Hey Baby (They're Playing Our Song)
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| name = Hey Baby (They're Playing Our Song)
| cover = Hey_Baby_(They're_Playing_Our_Song)_-_Buckinghams.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = The Buckinghams
| album = Portraits
| B-side = And Our Love
| released = 1967
| recorded =
| studio =
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| genre = Pop{{cite book|last1=Considine|first1=J.D.|last2=Coleman|first2=Mark|last3=Evans|first3=Paul|last4=McGee|first4=David|chapter=
The Buckinghams|editor1-last=DeCurtis|editor1-first=Anthony|editor2-last=Henke|editor2-first=James|editor3-last=George-Warren|editor-first3=Holly|date=1992|title=Rolling Stone Album Guide|publisher=Random House|location=New York|page= 57}}
| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=35}}
| label = Columbia Records
| writer = Gary Beisbier & Jim Holvay[http://musicvf.com/song.php?id=41740 Hey Baby (They're Playing Our Song) - By: The Buckinghams], MusicVF.com. Accessed September 22, 2015
| producer = James William Guercio
| prev_title = Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
| prev_year = 1967
| next_title = Susan
| next_year = 1967
}}
"Hey Baby (They're Playing Our Song)" is a song by The Buckinghams, which they released as a single in 1967, and on their album Portraits in 1968.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/portraits-mw0000569053|title=Portraits – The Buckinghams|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=March 28, 2018}}
Chart performance
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=Weekly charts=
It spent 10 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 12,[https://web.archive.org/web/20180516075055/https://www.billboard.com/music/the-buckinghams/chart-history/hot-100/song/572018 Hot 100 - The Buckinghams Hey Baby (They're Playing Our Song) Chart History], Billboard.com. Retrieved March 28, 2018 while reaching No. 2 on Canada's RPM 100,"[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=6240& RPM 100]", RPM Weekly, Volume 8, Ed. 10 November 4, 1967. Accessed September 23, 2015 No. 5 in the Philippines,"[https://books.google.com/books?id=vgoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA49-IA15 Hits of the World]", Billboard, January 20, 1968. p. 44. Retrieved March 28, 2018. No. 7 in Malaysia,"[https://books.google.com/books?id=VCgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA86 Hits of the World]", Billboard, October 28, 1967. p. 86. Retrieved March 28, 2018. No. 5 on the Cash Box Top 100,"[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/60s/1967/CB-1967-10-28.pdf Cash Box Top 100]", Cash Box, October 28, 1968. p. 4. Retrieved March 28, 2018. and No. 9 on Record World{{'}}s 100 Top Pops."[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Record-World/60s/67/RW-1967-10-28.pdf 100 Top Pops]", Record World, October 28, 1967. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
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=Year-end charts=
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| align="left"|Chart (1967)
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| U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual){{cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |date=1999 |title=Pop Annual |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |publisher=Record Research Inc. |isbn=0-89820-142-X}}
| style="text-align:center;"|121 |
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References
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External links
- [http://mikebaker45s.weebly.com/the-mob-story.html Official Mob Website]
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Category:The Buckinghams songs
Category:Songs written by Gary Beisbier
Category:Songs written by Jim Holvay
Category:Columbia Records singles