When Something Is Wrong with My Baby

"When Something Is Wrong with My Baby"
Single by Johnny Gill
from the album Johnny Gill
B-side	"Half Steppin'"[5]
Released	1983 (1983)
Genre	R&B
Length	3:58
Label	Cotillion
Songwriter(s)	Isaac Hayes David Porter
Producer(s)	Freddie Perren[6]
Johnny Gill singles chronology
"Super Love" (1983) "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby" (1983) "Perfect Combination / Heartbreak Look" (1984)

In 1983, American contemporary R&B singer Johnny Gill covered "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby" and included it on his first eponymous album. The song was issued as the second and final single from the album; and it peaked at #57 on the Billboard R&B chart.[7]

"When Something Is Wrong with My Baby"
Single by Jimmy Barnes and John Farnham
from the album Soul Deep
B-side	"All I Got"
Released	October 1991
Studio	Freight Train Studios, Australia
Genre	R&B
Length	4:56
Label	Mushroom Records
Songwriter(s)	Isaac Hayes David Porter
Producer(s)	Don Gehman
Jimmy Barnes singles chronology
"I Gotcha!" (1991) "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby" (1991) "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (1992)
John Farnham singles chronology
"In Days to Come" (1991) "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby" (1991) "Please Don't Ask Me" (1991)

In 1991, Australian singers Jimmy Barnes and John Farnham recorded and released "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby" as the second single from Barnes' fifth studio album, Soul Deep. Released in October 1991, the song peaked at number three in Australia and number six in New Zealand, where it is certified Gold for sales of over 5,000.

The song was covered by:

• Charlie Rich who recorded it on October 16, 1966 but first time released on the 1988 compilation album I'll Shed No Tears - The Best of the Hi Recordings.[12]
• Otis Redding & Carla Thomas on their 1967 album King & Queen.
• Sonny James on his 1976 album Sonny James Sings When Something Is Wrong with My Baby.[13]
• Hall & Oates with David Ruffin and Eddie Kendrick of the Temptations at their Apollo Theatre concert in New York City 1985 (appearing on their 1985 album Live at the Apollo).
• Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville as a Top Five duet in from the 1990 Triple Platinum album Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind.
• Patti LaBelle and Travis Tritt on the 1994 various artists duets album Rhythm, Country and Blues.
• Frankie Miller has two live versions of the song recorded:
  • On 6 May 1979 at the Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany (on the live album Live at Rockpalast, recorded at WDR Studio, Cologne, Germany on 3.6.1976, in Wiesbaden, Germany in 6.5.1979, and Rockpalast Open Air Festival, Loreley, Germany on 28.8.1982, released in 2013).[14]
  • On 21 March 1979 at the Paris Theatre, London (on the live album BBC Radio One Live in Concert, recorded at the Paris Theatre, London on 3.5.1977, the Golders Green Hippodrome, London on 16.3.1978, and at the Paris Theatre, London on 21.3.1979, released in 1994).[15]
• In 1985 it was covered live by Dutch band Herman Brood & His Wild Romance as "Something' Wrong" on their album Bühnensucht / Herman Brood Live.[16]
• Guy Sebastian sung the song in a duet with Jimmy Barnes and original Stax band Booker T. & the MG's in Sydney, Australia during the Memphis Tour Concert (Friday, 7 March 2008).[17]
• In 1985 a cover by American country music artist Joe Stampley from his album I'll Still Be Loving You peaked at number 67 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.[18][19]
• American folk-rock band Dawes (formed in 2009) has covered this song a multitude of times live, sung at some shows by Lenny Goldsmith, father of the band's drummer Griffin Goldsmith and vocalist/guitarist Taylor Goldsmith.

• Sam & Dave - "When Something Is Wrong With My Baby" (1967) song review by Stewart Mason at AllMusic
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics