Baby Baby (Corona song)

"Baby Baby" is a 1995 song by the Italian band Corona. The song is actually a cover of Joy & Joyce's 1991 hit, "Babe Babe", also produced by Lee Marrow. It was released in February 1995 as the second single from Corona's 1995 debut album, The Rhythm of the Night. Particularly devoted to the dance floors, it had a great success, reaching the highest positions in various Singles Charts around the world. It peaked at number-one in Italy and on the dance chart in Canada, and number 5 in the UK.

"Baby Baby"
Single by Corona
from the album The Rhythm of the Night
ReleasedFebruary 27, 1995
RecordedJanuary 1995
StudioCasablanca, Italy
GenreEurodance
Length3:45
LabelZYX
Songwriter(s)
  • Francesco Bontempi
  • Antonia Bottari
Producer(s)
  • Checco
  • Soul Train
Corona singles chronology
"The Rhythm of the Night"
(1993)		 "Baby Baby"
(1995)		 "Try Me Out"
(1995)
Music video
"Baby Baby" on YouTube
Alternative cover
2007 Sunblock version

In 2007, the Swedish dance group Sunblock made a cover of the song.

Critical reception

AllMusic editor Jose F. Promis described "Baby Baby" as the "aggressive second single", and picked it as one of the standout tracks on The Rhythm of the Night album.[1] It was ranked at number 6 in The Top 10 Dance Tunes Of The '90s for Attitude in 2016.[2] Larry Flick from Billboard wrote that the follow-up to "Rhythm Of The Night" "steamrolls down a similar Euro-NRG dance/pop path. Although the airwaves are now flooded with similarly giddy fare, this jampacks a chorus that is insistently contagious—and it is voiced with a fullthrottle diva energy. To that end, both radio and club tastemakers should climb aboard early."[3] Swedish newspaper Expressen stated that the song is "at least as good" as their first single.[4] Dave Sholin from the Gavin Report noted that "it took awhile for some to come to the party on "Rhythm Of The Night," but they were happy with the results. This pumpin', thumpin' follow-up will keep 'em dancing and create the same excitement."[5] Pop Rescue commented in their review, that the song is "an absolute feel-good euro belter".[6]

Chart performance

"Baby Baby" was very successful on the charts in Europe, peaking at number-one in Italy in April 1995, as well as on the European Dance Radio Chart. It managed to climb to the Top 10 in Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Scotland, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. In the latter, the single peaked at number 5 on April 9, 1995, in its second week on the UK Singles Chart.[7] It stayed on that position for two weeks. On the Eurochart Hot 100, "Baby Baby" reached number 5. Outside Europe, it went to number 7 in Australia, number 22 in New Zealand and number 57 on the US Billboard Hot 100. But on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play, the song reached number 5, as well as number 39 on the Cash Box Pop Singles Chart.

Music video

There was made two different music videos for "Baby Baby", one of them being directed by Mark Humphrey.[8]

Video 1

It features Olga de Souza attending a party in the disused Aldwych tube station in London.[9] The video was uploaded to YouTube in August 2011. As of September 2020, it has got more than 6,3 million views.[10]

Video 2

An overweight man is watching TV and switching from channel to another with a remote control. Suddenly Olga appears on the screen, singing the chorus. When the music starts, the man suddenly finds himself lying on a big bed with Corona. The bed has a headboard shaped as giant lips. Olga crawls on the bed, singing to him. Apparently frightened by this, the man is looking for an exit and tries to escape through an closed door. But behind the door are two women standing. He is placed in a chair, while the two women are teasing and trying to seduce him. In the end, the man is seen smiling, with lipstick kiss-marks all over his head.[11] A re-edited version of this video omits all footage of the man.[12] It was uploaded to YouTube in April 2014. As of September 2020, the video has got more than 2.4 million views.[13]

Track listings
Corona version
CD-single
  1. "Baby Baby" (Lee Marrow Radio Mix) (3:45)
  2. "Baby Baby" (Robyx Piano Remix Short Edit) (3:55)
CD-maxi
  1. "Baby Baby" (Lee Marrow Radio Mix) (3:45)
  2. "Baby Baby" (Robyx Piano Remix Short Edit) (3:55)
  3. "Baby Baby" (Dancing Divaz Club Mix) (6:07)
  4. "Baby Baby" (Lee Marrow Extended Mix) (5:55)
  5. "Baby Baby" (Robyx Piano Remix) (5:39)
  6. "Baby Baby" (Dancing Divaz Rhythm Mix) (5:45)
7"-single
  1. "Baby Baby" (Lee Marrow Radio Mix) (3:45)
  2. "Baby Baby" (Robyx Piano Remix Short Edit) (3:55)
7"-maxi
  1. "Baby Baby" (Lee Marrow Extended Mix) (5:55)
  2. "Baby Baby" (Robyx Piano Remix) (5:39)
  3. "Baby Baby" (Dancing Divaz Club Mix) (6:07)
  4. "Baby Baby" (Dancing Divaz Rhythm Mix) (5:45)
Sunblock version
CD-maxi
  1. "Baby Baby" (Radio Edit)
  2. "Baby Baby" (Extended Version)
  3. "Baby Baby" (The Audiophiles Remix)
  4. "Baby Baby" (Ian Carey Remix)
  5. "Baby Baby" (DJ DLG Remix)
  6. "Baby Baby" (Friday Night Posse Remix)
  7. "Baby Baby" (Frisco Remix)
  8. "Baby Baby" (Audiophiles Remix)

Personnel
  • Written by Francesco Bontempi and Antonia Bottari
  • Published by Many Edizioni Musicali - B. Mikulski Publ. - SFR Music
  • Created, arranged and produced by Checco and Maurizio Silvestri ITA & Soul Train for a Lee Marrow production
  • Engineered by Francesco Alberti at Casablanca Recordings (Italy)
  • 'Lee Marrow Radio Mix' and 'Lee Marrow Extended Mix' : Additional editing by Robyx
  • 'Robyx Piano Remix Short Edit' and 'Robyx Piano Remix' : Remixed and reconstructed by Robyx
  • 'Dancing Divaz Club Mix' and 'Dancing Divaz Rhythm Mix'
    • Remix and additional editing by production by Dancing Divaz
    • Additional keyboards by Colin Thorpe

Charts

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