Baby Don't Forget My Number

"Baby Don't Forget My Number"
Single by Milli Vanilli
from the album All or Nothing and Girl You Know It's True
B-side	"Too Much Monkey Business"
Released	December 1988
Genre	Dance-pop [1]
Length	4:10 (album version) 4:00 (single version) 4:28 (video version)
Label	Hansa Arista
Songwriter(s)	Frank Farian Brad Howell
Producer(s)	Frank Farian
Milli Vanilli singles chronology
"Girl You Know It's True" (1988) "Baby Don't Forget My Number" (1988) "Blame It on the Rain" (1989)
Music video
"Baby Don't Forget My Number" on YouTube

"Baby Don't Forget My Number" is a song by German dance-pop group Milli Vanilli. The track was released in December 1988 as the second single from their debut album, All or Nothing (1988), as well as its American counterpart, Girl You Know It's True (1989). It became the first of their three number-one hits on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1989, earning a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Worldwide, the single reached the top 10 in seven other countries and was certified gold in Australia, where it charted for 36 weeks.

Music video

In the music video, Rob Pilatus meets a woman and gets her phone number. Later that day, as he is preparing to call her, Fabrice Morvan enters the apartment, and a slight breeze blows the sheet of paper with the phone number out the window. The paper is caught under the shoe of a man who enters a taxicab, leading the duo on a bicycle chase across London. Just as the taxicab drops the man off, the duo stops the man, but the paper is gone. Then the duo realize they are in front of the woman's home.

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1988–1989) Peak position Australia (ARIA) [2] 17 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [3] 14 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [4] 3 Canada Dance/Urban ( RPM ) [5] 1 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [6] 18 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [7] 3 France (SNEP) [8] 17 Ireland (IRMA) [9] 17 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [10] 6 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [11] 7 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [12] 9 Norway (VG-lista) [13] 5 Spain (AFYVE) [14] 3 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [15] 11 UK Singles (OCC) [16] 16 US Billboard Hot 100 [17] 1 US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) [18] 10 US Dance Singles Sales ( Billboard ) [19] 12 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [20] 9 US Cash Box Top 100 [21] 2 West Germany (GfK) [22] 9

Year-end charts Chart (1989) Position Australia (ARIA) [23] 59 Belgium (Ultratop) [24] 81 Canada Top Singles (RPM) [25] 42 Canada Dance/Urban (RPM) [26] 8 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [27] 78 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [28] 41 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [29] 65 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [30] 16 US Billboard Hot 100 [31] [32] 28 West Germany (Official German Charts) [33] 63 Chart (1990) Position Australia (ARIA) [34] 69

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [34]	Gold	35,000^
United States (RIAA) [35]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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