Bad to the Bone is the twelfth studio album by Jamaican reggae band Inner Circle. Two versions of the album (U.S. and international) were released in 1992 through RAS Records and WEA respectively, and a U.S. reissue titled Bad Boys was released in 1993 through Big Beat Records. Bad to the Bone's international version and Bad Boys both contain the singles "Sweat (A La La La La Long)", "Rock with You", and "Bad Boys". The U.S. reissue won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in 1994 and is the band's most commercially successful album, having been certified platinum by the RIAA for one million units shipped.
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Track listing
The tracks "Make U Sweat", "Shock Out (Hawaiian Style)" and "Bone Mix Ragga Style" (a ragga remix of "Bad to the Bone") appear exclusively on the U.S. version of Bad to the Bone. The international version contains "Bad Boys" and the radio mix of "Make U Sweat", titled "Sweat (A La La La La Long)".
The track "Stuck in the Middle" appears exclusively on the international version of Bad to the Bone. The international version also contains different versions of "Rock with You" and "Wrapped Up in Your Love" than those that appear on Bad Boys.
Bad Boys
Bad Boys consists entirely of songs from the international version of Bad to the Bone, but it is the first U.S. release to contain the songs "Sweat (A La La La La Long)", "Rock with You", "Wrapped Up in Your Love", "Living It Up", and "Hey Love". It is also the only of the three versions to contain the tracks "Sweat (A La La La La Long) (Dancehall Mix)" and "Bad Boys (David Morales Mix)". Bad Boys contains remixed versions of "Rock with You", "Wrapped Up in Your Love", and "Bad to the Bone" that do not appear in either version of Bad to the Bone.