"Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)" is a 1963 song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King for the girl group the Cookies.
Critic Richie Unterberger, in a song review for AllMusic, noted: The mindset of "Don't Say Nothin' Bad About My Baby" was sassy girl talk at its best ...
The mood of the song as a whole, however, is catchy pop-rock with a bit of cool-jazz overlay, with a honking King Curtis-sounding sax solo in the instrumental break.
[1]The single peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100, number three on the Billboard R&B Singles charts in 1963,[3] and #17 in Canada.
[5] The song was ranked number 790 among the greatest singles ever made in Dave Marsh's book The Heart of Rock & Soul (1989).