Baby It's Me

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Baby It's Me

Studio album by Diana Ross

Released

September 16, 1977

Recorded

1977

Genre

soul/pop

Length

41:41

Diana Ross chronology

An Evening with Diana Ross
(1977)

Baby It's Me
(1977)

Ross
(1978)

Singles from Baby It's Me

"Gettin' Ready for Love / Confide in Me"
Released: October 16, 1977
"Your Love Is So Good for Me / Baby It's Me"
Released: January 24, 1978
"Top of the World / Too Shy to Say"
Released: February 1978
"You Got It / Too Shy to Say"
Released: April 13, 1978

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Warr.org	) ^[2]
Rolling Stone	(Positive) ^[3]

Baby It's Me is a 1977 album released by American singer Diana Ross on the Motown label. The album was produced by producer Richard Perry. The singles released from the LP include "Gettin' Ready for Love", "You Got It", and "All Night Lover".

Adult Contemporary drove the success of this album with both "Gettin' Ready for Love" (#8) and "You Got It" (#9) being Top 10 hits. While the newly formed Billboard Dance charts ranked "Your Love is so Good For Me" Top 15. Although this album never made the UK charts it was certified Silver for UK sales in excess of 60,000 copies.

Diana would continue to work with Perry including on her pairing with international vocalist, Julio Iglesias on their international smash duet, "All of You" several years later.

Track listing

Side A

"Gettin' Ready for Love" (Franne Golde, Tom Snow) - 2:45
"You Got It" (Linda Laurie, Jerry Ragovoy) - 3:55
"Baby It's Me" (Don Dunn, Chuck Smith) - 3:09
"Too Shy to Say" (Stevie Wonder) - 3:15
"Your Love Is So Good for Me" (Ken Peterson) - 4:14

Side B

"Top of the World" (Tom Snow) - 3:06
"All Night Lover" (Jerry Ragovoy, Lenny Roberts) - 3:33
"Confide in Me" (Melissa Manchester, Stanley Schwartz) - 3:32
"The Same Love That Made Me Laugh" (Bill Withers) - 3:56
"Come In From The Rain" (Melissa Manchester, Carole Bayer Sager) - 3:50

Personnel

Diana Ross - Vocals
James Newton Howard - Keyboards
Tom Scott - Saxophone
Bud Shank - Flute
David Foster - Horn
Clydie King - Vocals
Gene Page - Strings
Tom Snow - Piano
Bobbye Hall - Percussion
Jack Ashford - Percussion
Ben Benay - Guitar
Patti Brooks - Vocals
Ollie E. Brown - Drums
Lenny Castro - Percussion
Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass
Scott Edwards - Bass
Chuck Findley - Horn
Bryan Garofalo - Bass
Ed Greene - Drums
Richard Hewson - Strings
Jim Horn - Horn
David Hungate - Bass
Bobby Kimball - Vocals
Becky Lewis - Vocals
Steve Lukather - Guitar
Ira Newborn - Guitar, Harmonica
Del Newman - Strings
Michael Omartian - Keyboards
David Paich - Keyboards, Vocals
Jeff Porcaro - Drums
Ray Parker, Jr. - Bass, Guitar
Ken Peterson - Synthesizer
Petsye Powell - Vocals
Lee Ritenour - Guitar
Stanley Schwartz - Piano
Rick Shlosser - Drums
Richie Zito - Guitar
Sherlie Matthews - Vocals

Charts

Album

Chart	Position
Pop Albums	18
Black Albums	7
UK albums chart	Did not chart

Singles

Single	Chart	Position
Gettin' Ready For Love	Pop Singles	27
Gettin' Ready For Love	Black Singles	16
Gettin' Ready For Love	US AC chart	8
Gettin' Ready For Love	UK Singles Chart	23
Your Love Is So Good For Me	Pop Singles	49
Your Love Is So Good For Me	Black Singles	16
Your Love Is So Good For Me/Top of the World	Club Play Singles	15
Top of the World	UK Single Chart	—
You Got It	Pop Singles	49
You Got It	Black Singles	39
You Got It	US AC chart	9

Sources and external links

External links

Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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Studio albums	Diana Ross (1970) Everything Is Everything (1970) Surrender (1971) Touch Me in the Morning (1973) Last Time I Saw Him (1973) Diana Ross (1976) Baby It's Me (1977) Ross (1978) The Boss (1979) diana (1980) Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1981) Silk Electric (1982) Ross (1983) Swept Away (1984) Eaten Alive (1985) Red Hot Rhythm & Blues (1987) Workin' Overtime (1989) The Force Behind the Power (1991) Take Me Higher (1995) Every Day Is a New Day (1999) Blue (2006) I Love You (2006)

Compilations	Greatest Hits (1972) Diana Ross' Greatest Hits (1976) 20 Golden Greats (1979) To Love Again (1981) All the Great Hits (1981) Forever Diana: Musical Memoirs (1993) One Woman: The Ultimate Collection (1993) Diana Extended: The Remixes (1994) Voice of Love (1996) Love & Life: The Very Best of Diana Ross (2001) The Definitive Collection (2006) The Greatest (2011) Upside Down: The Collection (2012)

Live albums	Live at Caesars Palace (1974) An Evening with Diana Ross (1977) Greatest Hits Live (1989) Live: Stolen Moments: The Lady Sings... Jazz and Blues (1992)

Soundtrack albums	Diana! (1971) Lady Sings the Blues (1972) The Wiz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1978) Endless Love (1981)

Other albums	Diana & Marvin (1973) Christmas in Vienna (with Plácido Domingo and José Carreras) (1993) A Very Special Season (1994)

Singles (US/UK Top Ten singles)	"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" "Remember Me" "Surrender" "I'm Still Waiting" "Touch Me in the Morning" "All of My Life" "You Are Everything" "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" "Love Hangover" "Upside Down" "I'm Coming Out" "My Old Piano" "It's My Turn" "Endless Love" "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" "Mirror, Mirror" "Work That Body" "Muscles" "Missing You" "Chain Reaction" "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" "One Shining Moment" "Not Over You Yet"

Films	Lady Sings the Blues (1972) Mahogany (1975) The Wiz (1978) Out of Darkness (1994) Double Platinum (1999)

Tours	Return to Love Tour (2000) I Love You Tour (2007-08) More Today Than Yesterday: The Greatest Hits Tour (2010-12)

Related topics	Discography The Supremes Berry Gordy Rhonda Ross Kendrick Tracee Ellis Ross Chudney Ross Ross Næss Evan Ross Arne Næss, Jr. List of awards and nominations received by Diana Ross Diana Ross Playground

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