Bad to the Bone

1982 song written and performed by George Thorogood
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q2608941
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Bad to the Bone

Summary

Bad to the Bone is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,248 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bad to the Bone's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Bad to the Bone's genre is blues rock[4].
  • Bad to the Bone's genre is hard rock[5].
  • Bad to the Bone followed Nobody but Me[6].
  • Among the performers on Bad to the Bone was George Thorogood[7].
  • Bad to the Bone's record label is recorded as EMI America[8].
  • Bad to the Bone is part of Bad to the Bone[9].
  • Bad to the Bone was published on September 17, 1982[10].
  • Bad to the Bone's lyricist is recorded as George Thorogood[11].
  • Bad to the Bone's form of creative work is recorded as song[12].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • MusicBrainz ID: 332e0fb5-aa0b-4424-8d79-182d959cc036[13]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Bad to the Bone was George Thorogood[7].

Publication

Bad to the Bone was published on September 17, 1982[10]. Genres include blues rock[4] and hard rock[5]. It is part of it[9].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Bad to the Bone followed Nobody but Me[6].

Why It Matters

Bad to the Bone ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,248 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [13] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Bad to the Bone. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/bad-to-the-bone
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_bad-to-the-bone_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Bad to the Bone}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/bad-to-the-bone}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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