Somebody's Baby
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| Single by Jackson Browne | ||||
| from the album Fast Times at Ridgemont High: Music From the Motion Picture | ||||
| B-side | "The Crow on the Cradle" | |||
| Released | 1982 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 4:05 (single version) 4:23 (album version) |
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| Label | Asylum Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Jackson Browne, Danny Kortchmar | |||
| Producer | Jackson Browne | |||
| Jackson Browne singles chronology | ||||
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"Somebody's Baby" is a 1982 song written and recorded by Jackson Browne for the 1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High movie soundtrack. Reaching #7 on 1982's Billboard Hot 100, the track would be Browne's last top ten song as well as the highest-charting single of his career. 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 Solo Acoustic, Vol. 2.
[edit] 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.
- Filipino American singer Mark Mejia sampled the chorus of "Somebody's Baby" for his 2009 song of the same title.
- Spoken word poet and rapper B. Dolan featured the song on his 2008 concept album The Failure.
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