My Baby (Pretenders song)
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| "My Baby" | |
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| Single by the Pretenders | |
| from the album Get Close and The Singles | |
| B-side | "Tradition of Love (Extended Remix)" |
| Released | January 1987 (US) 9 March 1987 (UK)[1] |
| Genre | Rock, jangle pop |
| Length | 4:07 |
| Label | Sire |
| Songwriter(s) | Chrissie Hynde |
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Iovine, Bob Clearmountain |
"My Baby" is a song written by Chrissie Hynde that was originally released on the Pretenders 1986 album Get Close. "My Baby" was included on the Pretenders' 1987 compilation album The Singles.[2]
"My Baby" is a love song to Hynde's baby daughter.[3][4] Vic Garbarini of Musician magazine also suggested that the song is about the baby within Hynde herself, in the sense of "something being born" into a "new life.[3] Allmusic critic Matthew Greenwald describes the acoustic guitar melody that begins the song as sounding like an Irish folk song.[5] He describes the rest of the melody as having a "folk-rock groove," applying a two-chord pattern that he describes as "ingenious."[5] He describes the lyrics as Hynde expressing her "near-overflowing affection in her literate, conversational style."[5]
