Ooo Baby Baby
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| "Ooo Baby Baby" | |||||
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| Single by The Miracles from the album Going To A Go-Go | |||||
| B-side | "All That's Good" | ||||
| Released | March 1965 | ||||
| Format | vinyl record (7" 45 RPM) | ||||
| Recorded | Hitsville USA (Studio A); 1965 | ||||
| Genre | Soul | ||||
| Length | 2:48 | ||||
| Label | Tamla T 54113 | ||||
| Writer | Smokey Robinson Warren Moore | ||||
| Producer | Smokey Robinson | ||||
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| "Ooo Baby Baby" | ||
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| Single by Linda Ronstadt from the album Living in the USA | ||
| Released | December 1978-January 1979 | |
| Genre | Rock, Pop | |
| Label | Mushroom/Festival/Warner Bros. | |
"Ooo Baby Baby" is a 1965 hit single by The Miracles for the Tamla (Motown) label, today considered the group's signature song.
A slow, remorseful number, "Ooh Baby Baby" features Miracles lead singer Smokey Robinson lamenting the fact that he cheated on his woman, and begging for her to overlook his mistakes and please forgive him. The song's highly emotional feel is supported by the Miracles' background harmonies, and a lush orchestral arrangement that accents the Funk Brothers band's instrumental track.
Written by Robinson and Pete Moore and produced by Robinson, "Ooh Baby Baby" was a #4 hit on the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart, and reached #16 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song is one of the Miracles' most covered tunes , having achieved its greatest commercial success when Linda Ronstadt included it in her double-platinum album Living in the USA with the single reaching #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1978. In 2004 Rolling Stone ranked The Miracles' original version #262 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
[edit] Credits
- Written by William "Smokey" Robinson and Pete Moore
- Produced by William "Smokey" Robinson
- Lead vocals by Smokey Robinson
- Background vocals by Claudette Rogers Robinson Pete Moore, Ronnie White, and Bobby Rogers
- Guitar by Marv Tarplin
- Other instrumentation by The Funk Brothers, featuring vibraphones by Jack Ashford
[edit] Covers
- The Five Stairsteps (1967)
- Shalamar (1977)
- Linda Ronstadt (1978) on her chart-topping album Living in the U.S.A.; the cover made it to the Top Ten when released as a single
- Zapp (1989)
- LaToya London (2004) on American Idol during Motown Week
