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| Single by Styx | ||||
| from the album Cornerstone | ||||
| B-side | "I'm O.K." | |||
| Released | September 14, 1979 | |||
| Recorded | 1979 | |||
| Genre | Soft rock[1] | |||
| Length | 4:01 (single version) 4:25 (album version) | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Dennis DeYoung | |||
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| "Babe" by Styx on YouTube | ||||
"Babe" is a song by the American rock band Styx. It was the lead single from the band's 1979 triple-platinum album Cornerstone. The song was Styx's first, and only, US number-one single, spending two weeks at No. 1 in December 1979, serving as the penultimate number-one single of the 1970s (the ultimate number-one single of the 70's was Escape (The Piña Colada Song), by Rupert Holmes).[2] "Babe" also went to No. 9 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[3] It additionally held the number-one spot for six weeks on the Canadian RPM national singles chart, charting in December 1979 and becoming the opening chart-topper of the 1980s. It was also the band's only UK Top 40 hit, peaking at No. 6. It also reached No. 1 in South Africa.[4]
- ^ "VH1's 40 Most Softsational Soft-Rock Songs". Stereogum. May 31, 2007. Archived from the original on March 30, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
- ^ "Hot 100 55th Anniversary: Every No. 1 Song (1958-2013)". Billboard. August 2, 2013. Archived from the original on September 29, 2014. Retrieved August 27, 2024. No. 1 hits during the 1970s
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 236.
- ^ "Springbok SA Top 20". Archived from the original on November 8, 2003. Retrieved February 27, 2018.