"Woo Baby" is a song by American rapper Pop Smoke, featuring American singer

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, from the former's posthumous second studio album, ''

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'' (2021). The song was written by the two artists alongside Steven Victor, Brittany "Chi" Choney, Denisa "Blue Jeans" Andrews, Linden Bascom, Ryan Press, and producers BoogzDaBeast (Boogz), 2300, and Jess Jackson, with additional writing credits going to

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and

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for the sampling of the former's "

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". The song was released to

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formats in the United States on July 22, 2021, as the third single from the album. Musically, "Woo Baby" is an R&B track that uses

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production. Commercially, it reached number 64 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 49 on the ''Billboard'' Global 200. The song did better outside of Pop Smoke's native United States, peaking within the top 25 of record charts in New Zealand, Australia, and Greece.

Background and release

On July 15, 2021, Pop Smoke's manager Haitian-American record executive Steven Victor revealed ''Faith''s track list via his

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that included the song with a feature from American R&B singer

. Pop Smoke's second posthumous studio album ''

'' was released via

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and

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on July 16, 2021, with "Woo Baby" as the fifteenth track on ''Faith''. "Woo Baby" impacted American

radio as the album's third on July 22, 2021.

Writing and composition

"Woo Baby" was written by Pop Smoke and Brown alongside Victor, Jess Jackson,

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, Tor Hermansen, Brittany "Chi" Choney, Denisa "Blue Jeans" Andrews, BoogzDaBeast under the moniker of Boogz, Linden Bascom, and Ryan Press. It was produced by Boogz and 2300, with additional production from Jackson. Musically, "Woo Baby" is an R&B song that uses

production. The track uses an uncredited sample of American singer-songwriter Ne-Yo's 2005 number one hit single "

Reception

A.D. Amorosi, writing for ''

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'', described "Woo Baby" as a "dusky R&B duet". Preezy Brown of ''

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'' magazine saw the song as a "bedroom romper" and mentioned that the "collaborative effort with Chris Brown proves t. Writing for The Ringer, Micah Peters called Brown's feature on the song "unwelcome . In a negative review, Alphonse Pierre for ''

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'' mentioned he " eltdirty" while listening to "Woo Baby" and stated it was "obviously made to fill the radio airwaves with white noise". Keith Nelson Jr. and Austin Williams for ''Vibe'' placed the song at number two on their list of "21 Songs That Were Probably Snubbed From Those Other Year-End Lists". Both authors stated that Brown "carries his end of this duet so deftly", and mentioned the song "contains the very best of Pop Smoke's artistry. And out of respect for said artistry, this should probably be the last the world hears of it". In January 2022, "Woo Baby" was ranked at number 61 on Tinder Australia's "Top 100 Dating Anthems" list, which was based on the most popular songs on Australian Tinder profiles throughout 2021. Following the release of ''Faith'', "Woo Baby" debuted and peaked at number 64 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 49 on the ''Billboard'' Global 200. It further peaked at number 22 on the ''Billboard''

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chart. After "Woo Baby" was released as a single, it peaked at number four on the ''Billboard''

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chart, giving Pop Smoke his fifth and Brown his 47th top-10 hit on the chart, respectively. In the

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, the song debuted and peaked at number 54, becoming Pop Smoke's 13th and Brown's 53rd top 75 hit in the United Kingdom, respectively. Additionally, the song reached number 22 in New Zealand, number 24 in Australia and Greece, number 31 in Canada, number 41 in Switzerland, number 58 in the Netherlands, number 81 in Italy, number 95 in France, and number 105 in Portugal.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from

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. * Pop Smoke vocals, songwriter *

vocals, songwriter *Boogz production, programming, songwriter, associated performer *2300 production, programming, associated performer * Jess Jackson additional production, mastering engineer, mixing engineer, songwriter * Steven Victor songwriter *

songwriter *

songwriter * Tor Hermansen songwriter *Brittany "Chi" Choney songwriter *Denisa "Blue Jeans" Andrews songwriter *Linden Bascom songwriter *Ryan Press songwriter *Patrizio "Teezio" Pigliapoco recording engineer, mixing *Corey "Cutz" Nutile recording engineer *Ciel Eckard-Lee assistant mixer *David Bone assistant mixer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

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