Baby Don't Forget My Number

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"Baby Don't Forget My Number"
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Single by Milli Vanilli
from the album All or Nothing and Girl You Know It's True
B-side "Too Much Monkey Business"
ReleasedDecember 1988
Genre Hip hop
dance-pop [1]
Length
  • 4:10 (album version)
  • 4:00 (single version)
  • 4:28 (video version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Frank Farian
Milli Vanilli singles chronology
"Girl You Know It's True"
(1988)
"Baby Don't Forget My Number"
(1988)
"Blame It on the Rain"
(1989)
Music video
"Baby Don't Forget My Number" on YouTube

"Baby Don't Forget My Number" is a song by German dance-pop group Milli Vanilli. The track was released in December 1988 as the second single from their debut album, All or Nothing (1988), as well as its American counterpart, Girl You Know It's True (1989). It became the first of their three number-one hits on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1989, earning a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Worldwide, the single reached the top 10 in seven other countries and was certified gold in Australia, where it charted for 36 weeks.

Contents

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [34] Gold35,000^
United States (RIAA) [35] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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