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Bad Contestant

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Bad Contestant

Release date: 7th June 2018

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"Bad Contestant" is a track by Matt Maltese, from the album Bad Contestant, released 7th June 2018. The track is 2:54 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 13 articles about Matt Maltese.

About the Artist

Matt Maltese

Matt Maltese

Lyrics

Bad Contestant

I 'm a toothache
I'm the saddest case
I'm often looking round for my next mistake
I'm your garden waste
I've left no trace
I'm only here for some hollow math debate

I'm a bad, bad contestant
I ain't much but baby i could impress ya
I'm a bad, bad contestant
I ain't no prince of love but give me a second

I'm a dead end, a budget hotel
I'm pretty good at feeling sorry for myself
I'm a deck chair
Your cheap underwear
A bad christian who never goes to prayer

I'm a bad bad contestant
I ain't much but baby i could impress ya
I'm a bad bad contestant
I ain't no prince of love but give me a second

And if you want funny
I could be your jester honey
And if you want rock and roll
I can stop playing my slow songs
If you want conversation
I'll stay up with you all night

I'm a bad bad contestant
I'd go home with the lowest prize on tv
A bad, bad contestant
You can find me finishing off the empties
He's a bad, bad contestant
I ain't much but baby I could impress you
He's a bad, bad contestant
He's a bad, bad contestant
They say the underdogs are always the best one

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From Bad Contestant

2:542018

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2

Release year

2018

1Greatest Comedian
2:47
2Bad Contestant
2:54
3Sweet 16
3:40
4Like A Fish
3:22

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Madhouse - EP

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Matt Maltese — Everybody’s Just As Crazy As Me (from Hers)
Matt Maltese — Happy Birthday (from Hers) [3:36]
Matt Maltese — Everybody's Just As Crazy As Me (from Hers) [3:14]
Matt Maltese — Eternal Darkness Of The Spotted Mind (from Hers) [3:16]
Matt Maltese — Holiday From Yourself (from Hers) [3:27]
Matt Maltese — Tangled (from Hers) [3:46]
Matt Maltese — Arthouse Cinema (from Hers) [3:01]
Matt Maltese — Always Some MF (from Hers) [4:39]
Matt Maltese — Anytime, Anyplace, Anyhow (from Hers) [3:47]
Matt Maltese — Pined For You My Whole Life (from Hers) [3:18]
Matt Maltese — Buses Replace Trains (from Hers) [3:43]
Matt Maltese — Cure For Emptiness (from Hers) [3:26]
Matt Maltese — Anytime, Anyplace, Anyhow [3:47]
Matt Maltese — My Funny Valentine [3:00]
Matt Maltese — My Funny Valentine
Matt Maltese — Mother's Love (from Songs That Aren't Mine) [1:45]
Matt Maltese — In Tall Buildings (from Songs That Aren't Mine) [2:10]
Matt Maltese — My Heart’s Not In It
Matt Maltese — Cosmic Dancer (with Dora Jar) (from Songs That Aren't Mine) [2:59]
Matt Maltese — Philadelphia (with Searows) (from Songs That Aren't Mine) [3:03]
Matt Maltese — This is the Day (from Songs That Aren't Mine) [3:14]
Matt Maltese — Kiss Me (from Songs That Aren't Mine) [2:58]
Matt Maltese — My Heart's Not In It (with Liana Flores) (from Songs That Aren't Mine) [2:05]
Matt Maltese — You Made Me Forget My Dreams (from Songs That Aren't Mine) [4:13]
Matt Maltese — Cosmic Dancer
Matt Maltese — Nothing Compares 2 U (from Songs That Aren't Mine) [3:20]
Matt Maltese — Waiting in Vain (from Songs That Aren't Mine) [3:09]
Matt Maltese — Eternamente (from Songs That Aren't Mine) [2:16]
Matt Maltese — Complicated (from Songs That Aren't Mine) [3:27]
Matt Maltese — Spiderman in the Flesh (from Songs That Aren't Mine) [2:00]
Matt Maltese — Philadelphia
Matt Maltese — Kiss Me [2:58]
Matt Maltese — The Earth Is a Very Small Dot
Matt Maltese — Don’t Speak
Matt Maltese — Coward (from Driving Just To Drive)
Matt Maltese — Suspend your Disbelief (from Driving Just To Drive) [3:25]
Matt Maltese — Florence (from Driving Just To Drive) [3:39]
Matt Maltese — Museum (from Driving Just To Drive) [3:35]
Matt Maltese — Coward (feat. Biig Piig) (from Driving Just To Drive) [2:32]
Matt Maltese — Mortician (from Driving Just To Drive) [3:05]
Matt Maltese — Irony Would Have It (from Driving Just To Drive) [3:29]
Matt Maltese — But leaving is (from Driving Just To Drive) [3:12]
Matt Maltese — Mother (from Driving Just To Drive) [3:13]
Matt Maltese — Driving Just to Drive (from Driving Just To Drive) [3:33]
Matt Maltese — Hello Black Dog (from Driving Just To Drive) [3:15]
Matt Maltese — Widows (from Driving Just To Drive) [3:48]
Matt Maltese — Mystery (quiet) (from Quiet Recordings - EP) [3:12]
Matt Maltese — Krakow (unsung) (from Quiet Recordings - EP) [2:33]
Matt Maltese — You Deserve an Oscar (quiet) (from Quiet Recordings - EP) [3:44]
Matt Maltese — Everyone Adores You (quiet) (from Quiet Recordings - EP) [3:26]
Matt Maltese — Smile in the Face of the Devil (from Quiet Recordings - EP) [2:39]
Matt Maltese — Nothing Breaks Your Heart Like Christmas
Matt Maltese — Salt Lake City
Matt Maltese — Oldest Trick in the Book
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Matt Maltese — Oldest Trick in the Book (feat. Bedouine) (from Good Morning It's Now Tomorrow) [3:21]
Matt Maltese — We Need to Talk (from Good Morning It's Now Tomorrow) [3:09]
Matt Maltese — Lobster (from Good Morning It's Now Tomorrow) [4:11]
Matt Maltese — Krakow (from Good Morning It's Now Tomorrow) [3:23]
Matt Maltese — 1000 Tears Deep (from Good Morning It's Now Tomorrow) [3:14]
Matt Maltese — Looking (from Good Morning It's Now Tomorrow) [2:57]
Matt Maltese — Shoe (from Good Morning It's Now Tomorrow) [3:38]
Matt Maltese — Rat Race (from Good Morning It's Now Tomorrow) [2:58]
Matt Maltese — Outrun the Bear (from Good Morning It's Now Tomorrow) [3:52]
Matt Maltese — You Deserve an Oscar (from Good Morning It's Now Tomorrow) [3:36]
Matt Maltese — Everyone Adores You (At Least I Do) (from Good Morning It's Now Tomorrow) [3:23]
Matt Maltese — Mystery (from Good Morning It's Now Tomorrow) [3:43]
Matt Maltese — Somebody I Don't Know The Name Of - demo (from Krystal)
Matt Maltese — As the World Caves In (Acoustic)
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Matt Maltese — Leather Wearing Aa (from Madhouse - EP) [3:28]
Matt Maltese — Queen Bee (from Madhouse - EP) [2:48]
Matt Maltese — Madhouse (from Madhouse - EP) [3:31]
Matt Maltese — Little Person (from Madhouse - EP) [3:21]
Matt Maltese — Sad Dream (from Madhouse - EP) [2:33]
Matt Maltese — Ballad of a Pandemic
Matt Maltese — Human Remains (from Krystal) [2:48]
Matt Maltese — Jupiter (from Krystal) [2:49]
Matt Maltese — Wedding Singer (Demo) (from Krystal) [3:41]
Matt Maltese — Tall Buildings (from Krystal) [3:09]
Matt Maltese — All 9 Lives (Demo) (from Krystal) [3:18]
Matt Maltese — When You Wash Your Hair (from Krystal) [3:13]
Matt Maltese — Wish You'd Ask Me (from Krystal) [2:59]
Matt Maltese — Rom-Com Gone Wrong (from Krystal) [3:26]
Matt Maltese — Somebody I Don’t Know the Name Of (Demo) (from Krystal) [3:33]
Matt Maltese — Krystal (from Krystal) [3:40]
Matt Maltese — Curl up & Die (from Krystal) [3:22]
Matt Maltese — Intolewd (from Krystal) [1:20]
Matt Maltese — Tokyo (from Krystal) [3:05]
Matt Maltese — Misery (from Bad Contestant) [2:32]
Matt Maltese — Mortals (from Bad Contestant) [5:25]
Matt Maltese — Nightclub Love (from Bad Contestant) [4:11]
Matt Maltese — Strange Time (from Bad Contestant) [3:20]
Matt Maltese — Guilty (from Bad Contestant) [3:06]
Matt Maltese — Greatest Comedian (from Bad Contestant) [2:47]
Matt Maltese — Sweet 16 (from Bad Contestant) [3:40]
Matt Maltese — As the World Caves In (from Bad Contestant) [3:39]
Matt Maltese — Like A Fish (from Bad Contestant) [3:22]
Matt Maltese — Less and Less (from Bad Contestant) [4:09]
Matt Maltese — Comic Life
Matt Maltese — No One Won The War
Matt Maltese — Vacant in the 21st Century
Matt Maltese — Paper Thin Hotel (from In a New Bed - EP) [4:27]
Matt Maltese — Studio 6 (from In a New Bed - EP) [3:14]
Matt Maltese — I Hear the Day Has Come (from In a New Bed - EP) [3:21]
Matt Maltese — In a New Bed (from In a New Bed - EP) [3:41]
Matt Maltese — Even If It’s a Lie (demo)

1000 Tears DeepGood Morning It's Now Tomorrow
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Everyone Adores You (At Least I Do)Good Morning It's Now Tomorrow
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KrakowGood Morning It's Now Tomorrow
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LobsterGood Morning It's Now Tomorrow
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MysteryGood Morning It's Now Tomorrow
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Credits

Writer: Matt Maltese
Producer: Jonathan Rado
Bass: Jonathan Rado
Drums: Kane Ritchotte
Guitar: Jonathan Rado
Additional Recording: Richard Woodcraft
Assistant Mixing Engineer: Andy Menhenitt, Josh Bunning
Assistant Recording Engineer: Kevin Basko
Credited: Andy Menhenitt, Ben Baptie, Jonathan Rado, Josh Bunning, Kane Ritchotte, Kevin Basko, Polskie tłumaczenia Genius, Richard Woodcraft, Sean Cook, Ted Jensen
Mastering Engineer: Ted Jensen
Mixing Engineer: Ben Baptie
Organ: Matt Maltese
Piano: Matt Maltese
Recording Engineer: Sean Cook
Synthesizer: Matt Maltese