Baby Jane (Rod Stewart song) explained

Baby Jane
Cover:	BabyJane.gif
Type:	single
Artist:	Rod Stewart
Album:	Body Wishes
B-Side:	Ready Now
Released:	27 May 1983^[1]
Label:	Warner Bros.
Producer:	Rod Stewart and Tom Dowd Jim Cregan and George Tutko (co-producers)
Prev Title:	Tora, Tora, Tora (Out with the Boys)
Prev Year:	1982
Next Title:	What Am I Gonna Do (I'm So in Love with You)
Next Year:	1983

"Baby Jane" is a 1983 song by British singer Rod Stewart, written by Stewart and Jay Davis released as the lead single from his twelfth studio album Body Wishes. Produced by Stewart, Tom Dowd, George Cutko and Jim Cregan, it was his most successful single since "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" in 1978, peaking at No. 1 in the UK (his last number one single to date) remaining at the top of the chart for three weeks. In the US, the song was also a big hit, peaking at no. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The single also charted highly in Australia, peaking at no. 10.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[2]	10
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)^[3]	1
France (IFOP)^[4]	2
South Africa (Springbok Radio)^[5]	1
Spain (AFYVE)^[6]	1
US Billboard Hot 100^[7]	14
US Billboard Dance/Disco Top 80	47
US Cash Box^[8]	18
Zimbabwe (ZIMA)^[9]	3

Year-end charts

Chart (1983)	Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[10] ^[11]	80
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[12]	17
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[13]	86
France (IFOP)^[14]	30
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[15]	50
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[16]	85
South Africa (Springbok Radio)^[17]	7
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[18]	14
West Germany (Official German Charts)^[19]	9

Certifications and sales

External links

Rod Baby Jane

Notes and References

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Book: Salaverri, Fernando . Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 . 1st . September 2005 . Fundación Autor-SGAE . Spain . 84-8048-639-2 . es.
Web site: Body Wishes – Awards . . 23 June 2013.
Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending July 30, 1983 . . 11 September 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120911042558/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19830730.html.
- Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: singles chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
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