Somebody's Baby

"Somebody's Baby" is a song written by Jackson Browne and Danny Kortchmar and recorded by Jackson Browne for the 1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High movie soundtrack. Reaching #7 on the US Billboard Hot 100 after debuting at #73 on July 31, 1982, the track would be Browne's last top-ten song as well as the highest-charting single of his career, spending 19 weeks on the chart. It reached #14 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, as well.^[1]^[2] The single was also released in Italy, Spain and Japan.^[3]

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 entitled Solo Acoustic, Vol. 2.

Other versions

Phantom Planet covered the song for the 2001 Not Another Teen Movie movie soundtrack.

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.

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

References

↑ Billboard.com Jackson Browne Chart History. Accessed July 11, 2012.
↑ Whitburn, Joel. Billboard Hot 100 Charts - The Eighties. Wisconsin: Record Research, 1991.
↑ Paris, Russ. The Jackson Browne Fan Page, COMPLETE DISCOGRAPHY. Accessed July 11, 2012.

External links

Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

v t e Jackson Browne

Studio albums	Jackson Browne For Everyman Late for the Sky The Pretender Hold Out Lawyers in Love Lives in the Balance World in Motion I'm Alive Looking East The Naked Ride Home Time the Conqueror

Live albums	Running on Empty Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1 Solo Acoustic, Vol. 2 Love Is Strange: En Vivo Con Tino

Compilation albums	The Next Voice You Hear: The Best of Jackson Browne The Very Best of Jackson Browne

Singles	"Doctor My Eyes" "Rock Me on the Water" "Redneck Friend" "Take It Easy" "Walking Slow" "Fountain of Sorrow" "Here Come Those Tears Again" "The Pretender" "Running on Empty" "The Load-Out/Stay" "You Love the Thunder "Boulevard" "That Girl Could Sing" "Hold On Hold Out" "Somebody's Baby" "Lawyers in Love" "Tender Is the Night" "For a Rocker" "Cut It Away" "You're a Friend of Mine" "For America" "In the Shape of a Heart" "Lives in the Balance" "World In Motion" "Chasing You Into the Light" "Anything Can Happen" "I'm Alive" "The Night Inside Me" "Off of Wonderland"

Related articles	Discography Groove Masters Studios "Song for Adam" "Jamaica Say You Will" "These Days" "For Everyman"

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