"Baby Girl" is a debut song co-written and recorded by American country music group Sugarland. Originally released in 2003 as part of Premium Quality Tunes,[2] it was re-released in July 2004 as the first single from the album Twice the Speed of Life. The single reached a peak position of number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in April 2005. The song spent a total of 46 weeks on the country music charts; setting a new record for the longest chart run since the inception of Nielsen SoundScan digital chart tabulation in 1990. In addition, "Baby Girl" became the highest-peaking debut single for a country music group in 14 years. It was written by group members Jennifer Nettles, Kristian Bush, and Kristen Hall, along with Troy Bieser.
"Baby Girl" | ||||
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Single by Sugarland | ||||
from the album Twice the Speed of Life | ||||
B-side | "Stand Back Up"[1] | |||
Released | July 12, 2004 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 4:13 | |||
Label | Mercury Nashville | |||
Songwriter(s) | Kristian Bush Kristen Hall Jennifer Nettles Troy Bieser | |||
Producer(s) | Garth Fundis | |||
Sugarland singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Baby Girl" at CMT.com |
"Baby Girl" entered the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart at number 56 on the chart week of July 24, 2004. The single reached its peak position of number 2 on the chart week of April 2, 2005, a position that it held for two weeks. "Baby Girl" became the highest-charting debut single for a country group since 1991.[3] It also set a new record for the longest chart run since the inception of Nielsen SoundScan in 1990, spending 46 weeks on the charts.[3] Joel Whitburn's book Hot Country Songs 1944-2008 contradicts this record, citing Gary Allan's "Right Where I Need to Be" as the record-holder for this era with a 48-week run.[4] In the same book, "Baby Girl" is tied with Diamond Rio's 2002 single "Beautiful Mess" and Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats" as the second-longest chart run in this era, Underwood's chart run having come in 2006 and 2007.[4] The song has sold 827,000 copies in the US as of April 2013.[5]
Chart (2004–2005) | Peak position |
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Canada Country (Radio & Records)[6] | 1 |
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7] | 2 |
US Billboard Hot 100[8] | 38 |
US Billboard Pop 100 | 64 |
Chart (2005) | Position |
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US Country Songs (Billboard)[9] | 7 |
As listed in liner notes.[10]
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