Oh Babe, What Would You Say Explained

Oh Babe, What Would You Say
Cover:Oh_Babe,_What_Would_You_Say_-_Hurricane_Smith.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Hurricane Smith
B-Side:"Getting to Know You"[1]
Released:30 March 1972 (UK)[2]
July 1972 (US)[3]
Recorded:1972
Genre:Pop rock
Length:3:33
Label:Capitol
Producer:Hurricane Smith
Prev Title:Don't Let It Die
Prev Year:1971
Next Title:Who Was It?
Next Year:1973

"Oh Babe, What Would You Say" is a song by record producer Hurricane Smith, written by his wife Eileen Sylvia Smith, and released in the US by Capitol Records in March 1972.[1] It was a transatlantic hit, becoming a US No. 1 Cash Box and a Billboard Pop No. 3 hit,[4] No. 3 in the Canadian RPM Magazine chart, and No. 4 in the UK Singles Chart.[5]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1972–1973)Peak
position
Australia[6] 13
Canada RPM Top Singles3
New Zealand (Listener)[7] 9
UK 4
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 3
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[9] 2
US Cash Box Top 100[10] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1973)Rank
Australia74
Canada[12] 36
US Billboard Hot 100[13] 57
US Cash Box [14] 31

The song is noted for its alto saxophone solo, played by Frank Hardcastle, which is heard in the intro, the middle instrumental section, and the outro before the song's fade. The arrangement is in the style of the 1930s popular song genre. It's sentimental lyrics include the line: "Just to walk with you along the Milky Way".

Other versions

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oh Babe, What Would You Say. 1972 . Discogs.
  2. Web site: Hurricane Smith - Oh Babe, What Would You Say.
  3. Web site: Hurricane Smith - Oh Babe, What Would You Say?.
  4. Web site: 1973 UK, Eurochart, Billboard & Cashbox No.1 Hits. 2008-02-13. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080101114734/http://musicseek.info/no1hits/1973.htm. 2008-01-01.
  5. Book: Roberts , David . 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited . London. 1-904994-10-5. 509.
  6. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian)

    . David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 278.

  7. Web site: Flavour of new zealand - Home .
  8. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 -
  9. http://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1973-01-27 Billboard Adult Contemporary, January 27, 1973
  10. Web site: Cash Box Top 100 Singles, February 17, 1973 . February 12, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170103165306/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19730217.html . January 3, 2017 . dead .
  11. [1972 in British music#Best-selling singles]
  12. Web site: Image : RPM Weekly. Library and Archives. Canada. Library and Archives Canada. February 8, 2017.
  13. http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1973.htm Musicoutfitters.com
  14. Web site: Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1973 . 2017-02-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140715135835/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1973YESP.html . 2014-07-15 . dead .