You Baby (song)

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"You Baby"
You Baby - The Turtles.jpg
Single by The Turtles
from the album You Baby
B-side"Wanderin' Kind"
Released1966
GenreSunshine pop
Length2:12
LabelWhite Whale
Songwriter(s)P. F. Sloan & Steve Barri
Producer(s)Bones Howe
The Turtles singles chronology
"Let Me Be"
(1965) 		"You Baby"
(1966) 		"Grim Reaper of Love"
(1966)

"You Baby" is a song released by The Turtles in 1966. The song spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 20,[1] while reaching No. 15 on the Record World 100 Top Pops,[2] No. 17 on the Cash Box Top 100,[3] and No. 11 on Canada's "RPM Play Sheet".[4] Billboard described the song as a "rocker with a surf in' sound in the vocal" and a "winner."[5]

The song was originally recorded by The Vogues in 1965, though their version was not released until 1996.[6]

In 1966, the song was released by The Mamas & the Papas on their debut album If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears.[7]

Chart performance[]

Chart (1966) Peak
position
Canada – RPM Play Sheet 11
US Billboard Hot 100 20
US Cash Box Top 100 17
US Record World 100 Top Pops 15

References[]

  1. ^ Hot 100 - The Turtles You Baby, Billboard.com. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  2. ^ "100 Top Pops", Record World, March 26, 1966. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  3. ^ "Cash Box Top 100", Cash Box, April 2, 1966. p. 4. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  4. ^ "R.P.M. Play Sheet", RPM Weekly, Volume 5, No. 3, March 14, 1966. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  5. ^ "Spotlight Singles" (PDF). Billboard. January 22, 1966. p. 16. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  6. ^ Kienzle, Rich. "Songwriter P.F. Sloan's Legacy (And Connection to the Vogues)", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 20, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  7. ^ Greenwald, Matthew (2002). Go Where You Wanna Go: The Oral History of The Mamas and The Papas, Cooper Square Press. pp. 285-286. Retrieved February 14, 2018.


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