Baby-Baby-Baby

For other songs, see Baby Baby Baby.
"Baby-Baby-Baby"

US Commercial Cassette single cover art
Single by TLC
from the album Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip
Released April 29, 1992
Format
Recorded October 1991
Genre
Length 5:15
Label
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
  • Reid
  • Edmonds
  • Simmons
Certification Platinum (RIAA)
TLC singles chronology
"Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg"
(1991)		 "Baby-Baby-Baby"
(1992)		 "What About Your Friends"
(1992)
Music video
"Baby-Baby-Baby" on YouTube
Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip track listing
"Somethin' You Wanna Know"
(11)		 "Baby-Baby-Baby"
(12)		 "This Is How It Should Be Done"
(13)

"Baby-Baby-Baby" is a song by the group TLC. It was the second single released from their debut album, Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip and their second consecutive Top 10 hit. It was the most successful single from the album, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, and No. 1 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, giving them their first No. 1 single on that chart.

Song information

"Baby-Baby-Baby" was written and produced by Babyface, L.A. Reid and Daryl Simmons. The song features vocals by T-Boz, Left Eye and Chilli, although it is the first song not to contain a rap by Left Eye.

The song was sampled by rapper Bow Wow for his single "You Can Get It All". Bow Wow's song was produced by Jermaine Dupri, who also appeared in the Baby-Baby-Baby video.

Commercial performance

The song was kept from being No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 by Boyz II Men's "End of The Road", and No. 1 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, giving them their first No. 1 R&B single.

It finished at No. 5 on the Billboard's Year-End Charts of 1992, and was certified Platinum by the RIAA in 1992.[1]

Music video

The video depicts TLC at Bowie State University campus and in their dorms, where they have a slumber party.

Releases

12" vinyl

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1992–93) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[2] 95
UK Singles Chart 55
US Billboard Hot 100 2
US Billboard Hot R&B Singles 1
US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Recurrents 3

Year-end charts

Chart (1992) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 5

Decade-end charts

Chart (1990–1999) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 80

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database
  2. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  3. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1992". Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
  4. ↑ Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2010.

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