| "Baby Talks Dirty" | ||||
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| Single by The Knack | ||||
| from the album ...But the Little Girls Understand | ||||
| B-side | "End of the Game" | |||
| Released | January 1980 | |||
| Genre | Rock, new wave, power pop | |||
| Length | 3:45 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Doug Fieger, Berton Averre | |||
| Producer(s) | Mike Chapman | |||
| The Knack singles chronology | ||||
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"Baby Talks Dirty" is a 1980 Top 40 single written by Doug Fieger and Berton Averre from the Knack's second album, ...But the Little Girls Understand. Like the album it was taken from, "Baby Talks Dirty" fell short of the success of its predecessors.
Whereas the Knack's first single, "My Sharona" reached #1 in the U.S., and its follow-up from their debut album Get the Knack, "Good Girls Don't" reached #11, "Baby Talks Dirty" only reached #30 in Cash Box and #38 on the Billboard Hot 100, spending just 2 weeks in the Top 40.[1][2][3] The song did better in Canada, where it reached #13.[4] It also reached #40 in New Zealand.[5]
- ^ Whitburn, J. (2010). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 9th Edition: Complete Chart Information (9 ed.). Random House. p. 362. ISBN 978-0-8230-8554-5.
- ^ Mann, B. (2005). Blinded by the lyrics: behind the lines of rock and roll's most baffling songs. Citadel Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-8065-2695-9.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
singleswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "RPM 100 Singles". Library and Archives Canada. April 5, 1980. Retrieved 2012-06-07.
- ^ "Baby Talks Dirty: New Zealand charts". charts.nz. Retrieved 2011-10-09.