"Baby" is the third single from American R&B singer Ashanti's self-titled debut album (2002). Written by Ashanti,

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, and 7 Aurelius, the song was released as the album's third and final single on September 9, 2002. "Baby" contains an

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of Scarface's "Mary Jane", which was also co-produced by 7 Aurelius, so Scarface and Mike Dean are credited as writers. A remix of the song features Scarface. "Baby" reached number 15 on the US ''

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and number seven on the ''Billboard''

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chart, becoming Ashanti's fifth top-10 entry on the latter chart. Internationally, the song charted at numbers 48 and 89 in the Netherlands and Germany, respectively.

Music video

The

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features actress

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. It is directed by

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and founder of Murder Inc.,

. A video was also made for a remix that features

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Track listings

US 12-inch single :A1. "Baby" (remix featuring Crooked I—clean) :A2. "Baby" (remix featuring Crooked I—clean without rap) :A3. "Baby" (remix featuring Crooked I—instrumental) :B1. "Baby" (remix featuring Scarface—clean) :B2. "Baby" (remix featuring Scarface—instrumental) European CD1 # "Baby" (radio edit) # "Baby" (remix with Scarface) European CD2 # "Baby" (radio edit) # "Baby" (album version) # "Baby" (remix with Scarface) # "Baby" (video)

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the European CD1 liner notes. Studios * Recorded at Crackhouse Studios (New York City) * Mixed at Right Track Studios (New York City) Personnel * Ashanti – writing (as Ashanti Douglas), vocals *

– writing (as Andre Parker), all instruments, production * Irv Gotti – writing (as Irving Lorenzo), production, mixing * 7 Aurelius – writing, co-production, additional programming * Mike Dean – "Mary Jane" writing * Scarface – "Mary Jane" writing (as Brad Jordan) * Milwaukee Buck – recording * Charles "Chee" Heath – recording assistant * Supa Engineer DURO – mixing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baby (Ashanti Song) 2002 singles 2002 songs Ashanti (singer) songs Songs written by Ashanti (singer) Songs written by Chink Santana Songs written by Irv Gotti Songs written by Mike Dean (record producer)