Somebody's Baby

"Somebody's Baby" is a 1982 song written and recorded by Jackson Browne for the 1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High movie soundtrack. Reaching #7 on 1982's Billboard Hot 100, the track would be Browne's last top ten song as well as the highest-charting single of his career. It has since been released on several of Browne's greatest hits albums including The Next Voice You Hear: The Best of Jackson Browne and The Very Best of Jackson Browne. An unplugged acoustic version appears on Browne's 2008 album Solo Acoustic, Vol. 2.

Other versions

• Phantom Planet covered the song for the 2001 Not Another Teen Movie movie soundtrack (a film which ironically parodies 1980s teen movies like Fast Times at Ridgemont High).

• It was covered by Andru Donalds for the 1997 Good Will Hunting soundtrack.

• American rock band Yo La Tengo released a version on the 1996 compilation album entitled Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo.

• Country music singer-songwriter Eric Heatherly covered the song on his 2009 album 2 High 2 Cry.

• Filipino American singer Mark Mejia sampled the chorus of "Somebody's Baby" for his 2009 song of the same title.

• Spoken word poet and rapper B. Dolan featured the song on his 2008 concept album The Failure.