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Baby Jane (Rod Stewart song)

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"Baby Jane"
Single by Rod Stewart
from the album Body Wishes
B-side"Ready Now"
Released27 May 1983[1]
Length4:45
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Rod Stewart and Tom Dowd
Jim Cregan and George Tutko (co-producers)
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 singer Rod Stewart, written by Stewart and Jay Davis released as the lead single from his twelfth studio album Body Wishes. Produced by Stewart, Tom Dowd, George Cutko and Jim Cregan, it was his most successful single since "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" in 1978, peaking at No. 1 in the UK (his last number one single to date) remaining at the top of the chart for three weeks. In the US, the song was also a big hit, peaking at no. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[2] The single also charted highly in Australia, peaking at no. 10.

Chart performance

See also

References

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  14. ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
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  20. ^ * Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: singles chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
  21. ^ "Kent Music Report – National Top 100 Singles for 1983". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 22 January 2023 – via Imgur.com.
  22. ^ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1980s". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
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  29. ^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1983" (in German). Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
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  31. ^ "French single certifications – Rod Stewart – Baby Jane" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 26 November 2021. Select ROD STEWART and click OK. 
  32. ^ "British single certifications – Rod Stewart – Baby Jane". British Phonographic Industry.
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