“Bad Decisions” is, according to band member Albert Hammond Jr., the first official single from The Strokes sixth studio album The New Abnormal. The Strokes debuted the song with a live performance at the Bernie Sanders New Hampshire primary rally on February 10, 2020. They later premiered the song...
[Verse 1]
Dropped down the lights, I’m sitting with you
Moscow, 1972
Always singin' in my sleep
I will leave it in my dreams
[Chorus]
Oh, makin' bad decisions
Oh, makin' bad decisions
Making bad decisions for you
Yeah, makin' bad decisions
Uh-oh, makin' bad decisions
Makin' bad decisions for you
[Post-Chorus]
Pick up your gun
Put up those gloves
Save us from harm
Safe or alone
[Verse 2]
Oh baby, I hang on everything you say
I wanna write down every word
But do me a favor when you come through
When I look around, don't wanna see you
I don't take advice from fools
Never listenin' to you
[Chorus]
Oh, makin' bad decisions
Oh, makin' bad decisions
Making bad decisions with you
Oh, makin' bad decisions
Uh-oh, makin' bad decisions
I'm makin' bad decisions with you
[Post-Chorus]
Pick up your gun
Put up those gloves
Save us from harm
Safe or alone
[Bridge]
You, you didn't listen to me
But I, I didn't listen to you
I waited so long listening for
Something to join
[Outro]
I'm makin' bad decisions
Really, really bad decisions
I'm makin' bad decisions
On you, on you
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
I'm not gonna give a lot of credit
I don't know how to use, how
'Cause I can't, I can't
I can't, can't make anymore
Bad Decisions was written by Nick Valensi & Fabrizio Moretti & Tony James & Billy Idol & Albert Hammond Jr. & Nikolai Fraiture & Julian Casablancas.
Bad Decisions was produced by Rick Rubin.
The Strokes released Bad Decisions on Tue Feb 18 2020.
The cover art features Ron Hicks‘ painting Café Kiss.