Star Baby
| "Star Baby" | ||||
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| File:Star Baby - The Guess Who 45 RPM cover sheath.jpg | ||||
| Single by The Guess Who | ||||
| from the album Road Food | ||||
| B-side | "Musicione" | |||
| Released | February 1974 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded | 1973 | |||
| Genre | Rock Power pop |
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| Length | 2:42 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor 0217 | |||
| 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]
Chicago radio superstation WLS, which gave the song much airplay for years, ranked "Star Baby" as the 37th most popular hit of 1974.[7] It reached as high as #3 for two weeks.[8] Their competing station, WCFL, ranked the song as the 15th biggest hit of the year,[9] having also spent two weeks at #3 on their survey.[10]
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Chart performance
Weekly singles charts
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Year-end charts
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Chart runs
U.S. Billboard Hot 100:[19] (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:[20] (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.
WCFL survey: (16 weeks, entered April 6): 40, 33, 23, 15, 13, 10, 8, 6, 3, 3, 6, 15, 20, 27, 34, 40. Peaked at #3 on their surveys of and June 1 and 8, and exited July 20.
WLS survey: (12 weeks, entered May 11): 14, 4, 3, 3, 4, 6, 10, 12, 17, 20, 19, 21. Peaked at #3 on their surveys of May 25 and June 1, and exited July 27.
References
- ↑ http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-guess-who/1973/the-midnight-special-burbank-ca-5bcc5764.html
- ↑ The Guess Who, "Star Baby" U.S. Chart Position Retrieved March 7, 2015
- ↑ http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/19740608.html
- ↑ 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
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- ↑ The WLS Big 89 Countdown!: 1974 Retrieved March 7, 2015
- ↑ The Guess Who, WLS Music Survey Vol. 14, No. 34: June 1, 1974 Retrieved March 7, 2015
- ↑ http://www.oldiesloon.com/ilc/wcfl750104.htm
- ↑ http://www.oldiesloon.com/ilc/wcfl740608.htm
- ↑ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5033a&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=98q6tcgku7546lsrfi3gr83pp7
- ↑ http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/19740608.html
- ↑ http://www.oldiesloon.com/ilc/wcfl740608.htm
- ↑ http://www.oldiesloon.com/il/wls060174.htm
- ↑ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3893a&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=0fad54otv4cfnjo8gahusf0il4
- ↑ http://www.bullfrogspond.com/whitburn/1974wye.htm
- ↑ [1] Retrieved May 26, 2016
- ↑ The WLS Big 89 Countdown!: 1974 Retrieved March 7, 2015
- ↑ http://www.top40db.net
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
