"You Baby"
Single by the Turtles
from the album You Baby
B-side"Wanderin' Kind"
ReleasedFebruary 1966[1]
Genre
Length2:12
LabelWhite Whale
Songwriter(s)P. F. Sloan & Steve Barri
Producer(s)Bones Howe
The Turtles singles chronology
"Let Me Be"
(1965)		 "You Baby"
(1966)		 "Grim Reaper of Love"
(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.[6]

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,[7] while reaching No. 15 on the Record World 100 Top Pops,[8] No. 17 on the Cash Box Top 100,[9] and No. 11 on Canada's "RPM Play Sheet".[10] Billboard described the song as a "rocker with a surf in' sound in the vocal" and a "winner."[2] Cash Box described it as an "easy-going, handclappin’ warm-hearted pledge of romantic devotion."[11]

Chart performance

Chart (1966) Peak
position
Canada – RPM Play Sheet 11
US Billboard Hot 100 20
US Cash Box Top 100 17
US Record World 100 Top Pops 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.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Rodriguez, Robert (2012). Revolver: How the Beatles Re-Imagined Rock 'n' Roll. Montclair: Backbeat Books. p. 240. ISBN 978-1-61713-009-0.
  2. 1 2 "Spotlight Singles" (PDF). Billboard. January 22, 1966. p. 16. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  3. ↑ Pig Gold, Gary (2001). "The Turtles". In Cooper, Kim; Smay, David (eds.). Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth. Los Angeles: Feral House. pp. 92–93.
  4. 1 2 Segretto, Mike (2022). "1966". 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. Backbeat. p. 110. ISBN 9781493064601.
  5. ↑ Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). "America Strikes Back: The Byrds and Folk Rock". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 184. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.
  6. ↑ Kienzle, Rich. "Songwriter P.F. Sloan's Legacy (And Connection to the Vogues)", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 20, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  7. ↑ Hot 100 - The Turtles You Baby, Billboard.com. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  8. ↑ "100 Top Pops", Record World, March 26, 1966. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100", Cash Box, April 2, 1966. p. 4. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  10. ↑ "R.P.M. Play Sheet", RPM Weekly, Volume 5, No. 3, March 14, 1966. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  11. ↑ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. January 22, 1966. p. 12. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  12. ↑ Greenwald, Matthew (2002). Go Where You Wanna Go: The Oral History of The Mamas and The Papas, Cooper Square Press. pp. 285-286. Retrieved February 14, 2018.


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