Please, Please Baby Explained

Please, Please Baby
Type:single
Artist:Dwight Yoakam
Album:Hillbilly Deluxe
B-Side:Throughout All Time
Released:November 2, 1987
Genre:Country
Length:3:36
Label:Reprise 28174
Producer:Pete Anderson
Prev Title:Little Ways
Prev Year:1987
Next Title:Always Late with Your Kisses
Next Year:1988

"Please, Please Baby" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dwight Yoakam. It was released in November 1987 as the third single from his album Hillbilly Deluxe. It peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and number 2 on the Canadian RPM country singles chart.[1] This song was reprised by Dwight on his live album, Dwight Live and on the acoustic album dwightyoakamacoustic.net.

Content

"Please, Please Baby" is an upbeat apologetic song after a breakup, in which this obsessive narrator who made a mistake in a relationship with his lover, pleads for his lover for her to return and he promises to try to be a better person. And he tells his lover that if she returns home he will behave appropriately.

Music video

The live performance music video, taken from the 1995 album Dwight Live, was directed by Bud Schaetzle, and premiered in mid-1995.

Chart performance

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. 2008. 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. Web site: Top 100 Country Singles of '88. RPM. 15. December 24, 1988.