Do You Wanna Be My Baby?

"Do You Wanna Be My Baby?"
Single by Per Gessle
from the album The World According to Gessle
B-side	"Always Breaking My Heart" (demo)
Released	4 April 1997 (1997-04-04)
Studio	Atlantis, Polar (Stockholm, Sweden)
Length	3:47
Label	Fundamental, EMI
Songwriter(s)	Per Gessle
Producer(s)	Per Gessle, Clarence Öfwerman, Michael Ilbert
Per Gessle singles chronology
"Inte tillsammans, inte isär" (1986) "Do You Wanna Be My Baby?" (1997) "Kix" (1997)

"Do You Wanna Be My Baby?" is the first single from Swedish singer-songwriter Per Gessle's third studio album, The World According to Gessle (1997). It peaked atop the Swedish Singles Chart for one week in April 1997 and also charted in Iceland and the Flanders region of Belgium. B-side "Always Breaking My Heart" was also recorded by Belinda Carlisle for her album A Woman and a Man .

Music video

The video was directed by Jonas Åkerlund and featured members from a circus which performed several acts.

Track listings

• European CD single ^[1]

1. "Do You Wanna Be My Baby?" – 3:47
2. "Always Breaking My Heart" (Tits & Ass demo, 30 May 1995) – 3:06

• Australian and Japanese CD single ^{[2] [3]}

1. "Do You Wanna Be My Baby?" – 3:47
2. "Always Breaking My Heart" (Tits & Ass demo, 30 May 1995) – 3:06
3. "I Wanna Be with You" (Tits & Ass demo, 2 November 1994) – 2:51

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1997) Peak position Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [4] 46 Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40) [5] 32 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [6] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1997) Position Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [7] 44

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Sweden (GLF) [8]	Gold	15,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Do You Wanna Be My Baby? (European CD single liner notes). Per Gessle. Fundamental Records, EMI. 1997. 7243 8 65292 2 0.
2. Do You Wanna Be My Baby? (Australian CD single liner notes). Per Gessle. Fundamental Records, EMI. 1997. 8652902.
3. Do You Wanna Be My Baby? (Japanese CD single liner notes). Per Gessle. Fundamental Records, EMI. 1997. TOCP-40039.
4. "Per Gessle – Do You Wanna Be My Baby?" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
5. "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (26.6. '97 – 2.7. '97)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 27 June 1997. p. 16. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
6. "Per Gessle – Do You Wanna Be My Baby?". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
7. "Årslista Singlar, 1997" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved 27 March 2022.
8. "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2022.