Somebody's Baby

Infobox Single
Name = Somebody's Baby


Caption =
Artist = Jackson Browne
from Album =
A-side =
B-side = "The Crow on the Cradle"
Released = 1982
Format = 7"
Recorded = 1982
Genre = Rock
Length = 4:05
Label = Asylum Records
Writer = Jackson Browne
Producer = Jackson Browne
Certification =
Chart position = * #7 (US Billboard Hot 100)
** #4 (US Mainstream Rock Tracks)
** #17 (US Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks)
Last single = "That Girl Could Sing" (1980)
This single = "Somebody's Baby" (1982)
Next single = "Lawyers In Love" (1983)
Misc =

"Somebody's Baby" is a 1982 song written and performed by Jackson Browne. It was Browne's last top ten song, and his highest-charting as well, reaching #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1982. "Somebody's Baby" was not released on any of Browne's albums proper, but on the soundtrack to the film "Fast Times at Ridgemont High". The film also featured the song at several key moments, mostly concerning the Jennifer Jason Leigh character's misadventures with sex. "Somebody's Baby" eventually made its way onto the Jackson Browne best-of compilation "", and also appeared on "The Very Best of Jackson Browne". Browne's fatherless youth is thought to be referenced in this song.

The song was covered by Phantom Planet in 2001 for the "Not Another Teen Movie" soundtrack, which parodied 1980s teen movies like "Fast Times at Ridgemont High". This song was also coverd by Andru Donalds in 1997 for the "Good Will Hunting" soundtrack.