| Wonderful Baby | |
| Cover: | Wonderful_Baby_-_Don_McLean.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Don McLean |
| Album: | Homeless Brother |
| B-Side: | Birthday Song |
| Released: | June 1975 |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Length: | 2:00 |
| Label: | United Artists |
| Producer: | Joel Dorn |
| Prev Title: | If We Try |
| Prev Year: | 1973 |
| Next Title: | Crying |
| Next Year: | 1981 |
"Wonderful Baby" is a song written and originally recorded by Don McLean. It is a track on his album, Homeless Brother, and a tribute to Fred Astaire. The single peaked at number ninety-three on the Billboard Hot 100 and became McLean's second and last number one on the Easy Listening chart.[1] "Wonderful Baby" also reached number one on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart.[2]
Record World said that "Portraying heaven as a place where soaring cherubs count their digits, McLean performs a top 40 lullabye which should fly higher than any since 'Vincent.'"[3]
| Chart (1975) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada RPM Adult Contemporary | 1 | |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] | 93 | |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[5] | 1 | |
| U.S. Cash Box Top 100 | 94 |
