You Baby (song)
{{Infobox song
| name = You Baby
| cover = You_Baby_-_The_Turtles.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = the Turtles
| album = You Baby
| B-side = Wanderin' Kind
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
- Rock{{cite news|newspaper=Billboard|accessdate=2021-03-07|date=January 22, 1966|page=16|title=Spotlight Singles|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1966/Billboard%201966-01-22.pdf}}{{cite book|first= Gary|last= Pig Gold|editor1-first= Kim |editor1-last= Cooper|editor2-first= David|editor2-last= Smay|year= 2001|title= Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth|chapter= The Turtles|publisher= Feral House|location= Los Angeles|pages= 92–93}}
- folk rock{{cite book|title=33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999|first=Mike|last=Segretto|date=2022|chapter= 1966|page= 110|publisher=Backbeat|isbn=9781493064601|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jtNtEAAAQBAJ}}
- pop rock{{cite book |chapter= The Turtles/Flo & Eddie|title=The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll|year=2001 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |edition=3rd |editor1-last=George-Warren|editor1-first=Holly|editor2-last=Romanowski |editor2-first=Patricia |editor3-last= Pareles|editor3-first=John|isbn=0-7432-0120-5|pages = 1012–1013|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=9lYYAAAAIAAJ}}
- pop{{cite book|title=33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999|first=Mike|last=Segretto|date=2022|chapter= 1966|page= 110|publisher=Backbeat|isbn=9781493064601|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jtNtEAAAQBAJ}}{{cite book|first=Bob |last=Stanley|title=Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop|chapter= America Strikes Back: The Byrds and Folk Rock|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9emZAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT7|date=13 September 2013|publisher=Faber & Faber|isbn=978-0-571-28198-5|page=184}}
| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=12}}
| label = White Whale
| writer = P. F. Sloan & Steve Barri
| producer = Bones Howe
| prev_title = Let Me Be
| prev_year = 1965
| next_title = Grim Reaper of Love
| next_year = 1966
}}
"You Baby" is a song written by P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri and was originally recorded by the Vogues in 1965, though their version was not released until 1996.Kienzle, Rich. "[http://communityvoices.post-gazette.com/arts-entertainment-living/get-rhythm/item/39694-songwriter-p-f-sloan-s-legacy-and-connection-to-the-vogues Songwriter P.F. Sloan's Legacy (And Connection to the Vogues)]", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 20, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
The Turtles recording
A cover version was released by the Turtles in 1966. The song spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 20,[https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-turtles/chart-history/hsi/ Hot 100 - The Turtles You Baby], Billboard.com. Retrieved February 14, 2018. while reaching No. 15 on the Record World 100 Top Pops,"[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Record-World/60s/66/RW-1966-03-26.pdf 100 Top Pops]", Record World, March 26, 1966. Retrieved April 18, 2018. No. 17 on the Cash Box Top 100,"[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/60s/1966/CB-1966-04-02.pdf Cash Box Top 100]", Cash Box, April 2, 1966. p. 4. Retrieved February 14, 2018. and No. 11 on Canada's "RPM Play Sheet"."[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=7816& R.P.M. Play Sheet]", RPM Weekly, Volume 5, No. 3, March 14, 1966. Retrieved February 14, 2018. Billboard described the song as a "rocker with a surf in' sound in the vocal" and a "winner."{{cite news|newspaper=Billboard|accessdate=2021-03-07|date=January 22, 1966|page=16|title=Spotlight Singles|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1966/Billboard%201966-01-22.pdf}} Cash Box described it as an "easy-going, handclappin’ warm-hearted pledge of romantic devotion."{{cite magazine |title=CashBox Record Reviews |date=January 22, 1966 |page=12 |access-date=2022-01-12 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1966/CB-1966-01-22.pdf |magazine=Cash Box}}
Chart performance
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| align="left"|Chart (1966)
! style="text-align:center;"|Peak |
|---|
| align="left"|Canada – RPM Play Sheet
| style="text-align:center;"|11 |
| align="left"|US Billboard Hot 100
| style="text-align:center;"|20 |
| align="left"|US Cash Box Top 100
| style="text-align:center;"|17 |
| align="left"|US Record World 100 Top Pops
| style="text-align:center;"|15 |
Other cover versions
In 1966, the song was released by the Mamas & the Papas on their debut album If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears.Greenwald, Matthew (2002). [https://books.google.com/books?id=sQk3qbUp1E8C&pg=PA285 Go Where You Wanna Go: The Oral History of The Mamas and The Papas], Cooper Square Press. pp. 285-286. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
References
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{{The Turtles}}
Category:Songs written by P. F. Sloan
Category:Songs written by Steve Barri
Category:Song recordings produced by Bones Howe
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