Talk to Me (Babyface song)

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"Talk to Me"
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Single by Babyface
from the album The Day
ReleasedOctober 26, 1996 (1996-10-26)
Recorded1996
Genre
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Kenneth Edmonds
Babyface singles chronology
"This Is for the Lover in You"
(1996)		"Talk to Me"
(1996)		"Every Time I Close My Eyes"
(1997)

"Talk to Me" is a song written by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. The track features Eric Clapton on guitar and was released in 1996 on the album The Day . [1] A live performance featuring Clapton on was released in 1997 on the album MTV Unplugged NYC 1997 . [2]

Contents

Just before performing the song with Clapton for the MTV Unplugged session, Edmonds explained how the song came about: "This is a song that I was working on when we worked together on Change the World . He started playing guitar and I started smelling neck bone, grits and greens and things. So we did this song called 'Talk to Me'." [3]

Personnel and credits

Credits adapted from album liner notes. [4]

Charts

Chart (1997–1998)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [5] 155
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [6] 75
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [7] 50

References

  1. ↑ Talk to Me, allmusic.com. Retrieved 2015-02-15
  2. ↑ Talk to Me - Eric Clapton, allmusic.com. Retrieved 2015-02-15
  3. ↑ Eric Clapton & Babyface - Talk to Me, dailymotion.com. Retrieved 2015-02-15
  4. ↑ Babyface – The Day (CD liner notes) – Epic Sony Music 485368-2
  5. ↑ "Babyface ARIA chart history (1989-2020), received from ARIA in May 2024". ARIA. Retrieved July 14, 2024– via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
  6. ↑ "Babyface – Talk to Me" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Babyface – Talk to Me". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
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