Ooo Baby Baby

"Ooo Baby Baby"
side-A label
Side A of the 1970s US reissue
Single by the Miracles
from the album Going to a Go-Go
B-side"All That's Good"
ReleasedMarch 5, 1965[1]
RecordedFebruary 1, 1965[1]
StudioHitsville USA, Detroit
Genre
Length2:48
LabelTamla
Songwriter(s)Smokey Robinson
Pete Moore
Producer(s)Smokey Robinson
The Miracles singles chronology
"Come On Do The Jerk"
(1964)
"Ooo Baby Baby"
(1965)
"The Tracks of My Tears"
(1965)
Official audio
"Ooo Baby Baby" on YouTube

"Ooo Baby Baby" is a song written by Smokey Robinson and Pete Moore. It was a 1965 hit single by the Miracles for the Tamla (Motown) label.

The song has inspired numerous other cover versions by other artists over the years, including covers by Ella Fitzgerald, Todd Rundgren, The Escorts, The Five Stairsteps, Linda Ronstadt, and many others. The Miracles' original version of "Ooo Baby Baby" is listed as number 266 on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

  1. ^ a b Hughes, Keith (2018). "Ooo Baby Baby". Don't Forget the Motor City. Ritchie Hardin. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference cb was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Marsh, Dave (1989). The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made. Plume. p. 230. ISBN 0-452-26305-0.