Babe (Styx song)

"Babe"
"Babe"
Single by Styx
from the album Cornerstone
B-side	"I'm O.K."
Released	September 14, 1979
Recorded	1979
Genre	Soft rock
Length	4:01 (single version); 4:25 (album version)
Label	A&M
Songwriter(s)	Dennis DeYoung
Producer(s)	Dennis DeYoung; John Panozzo; Chuck Panozzo;
Styx singles chronology
Music video
	"Babe" by Styx on YouTube

"Babe" is a song by the American rock band Styx. It was the lead single from the band's 1979 triple-platinum album Cornerstone. The song was Styx's first, and only, US number-one single, spending two weeks at No. 1 in December 1979, serving as the penultimate number-one single of the 1970s (the ultimate number-one single of the 70's was Another Brick in the Wall, by Pink Floyd). "Babe" also went to No. 9 on the Adult Contemporary chart.^[2] It additionally held the number-one spot for six weeks on the Canadian RPM national singles chart, charting in December 1979 and becoming the opening chart-topper of the 1980s. It was also the band's only UK Top 40 hit, peaking at No. 6. It also reached No. 1 in South Africa.^[3]

^ "VH1's 40 Most Softsational Soft-Rock Songs". Stereogum. May 31, 2007. Archived from the original on March 30, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 236.
^ "Springbok SA Top 20". Archived from the original on November 8, 2003. Retrieved February 27, 2018.

[1] "VH1's 40 Most Softsational Soft-Rock Songs". Stereogum. May 31, 2007. Archived from the original on March 30, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[2] Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 236.

[3] "Springbok SA Top 20". Archived from the original on November 8, 2003. Retrieved February 27, 2018.

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