Trouble with My Baby
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2014}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Trouble with My Baby
| cover = Paloma Faith - Trouble with My Baby single cover.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Paloma Faith
| album = A Perfect Contradiction
| released = {{Start date|df=y|2014|8|11}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
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| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=00}}
| label = RCA
| writer =
- Paloma Faith
- Andrea Martin
- Steve Robson
| producer = Steve Robson
| prev_title = Only Love Can Hurt Like This
| prev_year = 2014
| next_title = Changing
| next_year = 2014
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|hXrUOXxiGjw|"Trouble with My Baby"}}}}
}}
"Trouble with My Baby" is a song by English singer Paloma Faith. It was released on 11 August 2014 as the third single to promote her third studio album, A Perfect Contradiction (2014). The song was used to promote series 8 of Britain's Got Talent.{{cn|date=May 2025}}
Background
In an interview, Faith revealed that the song was inspired by a relationship she had at the time. She described the man behind the song as her best friend, though their closeness had become romantically complicated. According to Faith, he drained her energy by constantly leaning on her for emotional support and borrowing money, ultimately adding to the stress of her already demanding life as a musician. She wrote the track as a pointed message to him, expressing frustration at how he had become a burden. These sentiments are reflected in the opening lines of the verses: "Well you ask for money..." and "You got problems with emotion...".{{cite web |author=PalomaFaithVEVO |url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TLo_QeO7cIw |title=Paloma Faith - The Story Behind "Trouble With My Baby" |publisher=YouTube |date=24 September 2014 |access-date=29 May 2025}}
The song was originally written with Steve Robson in synchronisation with Faith's sophomore studio album Fall to Grace, but was considered by Faith as "inappropriate" or "misfitting" in regards of that album's theme.{{cn|date=May 2025}} As a result, the song was saved for a later album, specifically "A Perfect Contradiction".{{cite web |author=Paloma Faith VEVO |url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TLo_QeO7cIw |title=Paloma Faith - The Story Behind "Trouble With My Baby" |publisher=YouTube |date= 2014-09-24}}
Composition
The song, "Trouble with My Baby", composed by Faith along with songwriters Andrea Martin and Steve Robson, has been described as drawing on Motown influences, with effective use of repetition that adds energy to the track.{{cite web |last=Romano |first=Ramon |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18118/reviews/4147514 |title=Album Review: Paloma Faith - A Perfect Contradiction |publisher=Drowned in Sound |date=12 March 2014 |accessdate=25 August 2014 |archive-date=20 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320081729/http://www.drownedinsound.com/releases/18118/reviews/4147514}}
Music video
Following a teaser on Faith's YouTube,{{cite web |last=Faith |first=Paloma |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw6MJT0ZNm8 |title=Paloma Faith - Trouble with My Baby (Teaser) |publisher=YouTube |date=29 June 2014 |access-date=29 May 2025}} the official video for the song was released at midnight on 30 June 2014,{{cite web |last=Faith |first=Paloma |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXrUOXxiGjw&list=UUfnLDq6CLpb7miiQ5HtHvCA |title=Paloma Faith - Trouble with My Baby |publisher=YouTube |date=29 June 2014 |access-date=25 August 2014}} garnering 17,000 views in 16 hours.{{cn|date=May 2025}} As with the two previous videos from the album, the video was directed by Paul Gore of video directing company Somesuch & Co.{{cn|date=May 2025}} It features a new recording of the song, with new vocals recorded over a slightly different instrumental, and visually, footage of Faith singing in a nightclub to a man is intercut with images of Faith's relationship with that man quickly going downhill, eventually ending in Faith killing the man.
Release history
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Category:Songs written by Steve Robson
Category:Songs written by Andrea Martin (musician)
Category:Songs written by Paloma Faith