"Be My Baby Tonight" is a song written by

Richard Fagan Richard Fagan (April 24, 1947 – August 5, 2016) was an American songwriter and musician. He had six top ten singles and 18 charted singles on the Billboard Country charts. Fagan's songs have been recorded by Neil Diamond, George Strait, John ...

and

Ed Hill Edward Monroe Hill (born in Hanford, California) is an American country music songwriter. Hill has been active since the early 1970s. Hill plays piano and keyboard and has backed Merle Haggard and Kris Kristofferson.

, and recorded by American

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artist

John Michael Montgomery John Michael Montgomery (born January 20, 1965) is an American country music singer. Montgomery began singing with his brother Eddie, who would later become known as one half of the duo Montgomery Gentry, before beginning his major-label solo ca ...

. It was released in May 1994 as the third single from Montgomery's album ''

Kickin' It Up ''Kickin' It Up'' is the second studio album by American country music artist John Michael Montgomery. The album was released by Atlantic Records on January 25, 1994. On February 19 of the same year, the album reached #1 on the ''Billboard'' ...

''. It reached number one on the United States and Canada country charts in August 1994.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of ''

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'' magazine reviewed the song, saying that while Montgomery, "handles this one with ease", she considers it just "a notch above ordinary."''

'', July 2, 1994

Music video

The music video was directed by Marc Ball, and premiered in mid-1994. The video takes place at Davis–Monthan Air Force Base.

Chart performance

"Be My Baby Tonight" debuted at number 71 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of May 7, 1994.

Year-end charts

References

1994 singles 1994 songs John Michael Montgomery songs Songs written by Richard Fagan Songs written by Ed Hill Song recordings produced by Scott Hendricks Atlantic Records singles {{1994-country-song-stub