You Baby (song)
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| "You Baby" | ||||
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| Single by the Turtles | ||||
| from the album You Baby | ||||
| B-side | "Wanderin' Kind" | |||
| Released | February 1966[1] | |||
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| Length | 2:12 | |||
| Label | White Whale | |||
| Songwriters | P. F. Sloan & Steve Barri | |||
| Producer | Bones Howe | |||
| The Turtles singles chronology | ||||
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"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.[7]
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,[8] while reaching No. 15 on the Record World 100 Top Pops,[9] No. 17 on the Cash Box Top 100,[10] and No. 11 on Canada's "RPM Play Sheet".[11] 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."[12]
