I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (song)

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“I'll Be Your Baby Tonight”
album cover
album cover
Song by Bob Dylan
Album John Wesley Harding
Released December 27, 1967
Recorded Between October 17 - November 29, 1967
Genre Folk, Folk Rock
Length 2:34
Label Columbia
Writer Bob Dylan
Producer Bob Johnston
John Wesley Harding track listing
"Down Along the Cove"
(11)
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
(12)


“I'll Be Your Baby Tonight”
“I'll Be Your Baby Tonight” cover
Single by Robert Palmer and UB40
from the album Don't Explain
B-side "Deep End"
Released November 21, 1988 UK
October 1990 EU
February 1991 France
Format CD single
CD maxi
7" single
12" single
Recorded 1990
Genre Reggae
Length 3:26
Label EMI
Writer(s) Bob Dylan
Producer Robert Palmer
UB40 chronology
"Wear You to the Ball"
(1990)
"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"
(1990)
"Impossible Love"
(1991)
Robert Palmer chronology
"Life in Detail"
(1990)
"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"
(1990)
"You're Amazing"
(1991)

"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" is a song by Bob Dylan from John Wesley Harding. In 1990, Robert Palmer and UB40 released a new version.

It was released in October 1990 in the European countries and in February 1991 in France (but two years before, on November 21, 1988, in UK), and features on Robert Palmer's albums Don't Explain and the 1995 best of The Very Best of. It was a success, particularly in Australia, Switzerland and Austria where it reached the top 10 of the Singles Chart.

[edit] Track listings

7"-Single
  1. "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" (3:26)
  2. "Deep End" (4:33)
CD-Single
  1. "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" (3:26)
  2. "Deep End" (4:33)
CD-Maxi
  1. "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" (3:30)
  2. "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" (Extended Version) (7:25)
  3. "Deep End" (4:33)
12"-Single
  1. "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" (Extended Version) (7:25)
  2. "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" (3:30)
  3. "Deep End" (4:33)

[edit] Charts, certifications and sales

Chart (1990-1991) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks[1] 24
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[2] 4
Austrian Singles Chart[2] 5
French Singles Chart[2] 25
German Singles Chart[3] 14
Irish Singles Chart[4] 6
Swedish Singles Chart[2] 11
Swiss Singles Chart[2] 5
UK Singles Chart[5] 77

[edit] References

  1. ^ Billboard Billboard.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  2. ^ a b c d e "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight", in various Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 12, 2008)
  3. ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  4. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  5. ^ "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" ub40.co.uk (Retrieved February 12, 2008)