Baby (Anton Powers and Pixie Lott song)

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"Baby"
BabyAP.jpg
Single by Anton Powers and Pixie Lott
Released31 March 2017
Recorded2016
Length3:09
Label 3Beat Productions
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Powers
  • Humphrey
  • Bullens
Anton Powers singles chronology
"Love You Better"
(2016)
"Baby"
(2017)
Pixie Lott singles chronology
"Caravan of Love"
(2014)
"Baby"
(2017)
"Won't Forget You"
(2017)

"Baby" is a song performed by English DJ and producer Anton Powers and English singer Pixie Lott. The song was released in the United Kingdom as a digital download on 31 March 2017 through 3Beat Productions. The song peaked at number 97 on the UK Singles Chart and number 28 on the Scottish Singles Chart.

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Background

Talking about the single, Pixie said, "it feels like a new chapter for me. I had a lot of fun working with Anton on Baby. We first met years ago when he remixed my song "Gravity" but we bumped into each other in Ibiza last Summer and I knew he was someone I wanted to work with again." [1]

Live performances

Anton Powers and Pixie Lott gave their first live performance of the song on The Voice UK Final on 1 April 2017. [2] Powers and Lott also performed the song on All Round to Mrs. Brown's on 8 April 2017.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Baby" was first released onto YouTube on 14 April 2017 at a total length of three minutes and nineteen seconds. [1]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Baby"3:09
2."Baby" (Extended Mix)4:37

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Russia (Tophit) [3] 190
Scotland (OCC) [4] 28
UK Download (OCC) [5] 31
UK Singles (OCC) [6] 97

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [7] Silver200,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United Kingdom 31 March 2017 Digital download 3Beat Productions

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References

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  2. Pixie Lott & Anton Powers perform 'Baby' | The Voice UK 2017 - YouTube
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