Allmusic critic Matthew Greenwald describes the acoustic guitar melody that begins the song as sounding like an Irish folk song. 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.
"My Baby" is a love song to Hynde's baby daughter. It was also released as a single in the U.S., achieving modest success on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #64. It achieved far greater success on the Mainstream Rock chart, spending two weeks at #1, following up on " Don't Get Me Wrong," an earlier single from Get Close which also reached #1 on the Mainstream Rock chart. Great single!ĭescription: "My Baby" is a song written by Chrissie Hynde that was originally released on the Pretenders 1986 album Get Close.
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If "My Baby" is easygoing, then "Room Full Of Mirrors" is its perfect upbeat road-traveled companion-jagged rhythm guitar and a driving beat are pierced by Hynde's punchy vocals echoing off into the dust. This is reflected in the video and the song itself. Written as a song for Hynde's daughter, the A-side "My Baby," was written as an easygoing and melodic folk-tinged pop-song with a modern rock flair. Retrieved 29 October 2016.Details: Used 7" record in fantastic condition. ^ a b c "PRETENDERS | full Official Chart history".^ "100 Best Debut Albums of All Time"."Time the Avenger" and "Message of Love" also performed but not included. "Stop Your Sobbing", "Back on the Chain Gang", "Middle of the Road" Uncut Presents: Instant Karma 2002 a Tribute to John Lennon "Loving You Is All I Know" (Diane Warren cover) Here, There and Everywhere: A Concert for Linda memorial concert "Message of Love" and various tracks as backing band
"Goodbye" (Earle cover), "The Homecoming" " Everyday Is Like Sunday" (Morrissey cover)įree Willy 2: The Adventure Home soundtrack "Windows of the World", "1969" (Bacharach/Osterberg covers) "If There Was a Man", "Where Has Everybody Gone" Revenge of the Killer B's compilation album "The Wait", "Tattooed Love Boys", "Precious"Īttack of the Killer B's compilation album In addition, "I'll Stand by You" also charted on Adult Top 40 chart, but its peak position (#23) was lower than on the Adult Contemporary chart.
In 1982 "I Go to Sleep" (A-side) was released in Belgium with "English Roses" (album track) as the B-side.In 1980, "Cuban Slide" (A-side) was released as a single in Japan, backed with "Stop Your Sobbing" as the B-side.In 1980, "Precious" (A-side) was released as a single in Spain with "Stop Your Sobbing" as the B-side.The 1987 "If There Was a Man" UK release was accredited to The Pretenders for 007.In 1980, "What You Gonna Do About It" (A-side) was released as a single with "Stop Your Sobbing (original demo version)" as the B-side as a special flexipop single in the UK.Pretenders II (initially single-only releases) The Best of Pretenders was released as a double disc with Break Up the Concrete in Europe and Brazil in June 2009, titled The Best of / Break Up the Concrete.Break Up the Concrete was in Europe released only as a double-disc release with The Best of Pretenders, titled The Best of / Break Up the Concrete.Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming.
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