Sweet Baby (Macy Gray song)

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"Sweet Baby"
Macy Gray Featuring Erykah Badu - Sweet Baby.jpg
Single by Macy Gray featuring Erykah Badu
from the album The Id
B-side "Better Where You Are"
ReleasedSeptember 3, 2001 (2001-09-03)
Studio Various (Hollywood, Philadelphia, Chicago)
Length3:49
Label Epic
Composer(s) Joe Solo
Lyricist(s) Macy Gray
Producer(s)
Macy Gray singles chronology
"Why Didn't You Call Me"
(2000)
"Sweet Baby"
(2001)
"Sexual Revolution"
(2001)
Erykah Badu singles chronology
"Cleva"
(2001)
"Sweet Baby"
(2001)
"Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)"
(2002)

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from The Id album booklet. [7]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesJuly 31, 2001 Contemporary hit radio Epic [26]
United KingdomSeptember 3, 2001
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
[27]
JapanSeptember 12, 2001CD [28]

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