I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
Appearance
"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" | |
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Song |
"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" | |
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Song | |
B-side | "Deep End" |
"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" is a song by Bob Dylan from John Wesley Harding.
In 1990, Robert Palmer and UB40 released a new version. It was released in October 1990 in the European countries and in February 1991 in France (but two years before, on November 21, 1988, in UK), and features on Robert Palmer's albums Don't Explain and the 1995 best of The Very Best of. It was a success, particularly in Australia, Switzerland, Netherlands and Austria where it reached the top 10 of the Singles Chart, and also secured a #6 placing in the UK.
Robert Palmer and UB 40 version
Track listings
- 7" single
- "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" — 3:26
- "Deep End" — 4:33
- CD single
- "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" — 3:26
- "Deep End" — 4:33
- CD maxi
- "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" — 3:30
- "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" (extended version) — 7:25
- "Deep End" — 4:33
- 12" single
- "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" (extended version) — 7:25
- "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" — 3:30
- "Deep End" — 4:33
Charts
Chart (1990-1991) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks[1] | 24 |
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[2] | 4 |
Austrian Singles Chart[2] | 5 |
Netherlands Top 40[3] | 5 |
French SNEP Singles Chart[2] | 25 |
German Singles Chart[4] | 14 |
Irish Singles Chart[5] | 6 |
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart | 1 |
Swedish Singles Chart[2] | 11 |
Swiss Singles Chart[2] | 5 |
UK Singles Chart[6] | 6 |
End of year chart (1991) | Position |
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Austrian Singles Chart[7] | 26 |
Swiss Singles Chart[8] | 14 |
Other recordings
- Burl Ives covered the song on his 1968 album The Times They Are A-Changin'.
- Judy Rodman released her cover version on her 1987 album, A Place Called Love, and also issued it as a single, peaking at #5 on the Hot Country Songs chart.
- Norah Jones covered the song for her 2008 Limited Edition Greatest Hits Album.
- Ian Gillan covers the song for his 2006 album Gillan's Inn
References
- ^ Billboard Allmusic.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
- ^ a b c d e "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 12, 2008)
- ^ Nederlandse Top 40 Top40.nl (Retrieved June 08, 2009)
- ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
- ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
- ^ "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" Chartstats.com (Retrieved February 12, 2008)
- ^ 1991 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved August 9, 2008)
- ^ 1991 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved August 9, 2008)