"Bad to Me" is credited to Lennon–McCartney. In late interviews, John Lennon said that he wrote it for Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas while on holiday in Spain. However, in a 1964 interview he said that he and Paul McCartney wrote it in the back of a van, so Paul contributed to it. Billy J. Kramer recalled to the Daily Mail in December 2014: "John came to me on my 20th birthday when I was on tour with them and told me he'd written a song for me." "The next time I was recording at Abbey Road, he came and played it for me and we recorded it there and then. That was Bad to Me." Paul McCartney was present during the recording session at Abbey Road Studios.
of Lennon's original demo of the song, which was recorded on 31 May 1963.
"Bad to Me" is credited to Lennon–McCartney. In late interviews, John Lennon said that he wrote it for Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas while on holiday in Spain. However, in a 1964 interview he said that he and Paul McCartney wrote it in the back of a van, so Paul contributed to it. Billy J. Kramer recalled to the Daily Mail in December 2014: "John came to me on my 20th birthday when I was on tour with them and told me he'd written a song for me." "The next time I was recording at Abbey Road, he came and played it for me and we recorded it there and then. That was Bad to Me." Paul McCartney was present during the recording session at Abbey Road Studios.
[Bootlegs exist](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loAAvx0dd-8) of Lennon's original demo of the song, which was recorded on 31 May 1963.
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