Bad Reputation (Joan Jett song)

"Bad Reputation" is a rock song co-written and recorded by Joan Jett and first released from her 1980 debut album of the same name. It is her debut solo single.

Accolades
In 2009, it was named the 29th best hard rock song of all time by VH1. It is the highest-ranked song by a woman on the list.

Use in UFC and WWE by Ronda Rousey
Ronda Rousey first used the song in 2013 as her entrance music when she was Ultimate Fighting Championship's Women's Bantamweight Champion at the pay-per-view event UFC 157. In 2018, Rousey made her debut in WWE and would continue to use the song as her entrance music. Jett performed the song live at WrestleMania 35 as Rousey enterered the ring for her match to defend her WWE Raw Women's Championship in the first ever woman's main event at WrestleMania 35.

Video
A music video was made in 1982 after the huge success of "I Love Rock 'n' Roll". The video, directed by David Mallet, is a re-enactment of 23 record labels rejecting Jett's first solo album and her subsequent rise to the top of the charts with "I Love Rock 'n' Roll". Kenny Laguna, cofounder of Blackheart Records, appears in a cameo as the Warner Bros. executive.

Avril Lavigne version
"Bad Reputation" was recorded by Canadian singer Avril Lavigne for a video montage interval in her Best Damn Tour. The studio recording of the cover was later included on the deluxe edition of her fourth studio album Goodbye Lullaby and on the Japanese edition of her fifth self-titled album. It was then reported on 17 October 2012 that Lavigne would be contributing two cover songs to the anime film One Piece Film: Z; the latter studio recording and a cover of Nickelback's "How You Remind Me". The song was released for the film only in Japan on 11 December 2012, as a digital download on the One Piece Film: Z Original Soundtrack. The 2-track promotional CD single was released on the next day, exclusive to Japan. After heavy radio airplay, the cover peaked at No. 8 on the Japan Hot 100.

Track listing

 * CD single
 * 1) "How You Remind Me" – 4:05
 * 2) "Bad Reputation" – 2:42