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"Baby, I Love Your Way" Single by Peter Frampton from the album Frampton B-side "(I'll Give You) Money" Released 1975 Format 7" Genre Rock Length 4:42
3:31 (7" version)Label A&M 1738 Writer(s) Peter Frampton Producer Peter Frampton Peter Frampton singles chronology "Show Me the Way"
(1975)"Baby, I Love Your Way"
(1976)"Show Me the Way" (live)
(1976)"Baby, I Love Your Way (Live)" Single by Peter Frampton from the album Frampton Comes Alive! B-side "It's a Plain Shame" Released 1976 Format 7" Recorded 1975 Genre Rock Length 4:43 Label A&M 1832 Peter Frampton singles chronology "Show Me the Way (live)"
(1976)"Baby, I Love Your Way (live)"
(1976)"Do You Feel Like We Do"
(1976)"Baby, I Love Your Way" Single by Big Mountain from the album Reality Bites soundtrack and Unity Released 1994 Format CD single, 7" Recorded 1994 Genre Pop, reggae Length 4:28 (Radio version) Label RCA Big Mountain singles chronology "Reggae Inna Summertime"
(1993)"Baby, I Love Your Way"
(1994)"I Would Find a Way"
(1995)"Baby, I Love Your Way" is a song written and performed by singer Peter Frampton that was first featured on Frampton's 1975 album, Frampton. The song segues from the previous track "Nassau."
A live version of the song was later released on his 1976 multi-platinum album Frampton Comes Alive!, where it gained popularity as a hit song, peaking at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[1]
Cover versions
- Gary Glitter covered the song on his 1975 album G. G..
- In the film High Fidelity, Lisa Bonet's character Marie de Salle performs a cover of the song.
- The song was covered by the American reggae/pop band Big Mountain in 1994, reaching #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart[1] and #2 on the UK Singles Chart. Their version is featured on the soundtrack for the 1994 movie Reality Bites. In the film itself, Michael Grates (played by Ben Stiller) explains the origins of the Frampton song.
- The American dance-pop group Will to Power created a medley of Frampton's song and the 1975 Lynyrd Skynyrd hit, "Free Bird", in 1988. Titled "Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley", this version spent one week at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[1]
- Filipino bossa nova singer Sitti recorded a cover of this song for her second album My Bossa Nova.
- This song has also been covered by Dinosaur Jr and Arearea.
- This song was also covered by Mig Ayesa featuring Peter Frampton on acoustic guitar and released on Mig's debut album, "MiG".
Appearances in other media
- It was featured at the end of a Californication episode.
- It was featured at the end of a Cold Case episode.
- In the third season episode of Family Guy, "Death Lives", Peter reveals that this is his and Lois's song, with Frampton guest starring as himself singing the song.
- It was featured in a That 70s Show episode.
- It was featured in Halloween.
- It was featured in High Fidelity.
- It was featured in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.
- The version by Big Mountain was in the 2004 film Reality Bites Clips from the film are included in the Big Mountain versions music video.
References
- ^ a b c Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
Categories:- Peter Frampton songs
- 1975 songs
- 1976 singles
- 1988 singles
- 1994 singles
- European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles
- Number-one singles in Norway
- Number-one singles in Sweden
- Pop ballads
- Songs written by Peter Frampton
- Billboard Pop Songs number-one singles
- 1970s single stubs
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