Be My Baby (Vanessa Paradis song)

"Be My Baby"
Single by Vanessa Paradis
from the album Vanessa Paradis
B-side "The Future Song"
Released September 1992
Format CD single, CD maxi,
7" single, cassette
Recorded 1992
Genre Pop
Length 3:38
Label Polydor
Writer(s) Lenny Kravitz, Gerry DeVeaux
Producer Lenny Kravitz
Vanessa Paradis singles chronology
"Dis-lui toi que je t'aime"
(1990)		 "Be My Baby"
(1992)		 "Sunday Mondays"
(1993)

"Be My Baby" is a 1992 song recorded by French singer Vanessa Paradis. It was the first single from Paradis' eponymous third studio album and was released in September 1992. It was the singer's first single in English-language and was written by her companion at the time, Lenny Kravitz. It achieved great success in many countries, becoming a top ten hit in France, UK and Germany. The CD maxi contains Paradis' first hit single as B-side, "Joe le Taxi".

Contents

Background and release

Five years after her number-one debut single "Joe le taxi", Vanessa Paradis had again an international hit with "Be My Baby" which was her second single to be released in the U.S. and Australia. The song enjoyed a simultaneous release throughout Europe on 1 September 1992, three weeks before the album. "Be My Baby" was then released on 28 September in the UK. In North America, Australia and Asia, the single was presented in October, the album in November.

The single covers were the same for all the countries, but the design was different for the U.S. where the word 'Paradis' was in white, instead of maroon. A three-single CD maxi was released in limited edition in UK. The booklet contains photos from the music video. A promotional CD was published in the U.S. and sent to the media.

The song was performed during Paradis' tours Natural High Tour in 1993 and Divinidylle Tour in 2007.

The music video was shot in the U.S. by John Lindauer in Spring 1992.

Track listings

CD single / 7" single / Cassette
  1. "Be My Baby" — 3:38
  2. "The Future Song" — 4:51
CD maxi
  1. "Be My Baby" — 3:38
  2. "The Future Song" — 4:49
  3. "Joe le Taxi" — 3:54

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1992) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[1] 19
Dutch Top 40[2] 7
French SNEP Singles Chart[1] 5
German Singles Chart[1] 10
Swedish Singles Chart[1] 11
UK Singles Chart[3] 6

End of year charts

End of year chart (1992) Position
Dutch Top 40[2] 80

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Be My Baby", in various singles charts Ultratop.be (Retrieved June 17, 2009)
  2. ^ a b "Single top 100 over 1992" (in Dutch) (pdf). Top40. http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%201992.pdf. Retrieved 15 April 2010. 
  3. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved June 17, 2009)
Vanessa Paradis
Studio albums
M&J (1988) · Variations sur le même t'aime (1990) · Vanessa Paradis (1992) · Bliss (2000) · Divinidylle (2007)
Live albums
Live (1994) · Au Zénith (2001) · Divinidylle Tour (2008)
Compilations
Hit singles
"Joe le Taxi" (1987) · "Marilyn et John" (1988) · "Be My Baby" (1992) · "Commando" (2000) · "Divine Idylle" (2007) · "Dès que j'te vois" (2007)
Filmography
Noce Blanche (1989) · Élisa (1995) · Une chance sur deux (1998)  · La fille sur le pont (1999) · The Magic Roundabout (2005) · Heartbreaker (2010)
Associated articles