- Baby Girl
Infobox Single
Name = Baby Girl
Cover size =
Caption =
Artist =Sugarland
from Album =Twice the Speed of Life
Released = July 2004
Format =CD single
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length = 4:13
Label = Mercury Nashville
Writer =Kristian Bush Kristen Hall Jennifer Nettles
Troy Bieser
Producer =Garth Fundis
Certification = Gold (RIAA )
This single = "Baby Girl"
(2004)
Next single = "Something More"
(2005)
Misc = External music video|" [http://www.cmt.com/videos/sugarland/37164/baby-girl.jhtml Baby Girl] " at CMT.com"Baby Girl" is the debut single of American country music group
Sugarland . Released in July 2004, the single reached a peak position of #2 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (nowHot Country Songs ) charts in April 2005. The song spent a total of forty-six weeks on the country music charts, setting a new record for the longest chart run since the inception ofNielsen SoundScan digital chart tabulation in 1990.cite web |url=http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2005-07/2005-07-18-voa60.cfm |title=Sugarland moving at "Twice the Speed of Life" |accessdate=2007-10-01 |last=Morningstar |first=Mary |date=2005-07-18 |work=VOANews.com] In addition, "Baby Girl" became the highest-peaking debut single for a country music group in fourteen years.Content
The song's narrator is a young female singer attempting to become a successful music artist. The lyrics take the form of a letter written to the singer's mother, describing the singer's attempts to make herself known::"Dear Mom and Dad, please send money:"I'm so broke that it ain't funny:"I don't need much, just enough to get me through:"Please don’t worry 'cause I'm all right:"I’m playin’ here at the bar tonight:"This time, I’m gonna make our dreams come true:"Well, I love you more than anything in the world:"Love, your baby girl".
By the end of the song, the narrator has achieved her dream, or believes she is on her way to that goal:
:"Dear Mom and Dad, I'll send money:"I'm so rich that it ain't funny:"Well, it ought to be more than enough to get you through:"Please don't worry 'cause I'm all right:"See, I'm staying here at the Ritz tonight:"What do ya know, it made our dreams come true..."
Before ending however, the singer assures her parents that, even with all of her wealth and new possessions, she still loves them "more than anything in the world."
Chart performance
"Baby Girl" entered the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart at #56 on the chart week of July 24, 2004. The single reached its peak position of #2 on the chart week of April 2, 2005, a position that it held for two weeks. Overall, "Baby Girl" spent a total of forty-six weeks on the country singles charts, setting a new record for the longest chart run since the inception of
Nielsen SoundScan in 1990. (This record was tied in early 2007 byCarrie Underwood 's "Before He Cheats ", which also spent forty-six weeks on the country charts.) In addition, "Baby Girl" became the highest-charting debut single for a country group since 1991, whenDiamond Rio reached Number One with "Meet in the Middle ".References
External links
* [http://cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/sugarland/baby-girl-14081.html Lyrics] at CowboyLyrics.com
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