Star Baby
| "Star Baby" | ||||
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| Single by The Guess Who | ||||
| from the album Road Food | ||||
| B-side | "Musicione" | |||
| Released | February 1974 | |||
| Format | 7" single | |||
| Recorded | 1973 | |||
| Genre | Rock, power pop | |||
| Length | 2:42 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Writer(s) | Burton Cummings | |||
| Producer(s) | Jack Richardson | |||
| The Guess Who singles chronology | ||||
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"Star Baby" is a 1974 hit song by The Guess Who. It was written by Burton Cummings who also provided the lead vocals. It is classified in the genre of Power pop and was included on the group's LP entitled, Road Food as well as The Guess Who - Greatest Hits in 1999 and The Guess Who - Anthology in 2003. The band performed the song on the Midnight Special T.V. program on December 14, 1973.[1]
"Star Baby" reached #39 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100[2] and #30 on the Cash Box Top 100.[3]
In Canada, the song spent three weeks at #9.[4] The song is ranked as the 92nd biggest Canadian hit of 1974.[5]
Although The Guess Who had a dozen higher-charting songs in the U.S., "Star Baby" remained on the chart longer than any of their other hits. It stayed on the Billboard Hot 100 for 19 weeks which was 4 weeks longer than their number one hit "American Woman".[6]
Television performance
The Guess Who performed "Star Baby" on The Midnight Special television program (season 2, episode 29) on March 29, 1973. The group hosted the show that week.[7]
Chart performance
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Chart runs
U.S. Billboard Hot 100:[12] (19 weeks, entered February 16): 99, 89, 82, 78, 71, 62, 54, 49, 43, 39, 47, 52, 57, 57, 52, 46, 55, 55, 57. Peaked at #39 in the week ending April 20, and exited June 29.
U.S. Cashbox Top 100:[13] (17 weeks, entered March 2): 89, 79, 72, 65, 62, 56, 48, 45, 42, 40, 38, 37, 34, 31, 30, 47, 62. Peaked at #30 the week ending June 8, and exited June 22.
Canadian RPM: (21 weeks, entered February 2): 91, 78, 64, 52, 40, 23, 24, 19, 23, 10, 14, 9, 9, 9, 14, 13, 14, 18, 19, 26, 34, 51. Peaked at #9 during the weeks of April 20 through May 4, and exited June 29.
References
- ↑ "The Guess Who Concert Setlist at The Midnight Special, Burbank on December 14, 1973". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
- ↑ The Guess Who, "Star Baby" U.S. Chart Position Retrieved March 7, 2015
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- ↑ The Guess Who, "Star Baby" Canadian Chart Position Retrieved March 7, 2015
- ↑ The Top 200 Singles of 1974 from the RPM 100 Charts Retrieved March 7, 2015
- ↑ Whitman, Joel (2003). Top Pop Singles 1955-2002. Record Research. p. 294. ISBN 0-89820-155-1.
- ↑ http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/raspberries/1973/the-midnight-special-burbank-ca-33cc5491.html
- ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
- ↑ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
- ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
- ↑ "1974 Year End". Bullfrogspond.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
- ↑ "Music lyrics, charts, Games, & more". Top40db.net. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
- ↑ Hoffmann, Frank (1983). The Cash Box Singles Charts, 1950-1981. Metuchen, NJ & London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 92.
