Baby-Baby-Baby
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| Single by TLC | ||||||||||
| from the album Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip | ||||||||||
| Released | May 29, 1992 | |||||||||
| Format | CD single and 12" Single | |||||||||
| Recorded | 1991 | |||||||||
| Genre | R&B, pop, New Jack Swing | |||||||||
| Length | 3:59 (Radio Edit) 5:15 (Album Version) |
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| Label | LaFace/Arista | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | L.A. Reid Babyface Daryl Simmons |
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| Producer | L.A. Reid Babyface Daryl Simmons |
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| Certification | RIAA: Platinum | |||||||||
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"Baby-Baby-Baby" is a song by the group TLC. It was the second single released from their debut album, Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip and was the band's second consecutive Top 10 hit. This is the first song which doesn't feature a rap by Left Eye.
The single has been considered their most successful single from their debut album reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, becoming the group's first #1 single on that chart. It spent 33 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 where it was one of the many songs that was held from the number 1 spot by End of the Road by Boyz II Men. It was the 5th most successful song of 1992 according to the Billboard year end charts and was certified Platinum by the RIAA. Rapper Bow Wow sampled this song for his first single titled "You Can Get It All" which features Johnta Austin and is produced Jermaine Dupri who appears in the Baby-Baby-Baby video.
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Music video
The music video was filmed in a hotel that was transformed to resemble the Grambling State University campus. The video includes a young Jermaine Dupri portrayed as Left Eye's boyfriend. In the middle of the video a shadow of Chilli and a boy kissing is shown. This "boy" is actually a mannequin shown later on in the video. It shows TLC dancing, and in a slumber party like setting in some parts of the video.
Releases
12" Vinyl
- Extended Remix
- Remix Radio Edit
- Remix Rap Version
- Remix Instrumental
Charts
Peak positions
| Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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| UK Singles Chart | 55 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Recurrents | 3 |
End of year charts
| End of year chart (1992) | Position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1] | 5 |
References
- ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1992". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1992. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
| Preceded by "Giving Him Something He Can Feel" by En Vogue |
Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number one single August 8, 1992 |
Succeeded by "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men |
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