"Bad Boy/Having a Party" is a song by American recording artist Luther Vandross in 1982. The song was released as the first single in support of his album Forever, for Always, for Love. The single became a top five R&B hit which peaked to number-three on the Hot R&B Singles chart, and reached #55 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was featured during the opening credits of the 1990 film House Party and was in the 2022 Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance with Somebody. The bridge samples the chorus from the Sam Cooke song "Having a Party," but with new lyrics added to the end ("you can't go").
Personnel Luther Vandross – lead and background vocals, arrangements, vocal arrangements Nat Adderley Jr. – keyboards, background vocals Marcus Miller – bass, arrangements Yogi Horton – drums Doc Powell, Georg Wadenius – guitar Ralph MacDonald – percussion Ed Walsh – synthesizer Brenda White, Paulette McWilliams, Fonzi Thornton, Phillip Ballou – background vocals
Charts Chart (1982)PeakpositionLuther Vandross - Singles Chart history.Billboard.comUS Billboard Hot 10055US Billboard Hot R&B Singles3
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External links www.luthervandross.com Allmusic - Luther Vandross Music