Bad Boy/Having a Party

"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.^[1] 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").

"Bad Boy/Having a Party"
Single by Luther Vandross
from the album Forever, for Always, for Love
Released	August 1982
Studio	Mediasound, New York City
Genre	R&B, soul
Length	5:16
Label	Epic Records
Songwriters	Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller, Sam Cooke
Producers	Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller
Luther Vandross singles chronology
"If This World Were Mine" (1982) ""Bad Boy" / "Having a Party"" (1982) "Since I Lost My Baby" (1983)

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)	Peak position[2]
US Billboard Hot 100	55
US Billboard Hot R&B Singles	3