Baby Girl (Sugarland song)
"Baby Girl" | |||||||
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Single by Sugarland | |||||||
from the album Twice the Speed of Life | |||||||
B-side | "Stand Back Up"[1] | ||||||
Released | July 12, 2004 | ||||||
Format | CD single, music download, airplay | ||||||
Genre | Country | ||||||
Length | 4:13 | ||||||
Label | Mercury Nashville | ||||||
Writer(s) |
Kristian Bush Kristen Hall Jennifer Nettles Troy Bieser | ||||||
Producer(s) | Garth Fundis | ||||||
Certification | Gold (RIAA) | ||||||
Sugarland singles chronology | |||||||
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"Baby Girl" is the debut single co-written and recorded by American country music group Sugarland. Originally Released in 2003 as part of Premium Quality Tunes,[2] it was re-released in July 2004 as the first single from the album Twice the Speed of Life. The single reached a peak position of number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in April 2005. The song spent a total of 46 weeks on the country music charts, setting a new record for the longest chart run since the inception of Nielsen SoundScan digital chart tabulation in 1990. In addition, "Baby Girl" became the highest-peaking debut single for a country music group in 14 years. It was by Jennifer Nettles, Kristian Bush, Kristen Hall and Troy Bieser.
Content
In a 2010 interview with Songfacts, Nettles stated that the song was autobiographical. She added: "It was not only autobiographical, but it was also a self-fulfilling prophecy in the sense that it was the first single, and it manifested itself in a way of showing that success. And granted, every artist – every person, really – can relate to having a dream and wanting to go after it, and wanting to make your folks proud, and having that be part of the joy of it. I know that for me, definitely a big part of the joy of my success is being able to share that enjoyment and that excitement with my family. And they're so proud. I love the story of that song and how it unfolded and how art definitely imitated life in that sense."[3]
Chart performance
"Baby Girl" entered the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart at number 56 on the chart week of July 24, 2004. The single reached its peak position of number 2 on the chart week of April 2, 2005, a position that it held for two weeks. "Baby Girl" became the highest-charting debut single for a country group since 1991.[4] It also set a new record for the longest chart run since the inception of Nielsen SoundScan in 1990, spending 46 weeks on the charts.[4] Joel Whitburn's book Hot Country Songs 1944-2008 contradicts this record, citing Gary Allan's "Right Where I Need to Be" as the record-holder for this era with a 48-week run.[1] In the same book, "Baby Girl" is tied with Diamond Rio's 2002 single "Beautiful Mess" and Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats" as the second-longest chart run in this era, Underwood's chart run having come in 2006 and 2007.[1] The song has sold 827,000 copies in the US as of April 2013.[5]
Chart (2004-2005) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6] | 2 |
US Billboard Hot 100[7] | 38 |
US Billboard Pop 100 | 64 |
Year-end charts
Chart (2005) | Position |
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US Country Songs (Billboard)[8] | 7 |
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.[9]
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
- Brandon Bush – organ
- Kristian Bush – mandolin, background vocals
- Chad Cromwell – drums
- Dan Dugmore – electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar
- Kristen Hall – acoustic guitar, background vocals
- Greg Morrow – tambourine
- Jennifer Nettles – lead vocals, background vocals
- Glenn Worf – bass guitar
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 410–411. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTm0f5Q1jNU
- ↑ Baby Girl Songfacts
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Morningstar, Mary (2005-07-18). "Sugarland moving at Twice the Speed of Life". VOANews.com. Archived from the original on 18 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-01.
- ↑ Paul Grein (April 17, 2013). "Week Ending April 14, 2013. Songs: PSY Gallops Back". Yahoo Music (Chart Watch). Retrieved April 18, 2013.
- ↑ "Sugarland Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Sugarland.
- ↑ "Sugarland Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Sugarland.
- ↑ "Best of 2005: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2005. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
- ↑ Twice the Speed of Life (Media notes). Sugarland. Mercury Records. 2004. -B0002172-02.
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