Baby Jane (Rod Stewart song)

"Baby Jane"
Single by Rod Stewart
from the album Body Wishes
B-side "Ready Now"
Released 27 May 1983
Genre Pop rock, synthpop
Length 4:45
Label Warner Bros.
Writer(s) Rod Stewart, Jay Davis
Certification Silver (BPI)
Gold (SNEP)
Rod Stewart singles chronology
"Tora, Tora, Tora (Out With The Boys)"
(1982)		 "Baby Jane"
(1983)		 "What Am I Gonna Do (I'm So In Love With You)"
(1983)

"Baby Jane" is a 1983 song by British rock vocalist Rod Stewart. It was a significant hit worldwide and remains his final UK number one single to date.

Background

Written by Rod Stewart and Jay Davis and produced by Stewart, Tom Dowd, George Cutko and Jim Cregan, the song was the lead single from his Body Wishes album and was his most successful single since "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" in 1978.

Chart performance

To date, the song has remained as the 6th and final UK number one single for Stewart. In the US, the song was also a big hit, peaking at no. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[1] The single also charted highly in Australia, peaking at no. 10.

Weekly charts

Chart (1983) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 10
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 3
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 1
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[5] 1
Canada (CHUM)[6] 5
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[7] 13
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[8] 1
France (IFOP)[9] 2
Germany (Media Control Charts)[10] 1
Ireland (IRMA)[11] 1
Italy (FIMI)[12] 15
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[13] 6
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[14] 9
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[15] 14
Norway (VG-lista)[16] 10
Poland (LP3)[17] 11
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[18] 1
Spain (AFYVE)[19] 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[20] 3
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 2
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[22] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[1] 14
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[1] 47
US Cash Box[23] 18

Year-end charts

Chart (1983) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[24] 80
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[25] 17
Canada (RPM Top 100 Singles)[26] 86
France (IFOP)[27] 27
Italy (FIMI)[12] 66
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[28] 50
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[29] 85
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[30] 7
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[31] 14

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Sales/shipments
France (SNEP)[32] Gold 784,000[33]
United Kingdom (BPI)[34] Silver 250,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Order of precedence
Preceded by
"Comment ça va" by The Shorts		 Belgian Ultratop 50 Flanders number-one single
16 July 1983 (1 week) 		Succeeded by
"Manuel Goodbye" by Audrey Landers
Belgian VRT Top 30 Flanders number-one single
16 July 1983 (1 week)
Preceded by
"Moonlight Shadow" by Mike Oldfield		 Eurochart Hot 100 number-one single
30 July 1983 – 6 August 1983 (2 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Moonlight Shadow" by Mike Oldfield
Preceded by
"Every Breath You Take" by The Police		 Irish Singles Chart number-one single
26 June 1983 – 3 July 1983 (2 weeks)
UK Singles Chart number-one single
2 July 1983 – 16 July 1983 (3 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)" by Paul Young
Preceded by
"Juliet" by Robin Gibb		 German number-one single
18 July 1983 – 1 August 1983 (3 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Codo (...düse im Sauseschritt)" by Tauchen Prokopetz
Preceded by
"Flashdance... What a Feeling" by Irene Cara		 South African number-one single
2 September 1983 – 30 September 1983 (5 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Every Breath You Take" by The Police
Preceded by
"Dolce Vita" by Ryan Paris		 Spanish number-one single
3 October 1983 (1 week) 		Succeeded by
"Flashdance... What a Feeling" by Irene Cara

Cover versions

In 2006, Scottish indie pop group Belle and Sebastian included a cover of the song as a B-side on the 7" version of their single "White Collar Boy".

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Body Wishes – Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – CHART POSITIONS PRE 1989". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Rod Stewart – Baby Jane" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Rod Stewart – Baby Jane" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "Radio 2 Top 30 : 16 juli 1983" (in Dutch). Top 30. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  6. ↑ CHART NUMBER 1384 – Saturday, July 23, 1983 at the Wayback Machine (archived 13 February 2006). CHUM. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6244." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  8. ↑ "Song artist 29 – Rod Stewart". TsorT. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "InfoDisc : Tous les Titres par Artiste" (in French). InfoDisc. Select "Rod Stewart" from the artist drop-down menu. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  10. ↑ "Officialcharts.de – Rod Stewart – Baby Jane". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  11. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Baby Jane". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "I singoli più venduti del 1983" (in Italian). Hit Parade Italia. Creative Commons. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  13. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Rod Stewart - Baby Jane search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  14. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Rod Stewart – Baby Jane" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  15. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Rod Stewart – Baby Jane". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  16. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Rod Stewart – Baby Jane". VG-lista. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  17. ↑ "BABY JANE – Rod Stewart" (in Polish). LP3. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  18. ↑ "South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969 – 1989 Acts (S)". Rock.co.za. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  19. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  20. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Rod Stewart – Baby Jane". Singles Top 60. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  21. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Rod Stewart – Baby Jane". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  22. ↑ "Archive Chart: 1983-07-02" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  23. ↑ CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending JULY 30, 1983 at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 September 2012). Cash Box magazine. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  24. ↑ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1980s". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  25. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten 1983" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  26. ↑ "Top Singles – Volume 39, No. 17, December 24, 1983". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  27. ↑ "TOP – 1983" (in French). Top-france.fr. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  28. ↑ "Single Top 100 1983" (PDF) (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  29. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1983" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  30. ↑ "Top 20 Hit Singles of 1983". Rock.co.za. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  31. ↑ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1983" (in German). Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  32. ↑ "French single certifications – Rod Stewart – Baby Jane" (in French). InfoDisc. Select ROD STEWART and click OK
  33. ↑ "Les Singles en Or" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  34. ↑ "British single certifications – Rod Stewart – Baby Jane". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Baby Jane in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search

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