Sweet Baby James (song)

"Sweet Baby James"
Single by James Taylor
from the album Sweet Baby James
B-side"Suite for 20 G"
Released1970
RecordedDecember 1969 at Sunset Sound
Genre
Length2:54
LabelWarner Bros. Records
Songwriter(s)James Taylor
Producer(s)Peter Asher
James Taylor singles chronology
"Knocking 'Round the Zoo"
(1969) 		"Sweet Baby James"
(1970) 		"Fire and Rain"
(1970)

"Sweet Baby James" is a song written and recorded by James Taylor that serves as the opening and title track from his 1970 breakthrough album Sweet Baby James. It was released as the first single from the album but did not chart.[2][3] Nonetheless, it is one of his best-known and most popular tunes.[4] Taylor considers it his best song.[5][6]

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