Little Baby Nothing

Infobox Single
Name = Little Baby Nothing


Artist = Manic Street Preachers
from Album = Generation Terrorists
Released = November 15, 1992
Format = CD, Vinyl record (7"/12"), cassette
Recorded = Mid 1992
Genre = Rock
Length = 4:58
Label = Columbia
Producer = --
Chart position =

• #29 (UK)

Reviews =
* N/A
Last single = "Suicide Is Painless"
(1992)
This single = "Little Baby Nothing"
(1992)
Next single = "From Despair to Where"
(1993)
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"Little Baby Nothing" was the sixth single taken from the debut full-length album — "Generation Terrorists" — by the Welsh group the Manic Street Preachers. It features vocals by former porn star Traci Lords.

The song is about the sexual exploitation of a woman, and Lords agreed to a duet with the band's singer/lead guitarist James Dean Bradfield. Bradfield said that "we needed somebody, a symbol, a person that could actually symbolize the lyrics and justify them to a certain degree. Traci was more than happy to do it. She saw the lyrics, and she had an immediate affinity with them. It was definitely easy to incorporate her personality into the lyrics. We just wanted a symbol for it, and I think she was a great symbol. She sounds like a female Joey Ramone to me." Lords said that "I listened to the tape and really identified with the character in the song...this young girl who's been exploited and abused by men all her life." In an interview some years later, she admitted to being distressed at the news of the disappearance and presumed suicide of Manics' guitarist/lyricist Richey Edwards.

Originally, the band wanted the duet to feature vocals by Australian singer Kylie Minogue, but she couldn't be released from her PWL contracts. She later performed the song live with the group (the live bootleg recording of this is a highly sought after track amongst fans) She also collaborated with them on her 1997 album "Impossible Princess".

The track "Suicide Alley" had previously been released as the Manics' debut single. It was included on all formats (except CD2) as copies of the original 7" release were already fetching £250-300 at auction. The inclusion of the song on CD also upset Glen Powell's plans to reissue the single. Powell had produced the original version and still owned the master tapes.

The promotional video for the song was directed by music journalist Steven Wells and featured the first appearance on screen by pop duo Shampoo.

Track listing

CD1

# "Little Baby Nothing" (7" Version)
# "Never Want Again"
# "Dead Yankee Drawl"
# "Suicide Alley"

CD2

# "Little Baby Nothing" (7" Version)
# "R.P. Mcmurphy" (live at Club Citta, Kawasaki, 13th May 1992)
# "Tennessee" (live at Club Citta, Kawasaki, 13th May 1992)
# "You Love Us" (live at Club Citta, Kawasaki, 13th May 1992)

7" / MC

# "Little Baby Nothing" (7" Version)
# "Never Want Again"
# "Suicide Alley"