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Baby Baby (Amy Grant song)

solo by Amy Grant

"Baby Baby" is a pop song by American recording artist Amy Grant and it was issued as the first single from her eighth studio album, Heart in Motion (). The song was written by Grant and Keith Thomas, who also produced it.

It was released on January 18, , through A&M Records and topped the US Billboard Scorching chart for two consecutive weeks in April , becoming the first in a string of hits from Heart in Motion. At the 34th Annual Grammy Awards in , the tune received three Grammy Award nominations, including Song of the Year and Record of the Year.

Its music video was directed by D.J. Webster and first aired in March

Background

The harmony was written by Keith Thomas. Grant always knew the ballad would be a smash strike, and was begging Thomas to write the song.[2] He agreed with the only condition that the song's title must be "Baby Baby".

Grant had a hard time writing the lyrics, because her early attempts to write a romantic-sounding lyric to a song with such title came off sounding like "some overgrown football jock with no vocabulary trying desperately to be romantic".[3] But one day, after having seen her six-week-old daughter Millie, she said to herself: "Oh, baby baby".

As a result, the lyrics were written in about ten minutes in her kitchen. In the Heart in Motion booklet are the words: This song is devoted to Millie, whose six-week-old tackle was my inspiration. Millie would also appear on stage during Grant's performance at the 34th Grammy Awards.

Composition

The song is almost four minutes in length and is composed in the key of F-sharp major, establish in the time signature of 4
4common time with a moderate tempo of 98 beats per minute.

In the middle of the song, the key is changed to A-flat major, then for a short amount of time goes back to F major and finally ends with A major. Grant's vocal range spans from F3 to D♯5.[4][5]

The song consists of three verses that are interrupted by a bridge, "'Stop for a minute, baby I'm so glad you're mine".

Lyrically, the song praises that special someone and expresses love that started since the day her heart was "put in motion". The chorus is the source of the album's title: "And ever since the day you put my heart in motion, baby I realized that there's just no gettin' over you".

It fades out with the lyrics:

Don't prevent givin' love
Don't stop, no
(Baby I'm so glad)
Happy that you're mine
Baby I'm glad

Critical reception

Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote, "New unattached from the lady who brought us the hit single "Lead Me On", which is also featured on this.

She still sounds grand on this danceable pop tune."[6] In their review of the Heart in Motion album, Music & Media complimented "Baby Baby" as "heavenly".[7]

Chart performance

"Baby Baby" was Amy Grant's biggest hit since her duet with Peter Cetera, "The Next Second I Fall".

In the Together States, "Baby Baby" became Grant's second number-one hit on the pop charts and her first as a solo artist, topping the Billboard Hot (replacing Wilson Phillips' "You're in Love" from the top spot) and Mature person Contemporary charts for two and three weeks, respectively.

It also made Grant the first Christian pop singer to have a number-one single in the Merged States.[8] The single reached the Top Ten in ten countries, in addition to reaching No. 11 in Switzerland.

In the United Kingdom, "Baby Baby" was the singer's first (and only) Top Five hit in that country, reaching No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart. "Baby Baby" went on to get Grant's biggest hit single and one of the most prosperous singles of

Music video

Development and release

The accompanying music video for "Baby Baby" was directed by D.J.

Webster.[10] and edited by Scott C. Wilson. According to Webster, the video's main thought was to create a picture of the relationship that everybody wants.[10] Grant added, "I ponder when you get film where there is a good meaning of humor and mutual respect and people are just having a good time, everybody wants a piece of that".[10] Its beginning features Grant receiving attention from other men, and her staying loyal to her partner, portrayed by model Jme Stein (who also appeared in her other video from that album "Good for Me").

At some point Stein is seen singing along with Grant and at the end lip-syncing to the words "Baby I'm so glad". The rest of the video is all about the couple having fun together.

Release and reception

The video first aired in March , although MTV didn't air it until it had become too popular not to.[11] A music critic J.D.

Considine praised the video, writing that "the Baby Baby clip defines the way most of us imagine her. It was hardly typical video fare, with no special effects or distant locales; all it offered was Grant and a good-looking guy cavorting and acting pretty as she lip-synced to the song.

Yet there was something genuinely appealing about the image it conveyed, something that made viewers desire to see the thing again".[10] It received a nomination for Best Female Video at the MTV Video Music Awards, but lost to Janet Jackson's "Love Will Never Do".

It's on hand on the music video tape The Heart in Motion Video Collection and music video DVDGreatest Videos . A live recital is available on the DVD Time Again… Amy Grant Live.

Track listings

  • US retail 7-inch single and US retail cassette single
  1. "Baby Baby" (LP version) -
  2. "Baby Baby" (7-inch Heart in Motion mix) –
  1. "Baby Baby" (7-inch Heart in Motion mix) –
  2. "Baby Baby" (inch Heart in Motion mix) –
  3. "Lead Me On" (LP version) –
  • International 7-inch single and Australian CD single
  1. "Baby Baby" (7-inch No Getting over You mix) –
  2. "Lead Me On" –
  1. "Baby Baby" (7-inch No Getting over You mix) –
  2. "Baby Baby" (inch Heart in Motion mix) –
  3. "Lead Me On" –
  • Dave Audé Remixes digital single ()
  1. "Baby Baby" (featuring Dave Audé) [radio edit] -
  2. "Baby Baby" (featuring Dave Audé) [extended mix] -
  3. "Baby Baby" (featuring Dave Audé) [dub] -

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the Heart in Motion booklet.[12]

  • Amy Grant – lead vocals
  • Keith Thomas – synthesizers, bass, drum programming
  • Brian Tankersley – additional synthesizer programming
  • Jerry McPherson – guitars
  • VickI Hampton – backing vocals
  • Ron Hemby – backing vocals
  • Donna McElroy – backing vocals

Production

  • Keith Thomas – producer, arrangements
  • Todd Moore – production assistant, assistant engineer
  • Bill Whittington – recording engineer
  • Todd Culross – assistant engineer
  • Kelly Pribble – assistant engineer
  • Brian Malouf – mixing
  • Pat MacDougal – mix assistant
  • Daniel Abraham – additional production and remix ("Heart in Motion" 7-inch and inch mixes, "No Getting over You" 7-inch and inch mixes)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

Legacy

The lyric received three Grammy nominations for Best Female Pop Vocal Act and Song of the Year, but lost in both categories to Bonnie Raitt's "Something to Talk About" and Natalie Cole's "Unforgettable", respectively.[citation needed]

Grant appeared on Monday Night Football in a promotional music video for "Baby Baby" that featured new lyrics custom-made for the night's game.[citation needed] "Baby Baby" was covered by The Swirling Eddies on the album Sacred Cows.[51] It was covered by Alana D on the Mr.

& Mrs. Smithsoundtrack.[citation needed] It is also featured in the film Harold & Kumar Go to Ivory Castle.[citation needed] It was also briefly referenced in the 30 Rock episode "Queen of Jordan" where it was derided as "white nonsense".[citation needed] The ballad is referenced in Grant's Got Milk?

ad.[citation needed] The lyric is heard in the Only Fools and Horses episode "Miami Twice" when Del Boy and Rodney arrive in the late hours club they go to in Miami.[citation needed]

Grant recorded an updated version of the song with pop artist Tori Kelly.

Released on April 29, , it commemorates the song's 25th anniversary.[52]

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