Baby Love (Nicole Scherzinger song)

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"Baby Love" (2007)
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A reviewer for the Manchester Evening News wrote that it's "a nice little number which highlights her above average vocals." [8]

The single achieved reasonable success outside of the United States, particularly in Europe. This is likely due to Scherzinger's performance at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2007 on November 1, 2007, in which she sang the song with will.i.am, the producer and featured artist of the song. The song peaked at number fourteen on the UK Singles Chart. It also became a top ten hit in the Germany and Italy. Although the song was not successful on the Billboard Hot 100, it reached number four on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play and peaked at number 8 at Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. [9]

Music video

Scherzinger lying on a yacht as seen in the music video. Nicole Scherzinger Baby Love music video.jpg
Scherzinger lying on a yacht as seen in the music video.

The video was shot on Catalina Island, California, and was directed by Francis Lawrence. The music video premiered on September 24, 2007. [10]

Synopsis

The video opens with Scherzinger in bed, inserting a video memory stick into a laptop. She is just in her white bra and panties. We then see lots of clouds, before seeing Scherzinger waking up lying in bed with her lover. She rolls on top of him, before going outside still in her underwear with a grey cardigan over the top. The boat then cruises along and Nicole makes several appearances in a white bikini. Then we see her lie on a sun bed under her lover in a black bikini. He is shirtless, and gazes down at her. She then shows the video footage to him on her camera. She then sings to the camera presumably naked, with us only seeing her face and her legs. She then lies in the sun in her white bikini. She then dives into the ocean in her black bikini, followed by her lover. They then appear underwater, hugging each other. After that, on a beach, Nicole kisses her lovers shoulders. She then dances in front of the camera in a black and peach bikini. She then is seen hugging her lover (they both are presumed naked, making love) on the beach. Nicole and her lover take a trip on a motorbike (a Ducati Hypermotard) soon after. Nicole is in hot pants and a black jacket. Will.i.am then makes his debut singing a solo verse in the distance.

We then see Nicole in her black and peach bikini lying down on the sand. Her lover is filming her from above. Nicole then is seen semi nude, with her hands covering her breasts. Then she is seen playing around with her lover in the sea. They splash around and Nicole then is seen on the edge of the boat, in a blue dress. More semi nude appearances follow. But then we return to the bed, which was seen at the start. Nicole is now kneeling on top of her boyfriend, in her white bra and panties. She sings to him whilst he strokes her hips and touches the sides of her panties. She then leans down to kiss his cheek softly. He kisses her arm. The video ends with Scherzinger making one final semi nude appearance, covering her breasts with her hands. She giggles and the scene fades.

Live performances

In October 2007 she performed at KIIS-FM’s Homecoming concert at the Honda Center and performed "Whatever U Like", "Baby Love" and "Supervillain". [11] The same month she performed the latter two songs along with "Happily Never After" for Sessions@AOL . [12]

Track listings

"Baby Love"
BabyLove-NicoleScherzinger.jpg
Single by Nicole Scherzinger featuring will.i.am
B-side "Whatever U Like"
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2007 (2007-09-18)
Genre R&B
Length4:43
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) will.i.am
Nicole Scherzingersingles chronology
"Whatever U Like"
(2007)		"Baby Love"
(2007)		"Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)"
(2009)
will.i.amsingles chronology
"I Got It from My Mama"
(2007)		"Baby Love"
(2007)		"Wait a Minute (Just a Touch)"
(2007)

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the "Baby Love" liner notes.

Charts

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Baby Love"
RegionDateFormat(s)LabelRef(s).
United StatesSeptember 18, 2007 Interscope [40] [41]
GermanyOctober 23, 2007 CD Universal [42] [43]
AustraliaNovember 5, 2007Interscope [44]
United Kingdom [45]
JapanNovember 30, 2007Universal [46]

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