"Baby" is a song by Australian electronic house band
Pnau
Pnau ( ) is an Australian dance music trio originating from Sydney. The trio, a duo before 2016, consists of the musicians Nick Littlemore (vocals, production), Peter Mayes (guitar, production) and Sam Littlemore (production), with the latter jo ...
. "Baby" was released on 3 March 2008 as the second single from the band's third
studio album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...
, ''
Pnau
Pnau ( ) is an Australian dance music trio originating from Sydney. The trio, a duo before 2016, consists of the musicians Nick Littlemore (vocals, production), Peter Mayes (guitar, production) and Sam Littlemore (production), with the latter jo ...
'' (2007). The song peaked at number 34 on the
Australian Singles Chart
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the offici ...
and became the band's first top-40 single.
At the
ARIA Music Awards of 2008
The 22nd annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) took place on 19 October 2008. The nominees for all categories were announced on 10 September, while the winners of ...
, the song was nominated for
Best Video.
The song gained further attention in 2010, when the Breakbot remix of the song was added into the video game ''
Gran Turismo 5
is a 2010 racing video game developed by Polyphony Digital and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was released for the PlayStation 3 on November 24, 2010 in Europe and North America, and November 25, 2010 in Japan and Australasia, and ...
'' as the music that plays after a race.
In 2013, French electronic duo
Faul & Wad Ad released "
Changes
Changes may refer to:
Books
* ''Changes'', the 12th novel in Jim Butcher's ''The Dresden Files'' Series
* ''Changes'', a novel by Danielle Steel
* ''Changes'', a trilogy of novels on which the BBC TV series was based, written by Peter Dickinson ...
" which samples the refrain from "Baby".
In 2015, the song was listed at number 38 in In the Mix's "100 Greatest Australian Dance Tracks of All Time" with Lachlan Kanoniuk said "'Baby' stands as a cute, humble artefact from the weird and wonderful indie dance explosion of the mid-to-late 2000s".
Track listing
CD single
# "Baby"
# "Baby"
# "Baby"
# "Wild Strawberries"
Charts
Release history
References
{{authority control
2007 songs
2008 singles
Pnau songs
Songs written by Nick Littlemore
Songs written by Peter Mayes
Songs written by Sam Littlemore