Baby Can I Hold You

Baby Can I Hold You

Single infobox |
Name = Baby Can I Hold You


Artist = Tracy Chapman
from Album = Tracy Chapman
Released = 1988
Format =
Recorded =
Mixer =
Genre = Contemporary folk
Length = 3:14
Label = Elektra/Asylum Records
Writer = Tracy Chapman
Producer =
Certification =
Last single = "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution"
(1988)
This single = "Baby Can I Hold You"
(1988)
Next single = "Crossroads"
(1989)"Baby Can I Hold You'" is the third single from American contemporary folk artist Tracy Chapman, released in late 1988. The song succeeded in reaching the top fifty in the U.S., unlike its predecessor, "Talkin' 'bout A Revolution", but it failed to become Chapman's second top forty hit, peaking at #48. It did, however, give her a second chart entry on the U.S. Adult Contemporary charts, peaking at #19 in early 1989. (Her first adult contemporary hit was "Fast Car", which reached #7 on the AC charts.) Given the commercial decline Chapman suffered following the release of her second album "Crossroads", "Baby Can I Hold You" also became her last top fifty hit until 1996's "Give Me One Reason".

Neil Diamond recorded the song for his 1989 album, "The Best Years of Our Lives" and became the first of many artists to cover the song. [ [http://www.secondhandsongs.com/song/18183 "Baby Can I Hold You"] from SecondHandSongs.com]

Chapman subsequently re-recorded the song as a duet with Luciano Pavarotti for the CD "Pavarotti and Friends for Cambodia and Tibet". And it was re-released as a single in promotion of the hits package "Collection" which hit #3 in the UK in 2001.

Charts

Boyzone version

Single infobox |
Name = Baby Can I Hold You / Shooting Star


Artist = Boyzone
from Album = Where We Belong
Released = 1997
Format =
Recorded =
Mixer =
Genre = Pop
Length =
Label = Polydor Records
Writer = Tracy Chapman
Producer =
Certification =
Last single = "Picture of You"
(1997)
This single = "Baby Can I Hold You"
(1997)
Next single = "All That I Need"
(1998)

In 1997, Irish boyband Boyzone released a cover of "Baby Can I Hold You" as a double A-side with the non-album track "Shooting Star". "Baby Can I Hold You" thus became their second single from their third studio album "Where We Belong" (the 7" edit of the song appears on the album). The single, like "Picture of You" before it, peaked at #2 on the official UK singles chart and stayed in the top 75 for fourteen weeks. [ [http://www.polyhex.com/music/chartruns/chartruns.php Chart runs at polyhex.com] ]

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