"Baby Girl" is a debut song co-written and recorded by American country music group Sugarland. Originally released in 2003 as part of Premium Quality Tunes,[2] it was re-released in July 2004 as the first single from the album Twice the Speed of Life. The single reached a peak position of number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in April 2005 for 2 weeks, right behind "That's What I Love About Sunday" by Craig Morgan. The song spent a total of 46 weeks on the country music charts; setting a new record for the longest chart run since the inception of Nielsen SoundScan digital chart tabulation in 1990. In addition, "Baby Girl" became the highest-peaking debut single for a country music group in 14 years. It was written by group members Jennifer Nettles, Kristian Bush, and Kristen Hall, along with Troy Bieser.
| "Baby Girl" | ||||
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| Single by Sugarland | ||||
| from the album Twice the Speed of Life | ||||
| B-side | "Stand Back Up"[1] | |||
| Released | July 12, 2004 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 4:13 | |||
| Label | Mercury Nashville | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Kristian Bush Kristen Hall Jennifer Nettles Troy Bieser | |||
| Producer(s) | Garth Fundis | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Baby Girl" at CMT.com | ||||
Chart performance edit
"Baby Girl" entered the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart at number 56 on the chart week of July 24, 2004. The single reached its peak position of number 2 on the chart week of April 2, 2005, a position that it held for two weeks. "Baby Girl" became the highest-charting debut single for a country group since 1991.[3] It also set a new record for the longest chart run since the inception of Nielsen SoundScan in 1990, spending 46 weeks on the charts.[3] Joel Whitburn's book Hot Country Songs 1944-2008 contradicts this record, citing Gary Allan's "Right Where I Need to Be" as the record-holder for this era with a 48-week run.[4] In the same book, "Baby Girl" is tied with Diamond Rio's 2002 single "Beautiful Mess" and Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats" as the second-longest chart run in this era, Underwood's chart run having come in 2006 and 2007.[4] The song has sold 827,000 copies in the US as of April 2013.[5]
| Chart (2004–2005) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada Country (Radio & Records)[6] | 1 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7] | 2 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[8] | 38 |
| US Billboard Pop 100 | 64 |
Year-end charts edit
| Chart (2005) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[9] | 7 |
Personnel edit
As listed in liner notes.[10]
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
- Brandon Bush – organ
- Kristian Bush – mandolin, background vocals
- Chad Cromwell – drums
- Dan Dugmore – electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar
- Kristen Hall – acoustic guitar, background vocals
- Greg Morrow – tambourine
- Jennifer Nettles – lead vocals, background vocals
- Glenn Worf – bass guitar
References edit
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 410–411. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Sugarland Baby Girl (original version). YouTube.
- ^ a b Morningstar, Mary (2005-07-18). "Sugarland moving at Twice the Speed of Life". VOANews.com. Archived from the original on June 15, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-01.
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 644. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- ^ Paul Grein (April 17, 2013). "Week Ending April 14, 2013. Songs: PSY Gallops Back". Yahoo Music (Chart Watch). Retrieved April 18, 2013.
- ^ "Canada Country Top 30" (PDF). Radio & Records. March 25, 2005. p. 48. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- ^ "Sugarland Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "Sugarland Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
- ^ "Best of 2005: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2005. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
- ^ Twice the Speed of Life (Media notes). Sugarland. Mercury Records. 2004. -B0002172-02.
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