O Baby

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"O Baby"

Single by Siouxsie & the Banshees
from the album The Rapture
B-side(s)	"B Side Ourselves", "Swimming Horses", "All Tomorrow's Parties"
Released	1995
Format	7" single, 12" single, CD single
Recorded	1995
Genre	Pop / Alternative rock
Label	Polydor Records
Writer(s)	Siouxsie & the Banshees
Producer(s)	John Cale
Chart positions
#34 UK
Siouxsie & the Banshees singles chronology
"Face to Face" (1992)	"O Baby" (1995)	"Stargazer" (1995)

"O Baby" is a song written and recorded by English rock band Siouxsie & the Banshees. It was produced by John Cale and released as the first single from the band's eleventh studio album The Rapture.

The song is much different musically and lyrically than almost all of Siouxsie & the Banshees past releases. It is an uptempo track with a skipping rhythm, light guitar work and surprisingly straightforward, cheerful lyrics by Siouxsie Sioux ("...the cracks in the ground grin up at me / Even the creases in my shoes smile up at me..."). "O Baby" is a love song.

The Rapture album and its two singles underperformed both critically and commercially when compared to Siouxsie & the Banshees' back catalogue. "O Baby" was the last Banshees single to hit the top forty, peaking at number thirty-four in the UK singles chart. It was also their last entry on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart, where it reached number twenty-one.

[edit] Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
UK singles chart	34
U.S. Modern Rock Tracks	21

Siouxsie & the Banshees
Siouxsie Sioux \| Steven Severin \| Budgie Knox Chandler \| John Valentine Carruthers \| Peter Fenton \| Jon Klein \| Martin McCarrick \| John McGeoch \| John McKay \| Kenny Morris \| Marco Pirroni \| Robert Smith \| Sid Vicious
Siouxsie & the Banshees discography
Studio albums and extended plays: The Scream \| Join Hands \| Kaleidoscope \| Juju \| A Kiss in the Dreamhouse \| Hyæna \| The Thorn EP \| Tinderbox \| Through the Looking Glass \| Peepshow \| Superstition \| The Rapture
Compilations: Once Upon a Time: The Singles \| Twice Upon a Time: The Singles \| The Best of Siouxsie & the Banshees \| Downside Up
Live Albums: Nocturne \| Seven Year Itch
Peel Sessions: Voices on the Air: The Peel Sessions
Singles: Hong Kong Garden \| The Staircase (Mystery) \| Playground Twist \| Mittageisen / Love in a Void \| Happy House \| Christine \| Israel \| Spellbound \| Arabian Knights \| Fireworks \| Slowdive \| Melt! \| Dear Prudence \| Swimming Horses \| Dazzle \| Overground \| Cities in Dust \| Candyman \| This Wheel's on Fire \| The Passenger \| Song from the Edge of the World \| Peek-a-Boo \| The Killing Jar \| The Last Beat of My Heart \| Kiss Them for Me \| Shadowtime \| Fear (of the Unknown) \| Face to Face \| O Baby \| Stargazer
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