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|song name                = Baby, I Love You
|First appeared on           = Aretha Franklin: ''Aretha Arrives'' (1967)
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|single image              = [[File:HomeVideoBeautifulStrange.jpg|55px|link=Home Video: Beautiful Strange]] <br><small> from the home video [[Home Video: Beautiful Strange|Beautiful Strange]]</small>
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|performer                = [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan Chaka Khan]
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|first released           = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_24|24 August 1999]] - [[Home Video: Beautiful Strange|Beautiful Strange]] home video
|Composed by                  = Jimmy Holiday, Ronnie Shannon
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|album(s)                  = None
|First known live performance = [[28_August,_1998-am|28 August, 1998 (am) : Café De Paris, London, UK]]<br>
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|writer(s)                = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Holiday Jimmy Holiday], Ronnie Shannon 
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|producer(s)              = [[Prince]] (assumed)
|Played live in               = [[All Concerts#1998|1998]], [[All Concerts#2007|2007]]
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|introduction              = '''Baby, I Love You''' is a cover version of the track by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretha_Franklin Aretha Franklin] (from her 1967 album [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretha_Arrives Aretha Arrives], also released as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_I_Love_You_(Aretha_Franklin_song) single] a month before the album). [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] released a live version of the track, featuring [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan Chaka Khan] on lead vocals, on the 1999 [[Home Video: Beautiful Strange|Beautiful Strange]] home video (which had been broadcast in full almost a year earlier, however, on the UK TV channel Channel 4). He is not known to have recorded a studio version. As such, the recording personnel listed below are from the live version from the [[Home Video: Beautiful Strange|Beautiful Strange]] home video release.
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Three years after his death, [[The Prince Estate]] made this performance available as a separate performance on the official [[Prince Streaming Video Channels |Prince streaming video platforms]] in 2019.
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'''Beautiful Strange version'''
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan Chaka Khan] - lead vocals
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*[[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] - guitar and background vocals
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*[[Kirk Johnson]] - drums
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*[[Rhonda Smith]] - bass guitar
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|5= [[28 August 1998-am|28 August 1998 (a.m.): Cafe De Paris, London, England]]; with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan Chaka Khan]; see [[Home Video: Beautiful Strange|Beautiful Strange]] for more details
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|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] ''
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|categories                = [[Category:1999]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Cover Songs]][[Category:Cover Songs (Live)]]
 
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Revision as of 14:56, 4 September 2019

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Baby, I Love You

HomeVideoBeautifulStrange.jpg
from the home video Beautiful Strange
Song details
Performer: SymbolSmallerBlue.png with Chaka Khan
First Released: 24 August 1999 - Beautiful Strange home video
Album(s): None
Writer(s): Jimmy Holiday, Ronnie Shannon
Producer(s): Prince (assumed)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:

14 September 2007 (a.m.): 3121 at The IndigO2, London, UK

Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:

Baby, I Love You is a cover version of the track by Aretha Franklin (from her 1967 album Aretha Arrives, also released as a single a month before the album). SymbolSmallerBlue.png released a live version of the track, featuring Chaka Khan on lead vocals, on the 1999 Beautiful Strange home video (which had been broadcast in full almost a year earlier, however, on the UK TV channel Channel 4). He is not known to have recorded a studio version. As such, the recording personnel listed below are from the live version from the Beautiful Strange home video release.

Three years after his death, The Prince Estate made this performance available as a separate performance on the official Prince streaming video platforms in 2019.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
n/a n/a Prince is not known to have worked on a studio version of this song.
Recording Personnel

Beautiful Strange version


Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
n/a n/a n/a n/a There have been no audio-only releases of this track.
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Baby, I Love You 5:12 Beautiful Strange home video Live 28 August 1998 (a.m.): Cafe De Paris, London, England; with Chaka Khan; see Beautiful Strange for more details


 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
Around The World   < < < All Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Bad