“Bad Love” is a rock song written and recorded by the British rock musician Eric Clapton, who co-wrote the title with Foreigner lead guitarist Mick Jones.

The song is about a man, who broke up several relationships and is now with the woman of his dreams. Although he is very happy and in love, the man feels sad for all the people, who are not as happy as him, because he understands how it feels to be without happiness and love. The second verse explains, that the person felt unhappy with his life for a long amount of time and recalls many “heartaches”. Finally, though, he is happy with his life and wants to be with the person he now met. The chorus expresses the person’s need to forget about his old affairs, which have felt to him like “Bad Love”.