Bad Boy is the seventh studio album by English rock musician Ringo Starr, released in 1978 by Polydor Records.

[1][2] It was completed within ten days in November 1977, with the exception of some orchestral overdubs done on 8 March 1978 under the direction of James Newton Howard.

[nb 4][13] The album only reached number 129 in the US, despite the airing of a prime time TV special entitled Ringo,[11] on 26 April.

[12] The special was recorded in 10 days in Hollywood, starting on 11 February,[12] and finished in 53rd place out of 65 network prime-time programs during the week it aired.

[14] Starr performed three songs from Bad Boy in the special: "Heart on My Sleeve", "Hard Times" and "A Man Like Me".