"Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me" is a hit song by

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and

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singer-songwriter

Mac Davis Morris Mac Davis (January 21, 1942 – September 29, 2020) was an American songwriter, singer, performer, and actor. A native of Lubbock, Texas, he enjoyed success as a crossover artist and writing for Elvis Presley during his early career, pro ...

. From his breakthrough album of the same name, the song reached No.1 on both the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and

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charts in September 1972, spending three weeks atop each chart. ''Billboard'' ranked it as the No. 8 song of 1972. Davis wrote it when the record company demanded he write a tune with a "hook". The song was also a modest country hit concurrent with its pop success, reaching No. 26 shortly after the peak of that success in the pop realm. It was featured on an episode of ''

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'' that Mac Davis was hosting.

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* Blaine Larsen, on his 2006 album '' Rockin' You Tonight'' *

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, on her 1973 album '' The Singer'' *

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, used for their 2009 compilation ''The Vault''

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* {{authority control 1972 singles Mac Davis songs Number-one singles in Australia Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles Cashbox number-one singles Songs written by Mac Davis 1972 songs Columbia Records singles