Baby Mine (song)
{{Other uses|Baby Mine (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Baby Mine
| cover =
| alt =
| artist = Betty Noyes
| released = {{Start date|1941}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| length = 2:05
| label =
| lyricist= Ned Washington
| composer= Frank Churchill
| producer =
}}
"Baby Mine" is a song from the 1941 Disney animated feature Dumbo. The music is by Frank Churchill, with lyrics by Ned Washington. Betty Noyes recorded the vocals for the original film version. In the film, Dumbo's mother, Mrs. Jumbo, an elephant locked in a circus wagon, cradles her baby Dumbo with her trunk while this lullaby is sung. It is also the last appearance of the circus animals.
The song was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 14th Academy Awards in 1942.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1942 |title=The 14th Academy Awards (1942) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-08-13 |work=oscars.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093733/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/14th-winners.html |archive-date=6 July 2011 |url-status=live }} It is also listed on AFI's "100 Years... 100 Songs" as one of America's greatest film songs.{{cite web|title=100 Years... 100 Songs|url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/songs400.pdf|date=2005|publisher=American Film Institute|access-date=6 March 2014}}
Recordings and cover versions
Early popular recordings include those by Les Brown, Glenn Miller, and Jane Froman, followed by several others; and decades later, the song regained attention.
{{cite book
|last=Robinson|first=Thomas S. Hischak, Mark A.
|title=The Disney Song Encyclopedia
|date=2009|publisher=Scarecrow Press|location=Lanham, Md.
|isbn=978-0810869387|page=10
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3mxHH9bKbPEC&pg=PA10
}}
Bette Midler covered the song on the 1988 Beaches soundtrack. In the same year, Bonnie Raitt and Was (Not Was) recorded the song for the album, Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films.
Alison Krauss recorded the song for the 1996 album The Best of Country Sing the Best of Disney. Her version peaked at number 82 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9845&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Country Tracks|work=RPM|date=November 18, 1996|access-date=February 20, 2014}} Krauss' cover earned her a Grammy nomination for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1997.
An instrumental version by violinist Jenny Oaks Baker was included in the Grammy-nominated{{efn|Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album 54th Grammy Awards (Nominated; 2012){{cite web|title=Final Nominations List: 54th Grammy Awards|url=http://www.grammy.com/files/54thpresslist.pdf |website=grammy.com|publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences|access-date=6 February 2015}}}} album Wish Upon a Star, released in 2011.
Brian Wilson recorded his own arrangement of "Baby Mine" on his In the Key of Disney Disney cover album in 2011.{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0002222797 | title=Brian Wilson - in the Key of Disney Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic | website=AllMusic }}
English singer Lily Allen credits being encouraged to perform the song in a school assembly with the beginning of her interest in becoming a professional musician.{{cite web |title=Lily Allen: Nine things we learned from her This Cultural Life interview |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3KK7wz51flf3Q1mr4kzrCv9/lily-allen-nine-things-we-learned-from-her-this-cultural-life-interview |website=BBC Radio 4 |access-date=4 June 2024}}
The song is used recurrently in the AMC television drama Halt and Catch Fire as a lullaby that Donna Clark (Kerry Bishé) sings to her daughters.{{cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/10/8/16439392/halt-and-catch-fire-episode-8-goodwill-recap-gordon|title=Halt and Catch Fire is one of TV's quietest shows. And one of its most audacious.|last=VanDerWerff|first=Emily|publisher=Vox|date=October 8, 2017|access-date=June 19, 2020}}
Sharon Rooney and Arcade Fire covered the song for the 2019 live-action remake of Dumbo,{{cite news|url=http://www.wdsmediafile.com/media/Dumbo/writen-material/Dumbo5c83092c19644.pdf|title=Dumbo Press Kit|date=March 11, 2019|access-date=March 11, 2019}} while Norwegian singer Aurora performed the song for the teaser trailer.{{cite news|url=https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/periods-genres/film-tv/dumbo-cast-trailer-release-date-soundtrack/|title=Dumbo movie 2019: cast, trailer, release date and soundtrack revealed|last=Roberts|first=Maddy Shaw|publisher=ClassicFM.com|date=February 7, 2019|access-date=February 14, 2019}}
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Category:Songs about elephants
Category:Songs about parenthood
Category:Songs with lyrics by Ned Washington
Category:Songs with music by Frank Churchill