Baby Jane (Rod Stewart song)

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"Baby Jane"
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Single by Rod Stewart
from the album Body Wishes
B-side "Ready Now"
Released27 May 1983 [1]
Length4:45
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriters
Producers Rod Stewart and Tom Dowd
Jim Cregan and George Tutko (co-producers)
Rod Stewart singles chronology
"Tora, Tora, Tora (Out with the Boys)"
(1982)		"Baby Jane"
(1983)		"What Am I Gonna Do (I'm So in Love with You)"
(1983)

"Baby Jane" is a 1983 song by British singer Rod Stewart, written by Stewart and Jay Davis. It was released as the lead single from his twelfth studio album, Body Wishes . Produced by Stewart, Tom Dowd, George Cutko and Jim Cregan, it was his most successful single since "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" in 1978, peaking at No. 1 in the UK (his last number one single to date) remaining at the top of the chart for three weeks. In the US the song was also a hit, peaking at no. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. [2] The single also peaked at no. 10 in Australia.

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Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1983)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [3] 10
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [4] 3
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [5] 1
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [6] 13
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [7] 1
France (IFOP) [8] 2
Ireland (IRMA) [9] 1
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [10] 9
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [11] 14
Norway (VG-lista) [12] 10
South Africa (Springbok Radio) [13] 1
Spain (AFYVE) [14] 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [15] 3
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [16] 2
UK Singles (OCC) [17] 1
US Billboard Hot 100 [2] 14
US Billboard Dance/Disco Top 80 [2] 47
US Cashbox [18] 18
West Germany (GfK) [19] 1
Zimbabwe (ZIMA) [20] 3

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Year-end charts

Chart (1983)Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [21] [22] 80
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [23] 17
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [24] 86
France (IFOP) [25] 30
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [26] 50
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [27] 85
South Africa (Springbok Radio) [28] 7
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [29] 14
West Germany (Official German Charts) [30] 9

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP) [31] Gold500,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [32] Silver250,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "News > Rod's new baby". Record Mirror . 21 May 1983. p. 6. Retrieved 15 December 2020– via Flickr.
  2. 1 2 3 "Body Wishes – Awards". AllMusic . Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Chart Positions Pre 1989". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Rod Stewart – Baby Jane" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "Rod Stewart – Baby Jane" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6244." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  7. ↑ "UK, Eurochart, Billboard & Cashbox No.1 Hits". MusicSeek.info. Archived from the original on 14 June 2006.
  8. ↑ "Le Détail par Artiste". InfoDisc (in French). Select "Rod Stewart" from the artist drop-down menu. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  9. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Baby Jane". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  10. ↑ "Rod Stewart – Baby Jane" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  11. ↑ "Rod Stewart – Baby Jane". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  12. ↑ "Rod Stewart – Baby Jane". VG-lista. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  13. ↑ "South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969 – 1989 Acts (S)". Rock.co.za. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  14. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN   84-8048-639-2.
  15. ↑ "Rod Stewart – Baby Jane". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  16. ↑ "Rod Stewart – Baby Jane". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  17. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  18. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending July 30, 1983". Cashbox . Archived from the original on 11 September 2012.
  19. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Rod Stewart – Baby Jane" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  20. ↑
    • Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: singles chart book. Harare, Zimbabwe: C. Kimberley, 2000
  21. ↑ "Kent Music Report – National Top 100 Singles for 1983". Kent Music Report . Retrieved 22 January 2023– via Imgur.
  22. ↑ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1980s". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  23. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten 1983" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  24. ↑ "The Top Singles of 1983". RPM. Vol. 39, no. 17. 24 December 1983. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  25. ↑ "Top – 1983" (in French). Top-france.fr. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  26. ↑ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1983" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 . Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  27. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1983" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  28. ↑ "Top 20 Hit Singles of 1983". Rock.co.za. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  29. ↑ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1983" (in German). Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  30. ↑ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts: 1983". Offiziellecharts.de (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015.
  31. ↑ "French single certifications – Rod Stewart – Baby Jane" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 26 November 2021.Select ROD STEWART and click OK. 
  32. ↑ "British single certifications – Rod Stewart – Baby Jane". British Phonographic Industry.
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