Country music songwriter
Harlan Howard encouraged his wife Jan Howard to have her own singing career. Helping her get a recording contract, Howard had her first top 20 country song with 1960's "
The One You Slip Around With". Her career then stalled until the release of the 1966 top five song "
Evil on Your Mind". Many of Howard's 1960s singles were written by singer-songwriter
Bill Anderson, whom she later recorded with. The first Anderson-penned track was 1966's "Bad Seed". The song described the gypsy lifestyle of a woman who refuses to settle down with a man. "Bad Seed" was produced by
Owen Bradley. ==Release, critical reception and chart performance==