Be My Baby
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"Be My Baby" was a 1963 single written by Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, and Ellie Greenwich, performed by The Ronettes and produced by Spector.
It is one of the best-known and most enduring songs of its era, and arguably one of the great pop songs of all time: According to Rolling Stone magazine, "Be My Baby" is the 22nd greatest song of all time. Critic Jason Ankeny writes, "No less an authority than Brian Wilson has declared 'Be My Baby' the greatest pop record ever made — no arguments here."[link] The song was later to be covered by Wilson's bandmate Mike Love on his 1981 solo album Lookin' Back With Love.
The song has been covered many times: in 1969, singer Andy Kim had a hit with the song; his version was produced by Jeff Barry.
The song is referenced in Eddie Money's song "Take Me Home Tonight", which also referenced and featured Ronnie Spector. It also featured on the Dirty Dancing soundtrack and in a memorable scene from the television series "Moonlighting". In Bret Easton Ellis' novel, American Psycho, Timothy Price offers to pay the cab driver five dollars if he will turn up the volume of the radio playing "Be My Baby". The Scorsese epic 'Mean Streets' also features a montage of street scenes and group photographs set against the Ronettes soundtrack.
In her autobiography, Ronnie Spector relates that she was on tour with Joey Dee and the Starlighters when "Be My Baby" was introduced by Dick Clark on American Bandstand as the "Record of the Century."
John Lennon has recorded a cover version of the song, which can be found on his Anthology compilation.
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