Hush Little Baby (Wretch 32 song)

"Hush Little Baby" is a song by English rapper Wretch 32 which appears on his debut studio album, Black and White. The song is track thirteen on the standard edition of the album, and one of eleven collaborations; currently set to be released as the fifth and final single from the album on 27 May 2012.^[1] The song, which features singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, was produced by the team TMS and co-written alongside Iain James.^[2] The track debuted at number eighty-seven on the UK Singles Chart^[3] and number twelve on the independent chart^[4] on 3 September 2011 following strong downloading from the respective album. The song is an adaptation of the American lullaby, Hush, Little Baby. In reviewing the album, BBC Music representative Joseph 'JP' Patterson stated "unlike many other albums where the central MC is joined by several contributors, the collaborations, including Sheeran, Chipmunk and Etta Bond, don't take away any shine from the artist at the core of this release".^[5]

Track listing

Digital download – CD single^[6]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hush Little Baby" (Radio Edit)	3:56
2.	"Hush Little Baby" (Fred V & Grafix Remix)	5:52
3.	"Hush Little Baby" (Rudimental Remix)	5:10
4.	"Hush Little Baby" (Knox Brown Remix)	3:54
5.	"Hush Little Baby" (Wideboys Remix)	6:49
6.	"Hush Little Baby" (Simon Hunt Remix)	4:52
7.	"Hush Little Baby" (Instrumental Edit)	3:56

Personnel

Songwriting – Jermaine Scott, Ed Sheeran, Iain James, Tom Barnes, Pete Kelleher, Ben Kohn
Production – TMS
Drums, programming – Tom Barnes
Guitar – Ben Kohn
Keyboards, bass – Pete Kelleher
Mixed – James F. Reynolds
Assistant mixer – Joachim Walker
Additional vocals – Ed Sheeran

Source:^[2]

Charts

Chart performance

Following the release of the album Black and White, the track "Hush Little Baby" debuted at number eighty-seven on the UK Singles Chart^[3] following strong downloading. The track also debuted at number twelve on the UK Indie Chart.^[4] Following its selection as the fifth single to be taken from Black and White, "Hush Little Baby" re-entered the chart at number ninety-five for the week ending 19 May 2012.^[7]

Chart (2011)	Peak position
UK Indie (Official Charts Company)^[4]	1
UK R&B (Official Charts Company)^[8]	12
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[3]	35

Release history

Country	Release date	Format	Label
United Kingdom	27 May 2012	CD digital download	Ministry of Sound Levels
			Ministry of Sound Levels

References

↑ Corner, Lewis (30 March 2012). "Wretch 32, Ed Sheeran confirm new single 'Hush Little Baby'". DigitalSpy.
1 2 Black and White (liner notes). Wretch 32. Universal Music Recordings. 2011.
1 2 3 "Archive Chart: 2012-06-09" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 2012-06-03.
1 2 3 "Archive Chart: 2012-05-26" UK Indie Chart. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
↑ 'The London rapper delivers a second LP worthy of any amount of hype' BBC Music, Retrieved 2011-11-08.
↑ https://itunes.apple.com/gb/preorder/hush-little-baby-feat.-ed/id520529004?affId=1782332
↑ "The Official Charts Company - Charts for 6 May 2013". The Official Charts Company. 6 May 2013.
↑ "Archive Chart: 2012-06-09" UK R&B Chart.

Wretch 32

Discography

Studio albums	Wretchrospective Black and White

Singles	"Traktor" "Unorthodox" "Don't Go" "Forgiveness" "Hush Little Baby" "Blackout" "Doing OK" "6 Words"

Featured singles	"Hangover" "Teardrop" "Stylechanger" "Go In, Go Hard" "Screw You" "Off With Their Heads"

Related articles	Ministry of Sound Sound of 2011

Ed Sheeran

Discography Awards and nominations

Studio albums	+ (2011) x (2014)

Extended plays	Songs I Wrote with Amy (2010) No. 5 Collaborations Project (2011) The Slumdon Bridge (2012)

Tours	x Tour (2014-2015)

Singles	"The A Team" "You Need Me, I Don't Need You" "Lego House" "Drunk" "Small Bump" "Give Me Love" "I See Fire" "Sing" "Don't" "Thinking Out Loud" "Bloodstream" "Photograph" "Stronger"

Collaborations	"If I Could" "Young Guns" "Teardrop" "Hush Little Baby" "Dreamers" "Watchtower" "Everything Has Changed" "Old School Love" "Lay It All on Me"

Other songs	"One" "Afire Love" "The Man" "I'm a Mess" "Tenerife Sea" "Take It Back" "All of the Stars"

Related articles	Atlantic Records Asylum Records Nizlopi "Moments" "Little Things"

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