You Baby (song)

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"You Baby"
You Baby - The Turtles.jpg
Single by the Turtles
from the album You Baby
B-side "Wanderin' Kind"
ReleasedFebruary 1966 [1]
Genre
Length2:12
Label White Whale
Songwriter(s) P. F. Sloan & Steve Barri
Producer(s) Bones Howe
The Turtles singles chronology
"Let Me Be"
(1965)		"You Baby"
(1966)		"Grim Reaper of Love"
(1966)

"You Baby" is a song written by P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri and was originally recorded by the Vogues in 1965, though their version was not released until 1996. [7]

Contents

The Turtles recording

A cover version was released by the Turtles in 1966. The song spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 20, [8] while reaching No. 15 on the Record World 100 Top Pops, [9] No. 17 on the Cash Box Top 100, [10] and No. 11 on Canada's " RPM Play Sheet". [11] Billboard described the song as a "rocker with a surf in' sound in the vocal" and a "winner." [2] Cash Box described it as an "easy-going, handclappin’ warm-hearted pledge of romantic devotion." [12]

Chart performance

Chart (1966)Peak
position
Canada – RPM Play Sheet11
US Billboard Hot 10020
US Cash Box Top 10017
US Record World 100 Top Pops15

Other cover versions

In 1966, the song was released by the Mamas & the Papas on their debut album If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears . [13]

References

  1. ↑ Rodriguez, Robert (2012). Revolver: How the Beatles Re-Imagined Rock 'n' Roll . Montclair: Backbeat Books. p. 240. ISBN   978-1-61713-009-0.
  2. 1 2 "Spotlight Singles" (PDF). Billboard. January 22, 1966. p. 16. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  3. ↑ Pig Gold, Gary (2001). "The Turtles". In Cooper, Kim; Smay, David (eds.). Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth. Los Angeles: Feral House. pp. 92–93.
  4. 1 2 Segretto, Mike (2022). "1966". 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. Backbeat. p. 110. ISBN   9781493064601.
  5. ↑ George-Warren, Holly; Romanowski, Patricia; Pareles, John, eds. (2001). "The Turtles/Flo & Eddie". The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll (3rd ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 1012–1013. ISBN   0-7432-0120-5.
  6. ↑ Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). "America Strikes Back: The Byrds and Folk Rock". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 184. ISBN   978-0-571-28198-5.
  7. ↑ Kienzle, Rich. "Songwriter P.F. Sloan's Legacy (And Connection to the Vogues)", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , November 20, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  8. ↑ Hot 100 - The Turtles You Baby, Billboard.com. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  9. ↑ "100 Top Pops", Record World , March 26, 1966. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100", Cash Box , April 2, 1966. p. 4. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  11. ↑ "R.P.M. Play Sheet", RPM Weekly , Volume 5, No. 3, March 14, 1966. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  12. ↑ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. January 22, 1966. p. 12. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  13. ↑ Greenwald, Matthew (2002). Go Where You Wanna Go: The Oral History of The Mamas and The Papas , Cooper Square Press. pp. 285-286. Retrieved February 14, 2018.


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