Whats the blues song with the "bad to the bone riff"?

its not actually bad to the bone ( i dont think) I heard it on an episode of "wonder years"

its not actually bad to the bone ( i dont think) I heard it on an episode of "wonder years"
(not sung by george thorogood)

The blues songs that sound most similar to Bad to the bone are "Hoochie Coochie Man" and "Mannish Boy" By Muddy Waters.

I know that George Thoroughgood sings "Bad To The Bone"

Are you talking the one by Blues Traveler
Bad To The Bone
Original performer: george thorogood and the destroyers



On the day i was born
The nurses all gathered round
And they gazed in wild wonder
At the joy they had found
The head nurse spoke up
Said "leave this one alone."
She could tell right away
I was bad to the bone

Bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
Ba ba ba bad
Bad to the bone

I broke a thousand hearts
Before i met you
I'll break a thousand more, baby
Before i am through
I wanna be yours, pretty baby
Yours and yours alone
I'm here to tell ya, woman
That i'm bad to the bone

Bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
Ba ba ba bad
Bad to the bone

I'll make a rich woman beg
And i'll make a good woman steal
I'll make an old woman blush
And i'll make a young girl squeal
I wanna tell you pretty baby
What i see i make my own
I'm here to tell you pretty woman
That i'm bad to the bone

Bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
Ba ba ba bad
Bad to the bone

Now when i walk the streets
Kings and queens step aside
Every woman i meet
They all stay satisfied.
I wanna tell ya, baby
What i see i make my own.
And i'm here to tell ya, pretty woman
That i'm bad to the bone


Bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
Ba ba ba bad
Bad to the bone

not sure but just looking around and found a little blurb about the song -- The songs roots can be traced back to Muddy Waters' 1955 song "Mannish Boy", which uses the same guitar riff and vocal rhythm. The song also holds a very similar melody to AC/DC's hit "Whole Lotta Rosie", released on their 1977 album Let There Be Rock.

That riff has been around for a LONG time, so it could be almost anyone.

That riff has appeared in a lot of tunes over the years. Muddy Waters' "Hoochie Koochie Man"(1954) was followed by Bo Diddley's "I'm A Man" (1955), but that was followed by Muddy's "answer", "Mannish Boy" (1955).
Even The Coasters "Riot In Cell Block No. 9" (1960), also covered by Johnny Winter (1975), has the identical 5 note riff. It's a classic blues lick, even in a 4 note variation, very powerful, sexual, and menacing....all at the same time.

Its a standard blues lick that is used in a lot of blues songs by everyone from Muddy Waters to Bo Diddley.

I associate this with Muddy Waters (though Muddy may have picked it up from someone else, who knows...).

Thumbs up to all who reference Muddy Waters, specifically "Mannish Boy".

I'd trying to re-connect some old brain cells from my days of watching "The Wonder Years", but if memory serves, Albert King's version of "Born Under a Bad Sign" was in one episode.

I'm A Man