Baby Jane (song)

"Baby Jane"
Single by Rod Stewart
from the album Body Wishes
B-side "Ready Now"
Released 27 May 1983
Genre Pop Rock, Synth pop
Length 4:45
Label Warner Bros.
Writer(s) Rod Stewart, Jay Davis
Rod Stewart singles chronology
Tora, Tora, Tora (Out With The Boys)
(1982)
Baby Jane
(1983)
What Am I Gonna Do (I'm So In Love With You)
(1983)

"Baby Jane" was a UK number one single for three weeks in July 1983 for Rod Stewart.

Written by Rod Stewart and Jay Davis and produced by Stewart, Tom Dowd, George Cutko and Jim Cregan. The song was the lead single from his Body Wishes album and was his most successful single since "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" in 1978. This was Stewart's sixth and final UK number one single thus far. In the USA, the song was also a big hit, peaking at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[1] The single peaked at #10 in Australia.

Belle & Sebastian performed a cover of this song for their vinyl single "White Collar Boy".

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References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
Preceded by
"Every Breath You Take" by The Police
UK number one single
2 July 1983 - 16 July 1983
Succeeded by
"Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)" by Paul Young