntendre For ME]]!

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-->"I'm only happy when I'm on the run
--> I broke a million hearts just for fun
--> I'm the image of deception."

-->*"The fellows are crazy for the lady in red
-->The lady in red is fresh as a daisy
-->When the town is in bed."

-->''[[TitleDrop Bad girl]], drunk by six''
-->''kissing someone else's lips,''
-->''I smoked too many cigarettes a day''
-->''Not happy when I feel this way...''

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* "I Wanna be Evil" from KinkyBoots. Sung by Lola (despite being a drag queen).