Babe (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Babe


Caption =
Artist = Styx
from Album = Cornerstone
B-side = "I'm Okay"
Released = December 1979
Format = 7"
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 4:26
Label = A&M
Writer = Dennis DeYoung
Producer =
Reviews =
Last single = "Renegade"
(1979)
This single = "Babe"
(1979)
Next single = "Why Me"
(1980)

"Babe" was the lead single from Styx's 1979 triple-platinum album "Cornerstone". The song was Styx's first, and only, U.S. number-one single.

The song was written by member Dennis DeYoung as a birthday present for his wife Suzanne. The finished track was recorded as a demo with just DeYoung and Styx members John Panozzo and Chuck Panozzo playing on the track, with DeYoung singing all of the harmonies himself.

The song was not originally intended to be a Styx track, but then Styx members James "J.Y" Young and Tommy Shaw convinced DeYoung to put the song on the Cornerstone album. As a result, DeYoung's demo was placed on "Cornerstone" with Shaw overdubbing a guitar solo in the song's middle section. The track became a major hit, reaching #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and was their only major UK hit single, reaching #6. Dutch boyband Caught In The Act covered this track to relative success. Alexander O'Neal covered the song on his 2008 album, "Alex Loves".